So it would appear that the Flightsuit-in-Chief now wants to send humans back to the moon — and then send others onward to Mars. Take that, JFK/LBJ.
The question is, on whose dime? What with an 87 billion dollar quagmire in Iraq to fund, and WMDs to find… oops, never mind that last part.
At least the Times gets the reason for this BS announcement right:
Both new policy directives would allow the president to be portrayed as an inspirational leader whose vision goes beyond terrorism and tax cuts.
They also would have the added political benefit of diverting attention from the Democratic presidential candidates trudging through the retail politics of the Iowa caucuses.
