Day By Day© by Chris Muir.

January 24, 2007

On the State of the Union Address

I'm not going to delve too deeply into last night's address. You can read the usual excellent commentary here, here and here.

I would like to say that I think Bush's comment about those who voted to enter Iraq back in 2002 didn't vote for failure was an excellent zinger. I also noticed that on his way out, Bush didn't shake Harry Reid's hand. (Deliberate? Not? I don't know, but it sure made me wonder.) And goodness me, how did Nancy Pelosi manage to keep that frozen "deer in the headlights" look on her face for the entire speech? (One morning radio host suggested Botox.)

UPDATE: Other mention -- who saw John McCain snoozing? Not very impressive for a candidate-to-be. And Hillary, who last year had a look on her face reminiscent of having eaten lemons before the speech, had a starry-eyed look that made me think she wasn't really listening to President Bush, but imagining herself up there in two years...heaven forbid!

UPDATE II: The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review explains in an editorial why the Democrats are against Bush's new healthcare cost initiative (h/t Right Wing Nation):

Democrats oppose President Bush's health care plan to increase the number of insured Americans; it's too private and encourages the exercise of freedom.

They want to soak the rich to pay for the Big Brother of all entitlements: universal health care. That must be resisted; refer to out-of-control Medicare and Medicaid costs.

Read it all.