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.

[Eurotwit]

CNN Poll - 86 percent positive reaction to the speech.

Great speech.

[DJ88]

She said, "We need to get rid of WMD."

Haven't they been arguing that there wasn't any WMD?????????

[JustaCowgirl]

"Oh man, I just moved to Nevada."

Please, go to Searchlight immediately, find that kid at the cafe and set him straight.

[nopardons]

Agreed!

My husband just said that this speech was a home run,WITH THE BASES LOADED. My sweetie is a word poet. :-)

[TexKat]

Sen.Barack Obama, D-Ill., center, talks on Capitol Hill Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2005 prior to President Bush's State of the Union address. Sen. Frank Lauteneurg, D-N.J. is at left. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Safia Taleb al-Suhail, standing next to first lady Laura Bush, gives for 'victory' sign, showing her inked finger after voting in last Sunday's Iraqi election, on Capitol Hill Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2005 during President Bush's State of the Union address. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Cabinet members Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Treasury Secretary John Snow, Attorney General John Ashcroft, and Interior Secretary Gail Norton applaud at the end of Bush's State of the Union address in the House Chamber in Washington February 2, 2005. REUTERS/Jason Re

U.S. President George W. Bush kisses Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice as Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and Treasury Secretary John Snow look on at the end of Bush's State of the Union address in the House Chamber in Washington February 2, 2005. In his State of the Union address, Bush called Iran the world's primary state sponsor of terror and reiterated his accusations that the country is striving to develop nuclear weapons, a charge denied by Iran. REUTERS/Jason Reed

Janet and William Norwood, center, of Pfugerville, Texas, react after being acknowledged by President Bush at the State of the Union address, Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2005, at the Capitol in Washington as Mrs Bush, lower right and others look on. The Norwood's son was killed in Iraq last year. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

U.S. Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton listens during U.S. President George W. Bush's State of the Union address in the House Chamber in Washington February 2, 2005. President Bush told Americans in the State of the Union speech that Social Security must be changed to save it from financial ruin and U.S. troops will stay in Iraq until the country's emerging government can defend itself. REUTERS/Jim Bourg

[altura]

me too.

No dim dems, and reading no posts by Dour Joe.

[KarlInOhio]

I didn't realize he was that short...

That brings back some memories from high school. Then Rep. (now Senator) DeWine was visiting my civics class. After he left, a ditzy student said to the teacher "He was so short." The teacher, without missing a beat, said "They've eliminated the minimum height rule for the House, but they haven't for the Senate yet." I don't think she every figured out why the class was laughing.

[Shortstop7]

I don't understand that....but I'm ROFL!

[Soul Seeker]

Only 13% rejected it? ROFL!

[onyx]

Why?
Because POTUS hit aboutn 3 grand slams?

[nutmeg]

Democrats have become the party of NO

NO ideas

NO vision

NO leadership

YES! (No pun intended) You are SO right!

[DoughtyOne]

The dems after tonight's speech.

[John Lenin]

DeLay says the RATS have become the party of the NO. No ideas, no momentum LOL!

[kitkat]

***Wannabet...the ladys that boo don't shave?***

Yes, they do or their botox would grow hair.

[arasina]

Salazar says the speech was divisive. sheepdip

[steveegg]

Don't forget soiled.

I thought that went with soddened in their cases (considering that they have diarrea of the mouth).

[mathluv]

That is why he is the Hammer.

[freekitty]

Why don't they give us 55 or older people back all of the money we gave to social security. I bet we could make more in the few years we have than the measly, paultry sum they may or may not pay us?

[RonDog]

Does Peloser look like the Geico Gecko or is it just me.

I expect her to lick her eyes any minute now.