Honestly? It left me cold – and wondering if this were the same guy we put into office three years ago. Like many of you, I was pretty shocked by the part about school nurses. Now, are school nurses are important? Very. But why in the world does that mean we should pass legislation that binds them to operate under certain circumstances – especially when those circumstances have yet to be elaborated?
Maybe the “Book of Guidelines” the President kept mentioning will be a sensible, well-reasoned document. But with the sort of legislation that’s being pushed out by both parties these days, forgive me if I’m not convinced. (Can you tell that I didn’t buy the story about finding the book in a cave?)
Maybe I’m wrong about all of this. But as I re-watch the moment in the speech when the camera pans to the nurse sitting next to the First Lady, I’m convinced that the way she’s urgently shaking her head isn’t just a nervous tic.
And that in Washington, it’s politics as usual.
