[FreedomPoster]

I've been meaning to ask this here:

Those of you who watched the SOTU FNC: What did you think of Juan William's response to the speech?

Brit Hume had his panel there, and went to Juan first for comment. I thought Juan was going to cry. It was like he had had an epiphany. He really saw that Bush *was* compassionate, really cared about "little people", and wanted them to have better lives.

It was really interesting to see. I hope this speech had that effect on others like Juan, who I would characterize as "the thinking Left" (there aren't many of them, based on what I see on TV and in print).

[FreedomPoster]

See my #17 - I think the part of the SOTU you pointed out is one of the parts that made Juan Williams react the way he did.

[johnny7]

... "the thinking Left" (there aren't many of them, based on what I see on TV and in print).

No... there are not many. Most libs have morphed into socialists, who despise capitalism and the military.

They think of themselves as citizens of the world. America is just where they live.

[Quilla]

Your description of Juan William's response is similar to my take on it. He was certainly moved. I thought William's specifically referenced the part of the speech dealing with Africa's AIDs victims as particularly moving. Of course, I could be mistaken as it was late for me. I generally turn in around 8:00 p.m. but had to stay up to see other's reactions to what I thought was a wonderful SOTU.

[okie01]

"What did you think of Juan William's response to the speech?"

Like you, I was struck by Williams' response. It was surprising, but it seemed genuine. The program to help children of prisoners seemed to have been the one that "sealed the deal" with him.

My thoughts at the time were a.) why would such a penny ante initiative, of such questionable real value, evoke such a positive response? and b.) of course, conservatives are compassionate, you ninny, what took you so long?

But, then, when you're trying to sell somebody something, sometimes you're surprised at what it is that actually closes the deal. It isn't always the hemi-head V-8, sometimes its the roller bearings on the ash trays.

The incident was an example, I believe, of how President Bush is changing many Americans' minds about conservatism. He pays attention to the little things and recognizes what they mean to people. He is selling the ideas of conservatism, making it palatable to people who formerly had no taste (or understanding) for it.

Some will point out that assistance to children of prisoners is hardly a conservative idea. But he's breaking down the reflexive sales resistance to conservative ideas. But if these programs are like ash trays with roller bearings and help sell more of those big, honking conservative hemi-head V-8s, I'm all for it.

[William McKinley]

I thought Juan was going to propose.

That sounds flip, but I really did :-)