Sotu '06

[scaeagles]

A lot of no wins situations for Bush critic. If he doesn't acknowledge the death of Coretta Scott King, then the rhetoric is that he doesn't care. He does, so it's contrived.

Mentioning 9/11 doesn't bother me a bit. Part of his focus domestically and internationally, and a lot of his rhetoric with dems, is (claiming) that dems want to live in a pre 9/11 world.

I could go into what i liked about the speech, but instead I will talk about the two things I really didn't like.

First, he doesn't get the border issue. He doesn't get the illegal immigrant issue (in fact, at one point in the speech, he said that there are some who thinks immigration is harmful to the economy. I don't know many who say that, but I know a whole bunch who say illegal immgration is.). He doesn't get border security. I wish he did, but he doesn't.

Secondly, while I do appreciate the comments on being addicted to foreign oil, I think he missed an opportunity (I am pretty sure I am the only one here that wants this to happen). Alternative fuels and evergy sources are important. But right now they don't cut it. We need oil. With unrest in Iran, we have to get back to offshore drilling, ANWR, and develop a cost efficient way to extract the LIMITLESS supply of shale oil in the Rocky Mountain region. He missed that as well.

So - those were the things I didn't like.