I guess I should post my thoughts on the speech itself. After hearing it last night, I thought to myself: “Not bad.” Then I went through and re-read the transcript, and I realized what I liked. His delivery. He really has improved as a speaker, and other than a few pronunciation gaffes (nuk -u- lar), …
Archives for January 2004
Advice to Democrats
The Calpundit analyzes the weak Democratic response to the SOTU address, and he has a few suggestions: And what I feel like posting about is the crappy Democratic response to the SOTU. Why was it so crappy? To be sure, part of it was the speakers themselves. And the speech itself wasn’t so hot either. …
That Liberal Media
For a sitting President who inteds to run again, the State of the Union address is not only an attempt to discuss the issues and challenges of the day, but an opportunity to reflect on past accomplishments and to lay the groundwork for the re-election bid. George Bush did just that, but he was not …
Daschle
Did Tom Daschle break into Rush Limbaugh’s leftover oxycontin? He sounds like Mr. Rogers and looks stoned to the bejeezus. And that forced smiled at the end of every sentence is creeping me out.
Best Line from the SOTU
The line of the night from the SOTU (which Pelosi must have missed as she just repeated the ‘unilateral’ lie), was the following: Some critics have said our duties in Iraq must be internationalized. This particular criticism is hard to explain to our partners in Britain, Australia, Japan, South Korea, the Philippines, Thailand, Italy, Spain, …
Uh Oh
From the SOTU: “The terrorists declared war on the United States… and war is what they got.” You can almost hear the collective mind explosion at the Democratic Underground.
When Will They Learn?
Every year, during the SOTU address, the cameras zoom in on some member of the opposition party who looks like they are about to explode with rage. Last year, it was Hillary. This year, it was Teddy Kennedy. In years past, Republicans have done the same damn thing when Clinton was speaking, so don’t think …