By now if you have any interest in the State of the Union address, if you didn't watch it you heard it all. I figured though I better give my quick review.
First of all I love to watch the people attending the address. Watching who stands, who doesn't, who claps, who doesn't, who picks their nose, who doesn't. Its usually pretty predictable, the dems are the ones picking their noses. I enjoy watching when the President enters and leaves the room. Who is in the aisle brown nosing, and will they be the first slinging mud when talking after the address?
I have to say there were two highlights as far as responses during this address. The first came when our President addressed the domestic spying issue. The cameras were on Clinton(yeah the chick one). It was classic as the President said he would not tolerate people in America talking with members of Al Qaeda, she just shook her head in utter disgust. It seems that if you are in America, according to the Dems, you should have the right to talk to whoever you want. Always worrying about the rights of the bad guys. Well all of them except the one lonely dem who stood up and applauded when the President urged the renewal of the Patriot Act.
The second came when President Bush set the dems up to be the joke. He touched on how his social security issue was struck down. The dems all stood up in applause, proud of striking it down. They were sure showing him. You could see the smile on his face, when he then stated how nothing has changed and the issue is just getting worse. Yup its a good thing you guys came up with a solution when you struck it down. How do you like them apples?
The President threw them a couple bones though. He announced we as Americans are addicted to oil.. (but it makes me feel so good!) Stating basically that we need to ween are selves from it and start using other products for fuel. He then talked about our workforce and American made products and how we need to rely more on Us. Issues that should make both sides happy.
The State of the Union address this year was quite pleasant, not too long, not too short, but just right. It looks like our President, is ready to start the fight for the people again. Truth be told I had been starting to worry.