After last night's State of the Union Address, Democrat strategists won't be sleeping any easier.

freerepublic | 1/29/2002 | JohnHuang2

[sonserae]

Great speech!

[Southack]

[nopardons]

How right you are ! The damned Dems don't know what hit them. The UNAPPEASABLES are gaging and throwing hissy fits, on FR . This was a speech to savor, revil in, and applaud.

Old Slick ? A boss Tweed , who will will remembered for corruption, immorality, and stupidity.

Unless the Dems regain control, and have EVERY bit of video tapes burned, every scrap of paper burned, and REAL history incinerated, we all know what Slick's legacy is ! A chance of Hitlery! beating President Bush ? Not now. : - )

[nopardons]

Our JH2 is THE best ! : - )

[Robert Teesdale]

JohnHuang2:

Superb analysis. I would only add one caveat.

When you have backed your adversary into a corner, and he has no way out... he is at his most dangerous. It is not the time to slacken.

Rather, smash him.

And it is with a sincere sense of reassurance that I expect the President of the United States, is quite clear on this point.

Best regards,

Robert Teesdale
www.teesdale.com

[prognostigaator]

Almost as good as the Andrew Sullivan piece ,jh2, -ha!

[JohnHuang2]

Thank you very much.

When you have backed your adversary into a corner, and he has no way out... he is at his most dangerous. It is not the time to slacken.

Always sage advice.

[JohnHuang2]

Thank you, my friend =^)

[TLBSHOW]

His embittered enemies, more divided and irrelevant than ever, are mired in disarray. Democrats are split; hardliners, led by Sen. Daschle, feud bitterly with party moderates, led by Sen. Breaux. The media is deep, deep in denial, chasing Enron ghosts, pell-mell -- I know there must be a 'smoking gun' in here somewhere, damn it! -- only to find the Bush administration is cleaner than a whistle.

the rats be damned........

[JessicaDragonet]

GW is the hardest working president in my memory....and he deserves all the acolades he gets....and more. I hope he inspires other decent and honorable people to throw their hats in the ring...now that they see that they CAN make a difference. Washington had become like an open sewer...attracting rats, most of whom are but one step ahead of the vice squad.

Statesmanship is in vogue these days. Smarmy politics is definitely out!

[Snow Bunny]

Fantastic JohnHuang2 !!!!!

I wish so much you would just write things EVERYDAY for us ! You say it better then I ever could!!!!

[Oregon Coast Conservative]

Great essay, John. Someone really needs to hire you. Did you see Bob Woodword on Larry King tonight? Even he was singing Bushes praises. Amazing.

[JohnHuang2]

Aw, shucks -- thanks! =^)

[JohnHuang2]

Thank you very much =^)

Did you see Bob Woodword on Larry King tonight? Even he was singing Bushes praises. Amazing.

I missed the show, but I have to agree that is truly an amazing development..hehe.

[GeronL]

Its Praise JH2 Day at FR =o)

[Cold Heat]

Great article by JH. He posted it on a thread some place, I saved it for posterity.

I believe the media will be buzzing about this for a while. When I watched it for a second time I caught a few things I missed. Like the veiled criticism of the Saudi's for being "timid in their response to terrorism".

I had time to reflect on the "Freedom corps." The idea I had a while back was that the draft may be needed again. Not for the military,(It would not work with the modern military)but for the border security and homeland defense. I pondered how we could do it without the draft? Now I know.

What a enlightening and thought provoking monster of a home run speech!

Not only out of the park, but into orbit.

[stands2reason]

Sweet commentary, JH2.

[Oregon Coast Conservative]

Transcript from Larry King Live, after State Of The Union

KING: Do you agree, Bob, with those guests tonight who said that this was more a commander in chief than a president? WOODWARD: Well, it was a war speech, and if you look at Bush and know Bush and observe him at all, there was one thing on his mind. It was 15 minutes into the speech. Then he finally mentioned something else, the economy, and that was only in passing. He is obsessed with this. Dan Balz and I who are doing this series for "The Post" about the first 10 days after 9/11 -- Dan and I went to interview Bush last month in the Oval Office, and it was supposed to be an hour. He was so interested in it, he postponed the speaker of the House coming so we could talk to him another half-hour. And this idea of Bush as somebody who doesn't do his homework or doesn't know what's going on was totally erased. He had NSC -- National Security Council minutes there. He read some of them to answer our questions. He went through specific meetings, specific moments, and decision points, and there was a kind of total commitment and energy on his part that you saw in the speech tonight.

[JohnHuang2]

Thanks =^)

[Aeronaut]

Maybe I've had one too many margeratias, but I can't decide who the author is. Great essay.

I knew one paragraph into this that it was John's. Sir, you are blessed with special insight. I am SO glad you are on 'our' side.