Now is a good time to bring schoolchildren to Washington for a view of hypocrisy in action. Last week, the House, led by Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., reached an agreement with the Bush administration on an economic stimulus package. Because Democrats choke on the words “tax cuts” like a cat eating peanut butter, they refer to the checks that would return taxed money to citizens as “rebates.” Potato, po-tah-to. The point is to get more cash in consumers’ hands.

“I can’t say that I’m totally pleased with this package, but I do know that it will help stimulate the economy,” Pelosi said. “And if it does not, then there will be more to come.” Somewhere, Ronald Reagan is smiling to hear the uberliberal Pelosi espousing supply-side economics.