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So let it be written, so let it be done.

So I kinda watched the SOTU last night in that it was on and I was in front of the TV. I’m really not a speech guy. I mean, the debates were interesting because you never could know when Bush might suddenly interject, “You want some wood?” Speeches just don’t have those moments.
Still, my ears perked up on the subject of the Social Security. I was like, “That’s my @#$% money! Give it to me!” But the Dems actually booed him. The Prez should not have taken that. He should have pulled out a .45, announced, “I like to call this my ‘Veto Power’,” and then fired at the Democrats, yelling, “I pardon myself!” with each trigger pull. That would have been awesome! If you’re going to broadcast the SOTU in HD with 5.1 surround, you at least need some action.
Bush also mentioned his plans for letting illegal immigrants run amok. I’m kinda ambivalent on that issue since I think anyone who doesn’t want to be an American is insane, but I bet Michelle Malkin isn’t going to like it. So what is this? Is the idea that, if we pander to illegal immigrants, we’ll get more Hispanic votes? Or do we Republicans just want cheaper nannies?
Anyhoo, the foreign policy part of the speech was what I cared about. Destroying stuff is what the federal government does best. Looks like Iran is next on the list, and hopefully we can count on a local uprising to take out those wacky mullahs. I say we put them in zoos and throw peanuts at them.
Oh, and when Bush said things about freedom and whatnot that got bi-partisan stand o’s, I kept trying to spot Ted Kennedy to see if he stood too. I kinda suspect no phrase of Bush’s could get him to move his massive girth, though – maybe other than “Free pork chops!” and “Look out! We’re about to hit the railing on the bridge!”
Okay; that was a cheap shot. Kennedy is fat and has a ginormous head, BTW.
SarahK got all angry when Bush still mispronounced “nuclear.” Hey, if he ain’t saying it right by now, he doesn’t have any intentions of ever getting it right. She also got angry at Bush’s pledge to give $350 million to the Palestinians. Yeah, I’d probably keep a sharp eye on that money… or at least write on the check, “Don’t use for terror.”
When the Iraqi woman who lost her father to the Saddam regime and had just voted hugged the mother of a KIA marine, I have to admit I got pretty misty eyed. Still, I have not actually cried since I was four and was shot twice in the arm with a 9mm (come on; I was four!).
Now, I think Bush is a sub par speaker, but Reid in the response was just horrible. After sleeping on it, I realized the speech wasn’t that bad, the delivery was just horrible. It just cried, “I’m reading a speech.” All the little folksy stuff – the punk skateboarder walking up to him in the restaurant, the “and I represent Las Vegas,” and the Groundhog Day reference were completely ungenuine coming from that guy. Like Randy of American Idol would say, Reid needed to take that speech and make it his own, dawg. Instead, he was just reading cue cards. (Kevin Drum thought the Las Vegas line was good; now that’s just pure, unbridled partisanship)
Whose idea was it to have Pelosi, with her ungodly smile that shakes one’s soul, talk about homeland security? Yeah, a San Francisco liberal is going to make us feel safer. I tell you, if that woman were standing next to my henhouse, I wouldn’t turn my back on her.
In summary, the response was horrible – it was less than nothing. It was just weak, and wouldn’t impress the regular Americans. It didn’t even give red-meat for the Manson family crazy Democrat base. The Democrats would have been better off ceding their response to a rerun of Wings.
So, what do you think? Were you convinced to become a Democrat now by the response? Do you care if Bush can say “nuclear”? Discuss!