STATE OF THE UNION -- 2005 [Live Thread]

2/2/05

[Timeout]

The pre-spin: Bush will spend about 1/2 the speech on foreign policy, 1/2 on domestic, with heavy emphasis on Social Security reform. It's said he will provide a detailed tutorial on the SS system and its problems with a few details on his personal accounts proposal.

Laura's guests are said to be an Afghan voter and an Iraqi voter (too bad there's no Ukrainian wearing an orange hat!).

Should we start a drinking game on how many times the pool camera swings to Hillary? Hmmm. Probably not...it would likely hamper out typing ability.

Word on the blogs has it that the closing part of the speech is a hum-dinger. Set your VCR's.

Report here on outrageous MediaCrat spin before AND after the SOTU. Pictures and screen caps welcome.

[luvie]

Yes, thank God for Michael who does a wonderful job carrying on the legacy of his father, while little Ron carries on the legacy of--oh, I don't know--maybe Ted Kennedy and Barney Fag! *did I just type that?!!!!*

[Jrabbit]

DARN!

I heard they did it just to impress YOU!

They'll be so devastated.......

LOL

[MEG33]

I have just listened to the replay(my first hearing of the speech)..I had unfortunately heard RReaganJr cynically talk about the Norwood/Iraqi moment with Chris Matthews....

You cannot stage the hug and emotion between the Iraqi woman and Mrs. Norwood..Yes, you can place people in close proximity, but one cannot fake that moment. Ron jr is simply there for his name..His commentary is disgraceful

I was very proud of the President's speech tonight..I hated not to share it here on FR...I've been catching up on the commentary here.. I take it I can skip dem response without missing a thing!

[Joe Hadenuf]

You sound far more "over-the-top" to me than Joe!!!

I saw that post. "Over the top" is an understatement. Didn't rate a response from me. But thanks.

[STARWISE]

Would love to be a fly on the wall to know what people are saying when they whisper in his ear or ask something of him on this kind of occasion.

Another closer one of Doro

And here's Thelma

Thelma Center, 89, gestures as she discusses President Bush's State of the Union address Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2005, at a retirement community in Miami. Bush provided some details on a proposed overhaul of Social Security, a critical issue to nearly 3 million Floridians age 65 and older.

Relax, Thelma .. no worries for you.

[Torie]

It was a very moving moment, which most of us who were privileged to witnss it, will recall until our final exit from this mortal coil.

[FreeReign]

At least we avoided a couple of the tired cliches that were dragged out the other week like "freedom is on the march" ...

The people of Afghanistan, Iraq and Ukraine would probably agree with you, right?

[A Citizen Reporter]

The reality now is, the Iraqis should be thanking us, and showing some big time respect for *us*.

You make it too easy, Joe. LOL!

[luvie]

Would love to be a fly on the wall to know what people are saying...

Did you hear the President say, when they had the floor mike on, "...I never listen to what the media has to say", or something like that! Love the guy!

[maine-iac7]

no, I don't find that they do - for the most

but there' the occasional one that jumps the gun don't let 'em get to you.

How's the weather over there?

On second thought, I don't think I want to know - I'm in Maine and it's Feb. :o(

Was HE great or what1

[Brimack34]

Why in God's green earth do we have to have Greta,Jennene and Ron regan to watch after the speech. Is there anyone else on any channel. Come on Fox what is up?

[silent_jonny]

Relax, Thelma

Reading that then looking at Thelma's picture--it's cracking me up!

[Timeout]

You GOT to turn on MSNBC.

Jeanine Garofolo is on. She's lost what little mind she used to have!

[jennyjenny]

True enough.

[Seaplaner]

Newz, respectfully, I disagree with most of your reply. What I contend most is He's a liar and a scoundral [sic].

In a building filled to the rafters with liars and scoundrels, President Dubya was the most honest and sincere human there (excepting those attending in military uniform).

Dubya may not be perfect (who is?), but he's much smarter and capable than most credit him as being.

[A Citizen Reporter]

"I suspect it took a lot of message discipline to leave it out."

You do? What a strange remark.

[Joe Hadenuf]

Nice pic, and photo op, but clearly, I was referring to what the president said about *us* earning Iraqis respect.

[Torie]

Mathematics really does play here. And with more bodies in a given category, wages will tend to sink where illegals can compete, towards the minimum wage, assuming the jobs are on the books. The stats simply bear this out. The inequality of wages has grown very substantially since illegal immigration gained real momentum. No sweat off my back, but it has changed the social landscape in my neck of the woods. High wage Anglos push paper, often very high value added paper, and low wage folks who work with their muscles tend to be Hispanic, with a huge wage gap. Lower middle class and working class Anglos have to a substantial extent, decamped.

[Trajan88]

J.G. is a bafoon... where's that little violin that should be playing a sad tune for the wimpy dims?

Trajan88

[luvie]

Nooooooo--I just cannot listen to her! I would truly throw my laptop through the TV screen. Have you ever seen anyone more truly DUmmie than JG!?