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January 24, 2007

State of the Union

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Having reviewed an advanced copy of the State of the Union Address, Tony Snow was asked by reporters "What was the best part?" He said "You know, it's difficult to say. It's like looking in a drawer full of diamonds."

The speech did take my breath away, if not for its sparkle, for its unabashed chutzpah, and bad ideas.

The divine Nancy P. was magnificent. We've come to depend on that. She sustained an expression of benevolence throughout the speech, with an only an occasional, slight facial movement -- (she must have studied Ekman and Izard) to indicate disagreement, or show a smidgen of disapproval. She spryly leapt from her chair to applaud and smile when thrown a shred of anything she could get behind. Midway she did experience a bit of trouble with either a dry lower lip, or a shard of protein stuck in her molar, but that seemed to settle down.

It is quite a feat to stare directly at the American people over the President's shoulder as he flings another pile of doodoo, and maintain a sustained blank expression. The Dick, who sitith on the right hand of Bush, had the complaisance of a man who doesn't have to worry about popularity. He wore an expression of dictatorial entitlement, I'd say -- displaying the self satisfaction of someone whose agenda has already been implemented.

After it was over, Nancy gave Bush the old Clinton two-hander, all the way up his arm. Warm, warm warm. We love her. Not only does she look great over Bush's left shoulder, she has lots of experience setting limits with adolescents.

Photo note: Same old, same old

A better review

Posted by Dakota at January 24, 2007 11:20 AM