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POTUS' SOTUA

Let's all admit that the SOTUA is pomp and ceremony, sort of like Roman gladitorial contests: government is not advanced, but everyone debauches themselves on the punditry.

I will, now, myself join in the bacchanalia. I obviously did not watch it, but I've read over the speech and listened/seen clips.

First, can the Dems have not appeared more silly by cheering raucously at this:

Congress did not act last year on my proposal to save Social Security -- (applause)--

only to have the President follow with this:

yet the rising cost of entitlements is a problem that is not going away. (Applause.) And every year we fail to act, the situation gets worse.

Whoopsie. They just highlighted that really all they've done with Social Security is play obstructionism without offering anything productive to counter the President's admittedly controversial proposal.

But you just gotta know that President Bush loved, I mean absolutely one-hundred-freaking-percent LOVED, serving up the following two poopoo sandwiches to his opponents.

In recent years, America has become a more hopeful nation. Violent crime rates have fallen to their lowest levels since the 1970s. Welfare cases have dropped by more than half over the past decade. Drug use among youth is down 19 percent since 2001. There are fewer abortions in America than at any point in the last three decades, and the number of children born to teenage mothers has been falling for a dozen years in a row. (Applause.)

Cut to Dems sitting on their hands.

Want that with or without onions?

And here's seconds:

A hopeful society depends on courts that deliver equal justice under the law. The Supreme Court now has two superb new members -- new members on its bench: Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Sam Alito. (Applause.) I thank the Senate for confirming both of them. I will continue to nominate men and women who understand that judges must be servants of the law, and not legislate from the bench. (Applause.)

And I'm outta here! Thank you, D. C.! I love you! Rock on!

Posted by Clifton at February 1, 2006 11:52 AM | TrackBack