STATE
OF THE UNION - 2007 READ FULL TEXT HERE
Okay so it wasn’t quite as funny as it could have been. And, though I
am not a supporter of much of anything that George W. Bush has done
while President, I will admit that his public speaking style has
matured in the last six years.
But he is still making attempts to tie Iraq to 9/11. Much to his
credit, that was one of the few times that he smirked in this
speech. It was an okay speech, not great, but okay.
I don’t think he sold us on much of anything. And there was
nothing new. Health Care? Hey, didn’t Hillary Clinton try to do
something 15 years ago? And didn’t she get beaten-up by
the conservatives and the right wingnut talk radio guys. And
didn’t she accumulate a huge amount of animosity from nearly
anyone whose idea was to not have any health care reform? Oh,
well, better late than never for Bush I suppose.
There was one point at which I laughed out loud. It was the
President, with the National Debt at just under 9 Trillion
Dollars, proclaiming wildly, We’ll balance the Federal Budget and we
won’t raise taxes!!! That’s pure trash talk from the
President. Merely balancing the federal budget is not
enough. That will only stop the borrowing, capping the national
debt. It won’t pay off the debt or stop the interest payments.
And we’re going to do this without raising taxes. Please, Mr
President, please pull my other leg!
The Democratic Response was delivered by the newly elected Senator Jim Webb from Virginia who reminded the President that we have watched him mismanage the Iraq War for four years.
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And in some other interesting news, today E.
Howard Hunt, the CIA employee
who organized the Watergate Burglary during the Nixon Years
passed away today.
The Scooter Libby trial is underway this week, with jury selection
complete, and opening statements have begun.
Lawyers
paint Libby as sacrificial lamb
Denny {:~)
