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.

[Howlin]

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[BigSkyFreeper]

Please, remember that before this year, he was Tom Daschle's BOX CARRIER!

There. :)

[silent_jonny]

Ahhhh, the classics.

[Timeout]

Don't they have a copy of it?

It's usually released within the last hour before the speech. I suspect the Bushies have learned to release it later and later...let Dubya say it rather than have the spinners tell us what he's going to say.

I hope they don't release it until he's in the Capitol.

[mass55th]

"Maybe we can catch Cynthia McKinney elbowing somebody to get an aisle seat -- and maybe we can see Bush walk right by her after her nasty remarks about him."

I'm hoping he passes her right by. But President Bush is such a gentleman that he'll make sure he greets her.

[Howlin]

They didn't seem to have it on Hardball..........LOL.

[silent_jonny]

HAAAHAAAA!

[steveegg]

Tsunami, simply falling into the sea, getting smacked with meteorites, whatever works ;-)

[processing please hold]

Why is Cynthia McKinney there? She didn't get re-elected did she?

Yes she did. Satan at work there....I'm sure of it.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Saw a video clip today of ( I think ) Rep House member addressing the House holding up his ink stained finger.

[Choose Ye This Day]

I was looking for this thread.

I first found FR 2 years ago, I believe, right before the SOTU speech. I'd never been so happy as when I found so many like-minded people, supporting our President in a time of war.

Looking forward to the speech.

[onyx]

I might hang out on the other thread...
the drinking game thread... but to do
it right, I'd have to go to the store
right now.

[TADSLOS]

(secretly hoping this recently rescued GI Joe is a guest of honor seated in the gallery)

[NonValueAdded]

Well, we are glad to have you with us. Welcome to the thread.

[Dolphy]

Thanks for posting that transcript, I'll read it later. I tried to watch last night but I could take only one question out of King. The man seems like an alien to me when it comes to talking about anything spiritual. He's the same way when he discusses personal tragedy...he juts out his jaw and asks questions that reflect the emotional complexity of a toddler and the empathy of a rock.

[swheats]

Al Gore's numbers were always made up.

Wasn't that wild? The man must have been pathological. He always said things that weren't true. Many of us must have been asleep until Lewinski for these people to be in charge.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Since when is Kalifornica an American state (it may be an Amerikan one though).

Easy now, the FR Server is housed in that State and there are a lot of conservatives out here. Pick on Massachusetts......

[Howlin]

Now don't get me laughing about that again!

(Wouldn't that be a hoot?)

[Howlin]

Aren't you on the Live thread Ping list?

[rlmorel]

SHE DID????????????????????????????

OMG. I missed that. That must have been a stealth election. A truly brainless person.