SOTU: The Bush Funk Continues
Inadvertently, Bush's State of the Union provided two great moments for liberals.
First, Bush's boner on social security gave the Democrat's a wide-open door to provide the most memorable moment of the night, a sarcastic standing ovation. It highlighted the fact that it was Democrats who saved the country from Bush's efforts to undercut social security through privatization.
Second, the arrest of Cindy Sheehan for wearing a t-shirt that said: "2,445 Dead. How Many More?" Gave her message, and the message of the devastating costs of the war in Iraq, a thousandfold coverage beyond what those messages would have received had they left her alone. It also undercut Bush's phony claim of a desire to work with others in "good will."
As for Bush's proposals, the speech was really forgettable (Bill Sher at Liberal Oasis suggests this may have been intentional). Decrying oil dependency for the fourth or fifth year in a row, suggesting a change in our nation's health coverage without any real specifics and decrying the possibility of a manimal ("human-animal hybrid") play more like empty rhetoric than awe-inspiring idealism.
Now he's hitting the road to give speeches ... but what for?
First, Bush's boner on social security gave the Democrat's a wide-open door to provide the most memorable moment of the night, a sarcastic standing ovation. It highlighted the fact that it was Democrats who saved the country from Bush's efforts to undercut social security through privatization.
Second, the arrest of Cindy Sheehan for wearing a t-shirt that said: "2,445 Dead. How Many More?" Gave her message, and the message of the devastating costs of the war in Iraq, a thousandfold coverage beyond what those messages would have received had they left her alone. It also undercut Bush's phony claim of a desire to work with others in "good will."
As for Bush's proposals, the speech was really forgettable (Bill Sher at Liberal Oasis suggests this may have been intentional). Decrying oil dependency for the fourth or fifth year in a row, suggesting a change in our nation's health coverage without any real specifics and decrying the possibility of a manimal ("human-animal hybrid") play more like empty rhetoric than awe-inspiring idealism.
Now he's hitting the road to give speeches ... but what for?
posted by Macswain at
12:56 PM
6 Comments:
Why - to "rolly" the base
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Anonymous, at 1:29 PM
anonymous,
I think Rolly may have taken personal offense at Bush's attack on manimals.
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Macswain, at 1:33 PM
those black people ought to be so glad they have my georgie w to lead them.....
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Anonymous, at 9:43 PM
yea barbara - right into the abyss, oh wait, in your world view, that would be an improvement they should be greatful for, right?
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Anonymous, at 9:58 PM
anonymous:
yes, they should thank the Lord that history and George W have shown them the way
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Anonymous, at 10:03 PM
and in response to semanticleo - no, the bar cannot be set low enough for bush, he epitomizes the worst of the worst. and all Americans pay the price.
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Anonymous, at 10:29 PM
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