W's SotU speech full of new exciting ideas, like "War and Taxes" - oh, and hints of "let's invade Iran"
posted by
Wally
7:27 AM
Who would have thought, after 7 years of his Presidency, that Dubya could keep coming up with fresh and inspiring ideas like he proposed last night? Who could have predicted that he would have focused on such innovative proposals for his last year in office - something you never hear from the Republicans - as "war on terror" and "lower taxes".
Well, okay. Everyone. He delivered just what everyone has come to expect from him. Not much. Bush, Facing Woes in '08, Focuses on War and Taxes
Facing an unstable economy and an unfinished war, President Bush used his final State of the Union address Monday night to call for quick passage of his tax rebate package, patience in Iraq and a modest concluding agenda that includes $300 million in scholarship money for low-income children in struggling schools.
Mr. Bush devoted relatively little of his 53 minute speech to the economy, the issue that is the top concern of voters during this election year. He spent far more time talking about the issue that has been his own primary concern, Iraq. Most, if not all of what he said was the same old hashed over crap we've heard from him every year. An hour long nation-wide "yawn".
But not all of it. At one point he said something that made Mrs. Wally and I both sit up with a big WTF moment. It was another rehash of old crap, but it was pretty ominous rehash. Our message to the people of Iran is clear. We have no quarrel with you. We have respect your traditions and your history. We look forward to the day when you have your freedom.
Our message to the leaders of Iran is also clear. Verifiably suspend your nuclear enrichment so negotiations can begin. And to rejoin the community of nations, come clean about your nuclear intentions and past actions. Stop your oppression at home. Cease your support for terror abroad. To me, this sounds eerily similar to this little ditty from the State of the Union 5 years ago: And tonight I have a message for the brave and oppressed people of Iraq: Your enemy is not surrounding your country, your enemy is ruling your country. One other thing that struck me from his speech last night. In Afghanistan, America, our 25 NATO allies and 15 partner nations are helping the Afghan people defend their freedom and rebuild their country.
Thanks to the courage of these military and civilian personnel, a nation that was once a safe haven for al Qaeda is now a young democracy where boys and girls are going to school. New roads and hospitals are being built. And people are looking to the future with new hope.
These successes must continue. So we're adding 3,200 Marines to our forces in Afghanistan, where they will fight the terrorists and train the Afghan army and police. If things are going so great in Afghanistan, why the hell are we sending MORE troops there? If such great progress has been made (it hasn't), and if there is so much hope for the future (there isn't), then our job should be done there, right?
If the Warmonger in Chief hadn't pulled our troops out of Afghanistan and sent them into Iraq, he probably would have been able to stand there honestly and proudly and rightfully brag about what a great job he did rebuilding Afghanistan and freeing the Afghan people. But he didn't. So he can't. Once again, he's lying.
Nothing new to see hear. Same old thing.
Transcript at CNN
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