NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO God, NO. No offense.......... :) .........but that was something about Clinton's speeches I just hated with a purple passion.
".........and with us tonawt, y'all, is LeeOtis Washington, a former welfare recipient / deadbeat dad who now actually has a job washing cars and sends money to his 13 illegitimate kee-ids. Ain't he great?", followed by some dweeb standing up and Congress applauding........embarrassed as hell, embarrassing as hell.
Sure, the cops and firemen deserved the longest of standing-o's.........but Bush knew that that wasn't what this speech was about. Recognizing Blair? More than appropriate; dead-on. He earned it. The wife of the gentleman who led the charge against the terrorists on that ill-fated aircraft? Absolutely. That was enough.
Everything about this speech was a breath of fresh air..............and it included NOT having a series of "......ok, you knucklehead ya, stand up and take a bow...", Clintonesque vaudeville. This also drove home how lucky we all are that Gore lost.
This may be the most ironic thing about X42--as much as he craved the "job" (as he called it) of President he could never fully fill the OFFICE because he was forever focused on himself rather than the office.