All he is saying, is give war a chance
Here's one recap of the president's State of the Union address:
1. The New Equation in Iraq: Fight All Muslims, Everywhere, All the Time
2. Balanced Budget Baloney
3. Health Care on Life Support
4. Border Disorder
5. No Private School Left Behind
6. Flipping on Energy Conservation
7. No Flopping on Global Warming
8. Black Allies in the Gallery, Not on the Floor
9. Use the Troops for cover
10. No Red Meat for Red Staters
1. The New Equation in Iraq: Fight All Muslims, Everywhere, All the Time
2. Balanced Budget Baloney
3. Health Care on Life Support
4. Border Disorder
5. No Private School Left Behind
6. Flipping on Energy Conservation
7. No Flopping on Global Warming
8. Black Allies in the Gallery, Not on the Floor
9. Use the Troops for cover
10. No Red Meat for Red Staters
Bush's speech was subdued .. rather lifeless. Even he looked bored.
Letterman said the speech was so boring that Pelosi and Cheney were making out. Can't wait for Jon Stewart's review.
To amuse myself, I imagined that Bush was Charlie McCarthy and Cheney was sitting behind him pulling strings .. that way Dick has of talking out of the side of his mouth would make him a good ventriloquist ..
There were only two exciting moments the entire night--first, when they did that zoom in on Condi Rice's scary evil-eye scowl .. and second, Sen. Jim Webb. He was amazing. he was presidential .. and gave a damn good speech too. Sometimes you forget what someone intelligent and thoughtful sounds like.
I like that Webb respects our military. Those brave men and women put their lives on the line for us .. and have the right to expect in return that the government they serve should use sound judgment and common sense and not abuse their service.
It was nice that Bush made a big deal over Pelosi being the first woman to be seated behind a president during the SOTU. Then I got to thinking that taking over 200 years to make this happen was not actually something to be proud of.
Erase the deficit in 5 years? The look on Hillary's face was priceless...
I guess the Big Easy has been passed off as someone else's problem.
And Bush didn't once mention the sanctity of marriage .. or flag burning. That must have really been tough on the right-wing evangelicals .. no pet 'values' issues mentioned .. no protections for flags or fetuses or stem cells.
He wants to tax employer based healthcare. This is a tax increase for a good majority of people. Tax on health insurance may just do the trick in ticking off the last of the middle class Republicans who still support him. Wonder what they said about it on Faux News?
It was kind of creepy how he kept mentioning Iran .. in the same way he mentioned Iraq and yellow cake in 2003. That guy is lethal to those in the military. You don't send several aircraft carriers half-way around the world for nothing.
One morning next Spring we'll probably wake up to hear that "a border incident" forced us to launch the 188th on Tehran...
Most obnoxious line--"This is not the fight we entered in Iraq, but it is the fight we are in." Who wrote that one for him, Rummy?
Bush really is clueless. He still thinks the whole Iraq deal will turn itself around and he'll be vindicated and his critics will be wrong .. and he'll go into the history books as the greatest president of the modern era.
Mrs. Cheney did not look too happy .. probably all that good news coming from the first day of Scooter Libby's trial. I can't wait for the testimony to start .. the opening arguments have been so much fun. I am rooting for Scooter BTW .. no way should he take the fall for Rove.
I thought the Subway guy was awesome .. but he should have gotten a lifetime bus/subway pass instead of a one year deal. He's George's new black friend .. since they might be getting ready to throw Condi under the train.
Scariest thought all night--they had Attorney General Alberto Gonzales squirreled away somewhere so that, if the Capitol's roof collapsed and wiped out the President, VP, Speaker, President Pro Tem, and the rest of the cabinet, Gonzales would become our prez.
And if you were playing a drinking game where you had to chug every time the camera showed Hillary with a pissed look on her face .. boy, you must be hung over this morning.
