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Here's a thought: Maybe the White House can save taxpayers some money and have Holmstead and Wehrum put back on the Latham and Watkins payroll, seeing how they continue to be such devoted company men. Call it the privatization of the EPA.
This kind of fox-guarding-the-henhouse cronyism is fortunately being challenged by almost 200,000 citizens, who've signed a MoveOn.org petition opposing this blatant payback to Bush's utility industry contributors. And later this week, MoveOn will launch a hard-hitting television and print ad campaign designed to stoke public outrage over the Bush mercury proposal, which the EPA's own Children's Health Protection Advisory Committee declared, "does not sufficiently protect our nation's children".
Here's a suggestion: Perhaps the president should take a page from Don Rumsfeld and keep a shard of tin from a can of contaminated tuna on his Oval Office desk as a daily reminder of the havoc his irresponsible environmental policies are wreaking on the health of America's kids. Bush wants this election to be a referendum on his performance as guardian of our safety. I couldn't agree more.
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