what debate? sounds like a coupla kindergarteners fighting over the play-doh.
zoles, i'm glad to see your time away has not dimmed your essential luminescence (no, i don't know what it means but damned if it doesn't sound purdy, huh?).
i thought the speech was well organized, well paced and offered few, if any, surprises. i was disappointed not to get close-ups of the hooting opposition party during their vocal reaction to the social security portion of the speech. once georgie moved past that section and his sop to the rightest of the right with his marriage amendment comment, i was heartened to see that the majority of the standing ovations were undertaken by both sides of the hall (i counted approx. 28 shared ovations, the ones where just the gop stood don't count; it's like a standing ovation at a broadway show in which only the family of the cast stand up).
the speech started and ended strong beginning with the litany of countries that recently held elections (including the palestinian territories, there was also a later mention of a palestinian state) while managign to avoid the ohrase i'm sick of, "freedom is on the march," and closed smartly with the echoes of the ovation to the norwood's still reverberating by calling to the optimism of america for the future by recalling past accomplishments.
now, gw's never gonna be a stirring speaker and as always "nucular" made a few appearances but he managed to deliver what i considered a very well crafted speech without bumbling. he seemed much more comfortable than i've seen him recently while giving a speech (winking at souter during the activist judge portion). i could have done without the autograph session as he left the hall, what the hell was that all about? yer president, dumb*ss, not a star shortstop.
as far as the democratic reaction, i thought harry reid was effective and clear. he managed to delivery plenty of blows with the velvet hammer while not looking or sounding like he was particularly upset about anything. very calm and soothing but confidant. i don't know how effective he'll be as a legislator, but he's an improvement as a public face for the party.
nancy pelosi should just not be allowed in front of a camera. ever. she looks like she's choking to death trying to keep from screaming, "we're gonna geld that motherf***er and every one of you b*st*rds who voted for him! we know where you are you sick f***s and you'll get yours!" seriously, those of you from the democratic party, on a purely superficial level (one at which many here like to take gw) is she really an effective public face for the democratic party? with those marty feldman eyes? and the barely concealed contempt for everything that's not a member of the democratic party? *shudder* she skeeeers me. i'm not saying my party is not full of folks who scare me too, but really? nancy?
r.i.p. marco, my guardian angel.
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pray to st. jude
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he was the gimmicky sort
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