Sotu '06
 

Any comments on Bush's The State of the Union address?

Anyone watch it?

I did not have the chance due to a prior commitment. I am planning on reading the transcript later this morning should I find enough time to do so.

It's hard to get a feel of the address by reading the transcript. You should try and watch a video of it. You get the full sense of it when you hear the applause and see who is and who isn't applauding. Also there are many shots of the crowd as well. You can even see a German Shepard in the audience if you look closely.
:)
(That's honest and for true.)

I saw Hiilary in the gallery during post speech news coverage (ba-dum bum).:)

Watch it???? I won the office pool. We each chose how long we thought it would be into the speech before 9/11 came up. I had 2 minutes!!!

Yay me!

Hillary's German? ;)

Congrats!

I was floored when he used good 'ol "weapons of mass destruction" bit.
Oy.
:rolleyes:

Sorry, you lost me. Why would you be surprised?

Well, I thought, even he couldn't be that obtuse. I was wrong.
:D

Several thoughts on Bush's address:

1. Even though I can not stand our president, I think it's important to watch this address. I do it to see what his agenda is and see where the partisan lines are drawn (by watching the applause etc.).

2. S McS already brought up my first zing on Bush: his mentioning 9/11. Enough already.

3. There was a really great moment when Bush said something like 'Congress did not vote for my Social Security bill-' and was cut off when the Democrats all applauded. They were applauding basically themselves for not voting for it. I thought that was funny. After that point, Bush seemed a little peeved.

4. Bush seemed to be very conscious of trying to get back the black vote after Katrina. He mentioned Coretta Scott King at the beginning and then we got to see the first lady sitting next to an African American and then watch Bush shake hands with Barak Obama. It seemed contrived to me. Bleh.

5. When Bush paid tribute to the family members of a soldier killed in combat, my eyebrow was raised. It was supposed to be a really tender moment, but I couldn't help but feel it was weird. I dunno, call me cynical, but the mother and daughter covering their heart with their hands at the same time made me think it was staged for our eyes. I also kept thinking about the families of the other 2500 soliders dead for no reason...

All in all, pretty much what I expected. More blah blah blah...