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Thursday, February 03, 2005
State of the Union
Well, I hate to be cynical—no, I mean it this time—but...
As he spoke on social security reform and the Iraqi elections, the nation was once again remined that there was a reason our President was a cheerleader in college: George W. Bush is a damn good cheerleader.
A cheerleader can help people who are excited by something be even more excited about it. In the case of the Iraqi elections, all sensible people were excited and thrilled. Bush kicked that up a notch.
But Bush's biggest challenge doesn't require a cheerleader, it requires as salesman to sell Social Security reform to it's skeptics. There are already a few notable dissenters in the Republican ranks, and Harry Reid, despite being half the politician Bush is, has managed to circle the democratic wagons pretty damn well. Reagan, the best salesman since Karl Marx, could have pulled this off. But Bush?
In any case, only Rachel has any really insightful commentary on SOTU:
As he spoke on social security reform and the Iraqi elections, the nation was once again remined that there was a reason our President was a cheerleader in college: George W. Bush is a damn good cheerleader.
A cheerleader can help people who are excited by something be even more excited about it. In the case of the Iraqi elections, all sensible people were excited and thrilled. Bush kicked that up a notch.
But Bush's biggest challenge doesn't require a cheerleader, it requires as salesman to sell Social Security reform to it's skeptics. There are already a few notable dissenters in the Republican ranks, and Harry Reid, despite being half the politician Bush is, has managed to circle the democratic wagons pretty damn well. Reagan, the best salesman since Karl Marx, could have pulled this off. But Bush?
In any case, only Rachel has any really insightful commentary on SOTU:
So John and I were watching the president's speech last night, as we do every year for the State of the Union, but I don't know. We got bored this time, real bored. And I'll be honest with you. We put the speech on the little TV and played Halo on the big TV with our best friend, Mr. X-Box.
First of all it should be called the State of the Onion speech. It used to be an actual report. Then it became a photo-op, then a campaign event and now it has turned into an episode of Oprah. The president should just put a state of the onion presentation on the net and send an email to each member of Congress with a link to it. Then the rest of us wouldn't have miss any sitcoms.Post a Comment
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