Comments on: SOTU BLOG REACTION ROUNDUP

By: SwampWoman

SwampWoman — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Oh. My. Clark has just been bitch-slapped by Tom Brokaw (correcting his facts). Clark is adamantly denying everything he ever said backing the war. Sigh. Who would ever vote for this guy?

By: SwampWoman

SwampWoman — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Can't he just say that "Yeah, when I thought I might be a Republican I backed the war, but now that I switched to being a Democrat, I found out that Dems are Against War, and now I'm against War too."

By: Vicki Smith AKA CalGal

Vicki Smith AKA CalGal — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Daschle is not exactly Mr. personality, but it was good to hear someone counter with factual information.

By: BoiFromTroy

BoiFromTroy — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

The Democrats could have won over many of the 25% of the gay community who voted for Bush, but their failure to address his most controversial remarks in the speech--on gay marriage--showed that they don't really support rights dignity for every man and woman in America eihter...as I said early in my live blogging, "we'll see if what's good for the gander is what's good for the goose." The answer was NO.

By: John Lemon

John Lemon — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

I loved it when Bush said that some of the Patriot Act would expire this year and the Democrat side of the aisle clapped. Bush seemed a bit surprised and did a double take and then aimed the next comment directly at them. I thought really got him jazzed for the rest of the speech. I watched the first half on TV and the second half I listened on the radio. Both ways, Bush came across very confident. I think this was his "smoothest, most confident and polished" speech to date, with the possible exception of the UN "live up to your responsibilities or be redundant" speech.

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Daschle is not exactly Mr. personality, but it was good to hear someone counter with factual information.

Tom Daschle and "factual information" in the same sentence is downright laughable.

I was rather annoyed that the media did not correct some of the whoppers he told. (he was especially inaccurate last night) One of the pundits said something to the effect that Daschle got many facts wrong but that he looked so bad doing it, the pundit said he would feel bad piling on.

So much for being factual.

By: Confessions Of A Political Junkie

Confessions Of A Political Junkie — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Views Outside The Beltway
James has the blogosphere roundup....

By: Zygote-Design

Zygote-Design — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Democratic Collapse
I didn't get a chance to listen to the State of the Union speech because I was busy working for a living. I did, however, get to listen to a good chunk of the Democratic response and picked up some...

By: ProfessorBainbridge.com

ProfessorBainbridge.com — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

MASHed SOTU Response
I missed the SOTU (living in California means lots of things like the SOTU happen during drivetime) but caught the Democrat response on the car radio. Listening to Peolosi and Daschle's response to the SOTU address somehow reminded me of

By: It Can't Rain All The Time...

It Can't Rain All The Time... — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

We have not come all this way through tragedy, and trial, and war only to falter and leave our work unfinished.
Yanking Democratic teeth right and left, President Bush gave a pretty good SOTU speech. Nothing much new there, and of course it won’t change anyone’s mind — Does such a speech ever? — but he was definitely on his game...

By: Backcountry Conservative

Backcountry Conservative — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

SOTU Wrap-Up
James Joyner has a round-up of other posts as well as the running commentary he posted during the speech. I had thoughts of doing an post-speech analysis comparing the transcript of the speech with the SOTU Drinking Game to determine...

By: Signifying Nothing

Signifying Nothing — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

In SOTU operation
I didn’t watch much of the State of the Union Address (still working on syllabi, natch), but I did catch the tail end of it, and I sort of half-watched Chris Matthews anchoring MSNBC’s “postgame report”—the most interestin...

By: Arguing with signposts...

Arguing with signposts... — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Thoughts on the SOTU It's ironic that during GW Bush's first run for the White House, the knock on him was that he couldn't handle foreign policy because he had no experience. Yet his presidency will be defined in history by his foreign policy...

By: blogoSFERICS

blogoSFERICS — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

SOTU Sorry, y'all. Didn't watch. But I'm sure there's plenty of punditry out there. I'll be reading it, and if need...

By: BoiFromTroy

BoiFromTroy — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

SOTU: Stream of consciousness
SOTU: Confident and Strong. I'd add "optimistic." Terrorist attacks...Dubya includes Jerusalem, not an Al Quaeda target...hmmm...this will draw some of the greatest international attention Patriot Act...Ouch. Bet those 50 or so Dems who were clapping a...

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