Columnist George Will is outraged in his latest Newsweek column that federal Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, who was a Republican congressman from Peoria before taking a job in the Obama administration, has committed a serious apostasy.
LaHood’s sin? Will says the GOP stalwart now believes you can “change people’s behavior,” as in getting people out of their cars and biking to work.
As Will describes his conversation with LaHood:
And then, predictably, comes the P word: Look, he says, at Portland, Ore.
Riding the aforementioned wave to Portland, which liberals hope is a harbinger of America’s future, has long been their aerobic activity of choice. But LaHood is a Republican, for Pete’s sake, the party (before it lost its bearings) of “No, we can’t” and “Actually, we shouldn’t” and “Not so fast” and “Let’s think this through.” Now he is in full “Yes we can!” mode. Et tu, Ray?
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