Me Too

Like Josh Marshall, I just can't bring myself to watch State of the Union speeches. It's not just George Bush. It's the entire model. I'm a connoisseur of speeches, and as far as rhetoric goes, the State of the Union is the equivalent of the fat, smelly guy sitting next to you on the plane. Yuck.

As for the content of Bush's speech (from the transcript), it was pretty tepid. Once again Shrubby demonstrates that he is immune to irony:

The President whose energy bill is a complete sell out to Big Energy wants energy independence (read: more domestic drilling!).

The President who swiftboated John Kerry calls for more civil discourse (read: stop attacking me!).

The President busily undermining civil liberties and democratic elections claims to be spreading democracy (read: the Iraq War was a good thing. Let's invade Iran!).

The President whose gigantic budget deficits are indebting us to China talks about international competitiveness (read: more tax cuts!).

The President who bungled social security privatization (ha ha) and medicare reform talks about curbing entitlements (read: more benefit cuts more the middle class & poor!).

I could go on, but you get the point.