Conservatives Disappointed with Bush 'State of the Union' Speech

The National Ledger ^ | 2-2-06 | Robert Novak

[Coastal]

WASHINGTON -- While jumping up on cue to cheer during the speech and delivering rave reviews afterward in the Capitol's Statuary Hall, conservative members of Congress were deeply disappointed by George W. Bush Tuesday night. It was not merely that the president abandoned past domestic goals. He appeared to be moving toward bigger government.

The consensus on the Right was that President Bush's fifth State of the Union Address was his worst. Republican congressmen agreed privately that he was most effective at the beginning with his familiar message of why U.S. forces cannot abandon Iraq. The problem for these lawmakers was the rest of the 51-minute presentation, which was filled with unpleasant surprises.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

FReepin' at 42 inches.

You luckly dog....

[onyx]

HAR! Good one!

[Howlin]

We all remember it from back then.

[Cboldt]

By the way, your memory was correct. That phrase was not in use around here way back then.

I'm not so sure. Seriously. I think the term goes back more than a year, but not in frequent use.

The volume of posts here makes it darn hard to find the genesis of local colloquialisms.

[EternalVigilance]

The voters have decided it is easier to ignore Keyes.

Yep. And who can argue with the wisdom of voters, eh?

Just ask the Palestinians...

[Howlin]

Then vote for another party.

[Reagan Man]

>>>>He is saying Bush doesn't know what a VETO is...

Either way DUmmie, he's right. Bush doesn't know what a veto is. Bush doesn't know what immigration reform is either, or spending cuts, or limited govt.

[onyx]

You PROVE otherwise.

Pitifully, YOU weren;t here.

[BigSkyFreeper]

LOL!

[Howlin]

You're comparing Obama to Hamas?

[nopardons]

The illegal alien problems were soooooooooo bad, in the past, that Hollywood made a movie about it ( fictionalized ) in the early to mid 1950s; yet, all of a sudden, it's all President Bush's fault and it's never ever been "bad"...according to some folks here. LOL

[Exton1]

This is the mistake Republicans ALWAYS make, getting along with DemonRats means doing it there way, and when they get the chance they will turn on you like mad dogs. The Dems NEVER compromise with Republicans. When there in power the Republicans are ignored. By-partisanship is only a term Dems use when they are out of power. When in power they do not understand the term.

[EternalVigilance]

True. None of us are on any but a fraction of all the threads.

But I sure never heard that phrase anywhere here until quite recently.

Whatever...

[nopardons]

Okay, I'll have a look at that one too. :-)

[bybybill]

Read your post and notice the date. Since Ronnie said those nice things about her, she has left the party and used her position to oppose Bush to raise money.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Good job......

[eastforker]

Just joining the thread but I thought W's speach today at the Grand Old Oprey was much better than the SOTU last night.

[Petronski]

Yay! LOL

[Exton1]

The word Amnesty is not, but the action he suggest still is. Any guest worker program BEFORE the borders are closed that the illegals kicked out is amnesty. Besides with all the illegals here, how do we know how many more workers we will need.

[onyx]

Geeeez, DUmmie, get original. You're reminding me of Babs boxer who's incapable of original thought.

Your rhetoric regarding your mypoic and tainted view of President Bush are not FACTS.

You're just like a DUmmie, you misunderestimate POTUS.