Et tu, W? Et tu?

Bush assails 'income inequality'

President Bush yesterday said there is a growing "income inequality" gap between rich and poor Americans, and told companies they should rethink the giant compensation packages they offer top executives.

The markedly populist message, a divergence from the past, in which Mr. Bush has accused critics of practicing class warfare, was all the more noteworthy given his venue -- a speech at Federal Hall in New York, in the middle of Wall Street, the capital of capitalism.

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Ummm, what?

We expect this sort of ignorance from the other side but it's unclear what Bush has to gain at this point from parroting the silliness of the opposition.

Whenever the president refers to Islam as a "religion of peace" we like to tell ourselves that he feels he has to say it and doesn't really believe it.

The same hope applies here.

(By the way, the headline is a "Honeymooners", not Shakespeare, allusion. ;) )