Posted on 02/02/2005 2:48:31 PM PST by GretchenM
President Bush will deliver his annual State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress tonight at 6 PM Pacific time. A live webcast is available here. According to CNN, quoting a top aide, "President Bush will present 'a strategy for success' in Iraq and outline details of his Social Security proposal."
Judge Michael Chertoff testified during his nomination to become Homeland Security Secretary before the U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.
President Bush plans a late February trip to Europe to seek additional assistance from the European Union and NATO in Iraq, and to meet with leaders, including German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder.
There will be lots of photos tonight during and after the president's speech.
Enjoy your visit to Sanity Island!
Football (American style)!
Hiya homemom.
Brit Hume said on his news program today that Teresa Heinz Kerry was asked to speak somewhere and her name was listed as Teresa Heinz. When questioned about the "kerry" omission, "her people" released a statement that the Heinz charitable foundation (whatever it's called, but it's the organization she hides behind when it's useful to do so) had requested she not use the name kerry -- you know, now that the campaign is over. So Fox checked with the charitable foundation and the head of it refused to confirm what Teresa's people said.
Then Brit gave the Zinger. He said that she is known to keep photos of both her husbands in her various homes.
Interesting to read your comments about your parliaments' restraint. I didn't know that was the case because when I see the UK parliament, it's quite vocal.
I don't know why our Congress gets so whooped up. Maybe it's because they have been slugging it out against the dishonorable opposition *and the media corrupts* and when they finally get a whack at the bully pulpit, they let out the stops.
I can just see Brit saying that with that wry smile on his face. :-)
RE: Seeing GWB tomorrow--I GOT TICKETS!!!! I'm soooooo excited (can you tell?!?!?!?) Our congressman is from a smaller district so they had some available . . . there is some hubbub about the congressmen in Omaha and Lincoln giving most of theirs away personally and not to the *public*.
Anyway, I have the tickets in my hot little hands and the alarm set for veeeerrryyyy eeeaaarrrllllyyyy (the doors open at 5:30 AM and we live 2 hrs. away . . . . you do the math . . . I'm taking the digital camera and Wolfstar has graciously agreed to post them if I get some good ones.
Our seats will be in the arena and he will be on the floor so I'd say the chances of a handshake are very slim, but just breathing the same air will be enough for me. :-)
So, is that enough detail for you?
Hope you had a good day . . .
On Brit's news prgram today either he or one of the reporters mentioned that the groans made by the dems at Bush's Social Security numbers appeared as if they might have been pre-arranged.
I think he is right.
Brit seemed to convey a sense of affrontry at the dems' behavior last night, calling attention to how unusual it was.
We have a Congress of whiners and crybabies, on the other side of the aisle, in general.
The democrats have relegated themselves to the job of sucking the algae off the Congressional fish tank walls.
I absolutely loved Laura's suit color and cut. She looked smashing.
A W E S O M E !!!!!!!!!!!!
Have the best time ever. Looking forward to The Report.
I've thought that, too, what you wrote about Teresa marrying kerry because he had been friends with her dead husband (who introduced them a year before he died). kerry's motives were probably about as clean as Teresa's. Ewwww.
Excellent post at 284.
Oh I'm jealous!! I'm stamping my foot right now, throwing a fit. :) Have fun. I would be excited too! Please yell out really loudly "Jamie in Alabama thinks you're wonderful and wants you to visit her state too. Only if that won't embarrass you. :~(
Thats it for me tonight, God Bless you all.
God Bless the President and the Vice President and their families and God Bless America.
Good night all
"Am I right therefore in assuming that this speech is more given in the head of state function of the President so it is not normal to have boos."
Hi Snugs.
I watch C-Span a lot and see the sessions with the Prime Minister and it always amazes me they do that to him!
I don't think I've ever seen the President make a speech where he's been booed. May have happened and I just didn't hear it, but that would be considered in very poor taste even for some of us brash Americans. No, I must say I was shocked they did that to him. It might have happened during some of his campaign stops with hecklers, but I've never heard it in a formal situation such as the SOTU speech.
Have fun, homemom, and good luck on getting close to The Man!
Did he laugh at them? THAT would have been appropriate.
It doesn't pain me in the least. I can't think of a group of people who deserve total defeat more, because of their attempts to do political harm to this nation, except the terrorists, who are out to do physical harm to this nation.
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