Vodkapundit’s Stephen Green was live/drunk-blogging the State of the Union and imbiding in a martini or two in the process. Which is, of course, the only way one can handle a political speech in America today.
Some hightlights:
6:52pm Maybe not actually drunk, but I am working on a nicely icy gin martini with my patented “confetti twist” of lemon. Sipping and waiting.
7:23pm “We will never surrender to evil.” Perfect applause line. But I can’t shake the feeling that that sort of talk is becoming boilerplate, too. It’s been four years since the last big attack, and it seems we’re getting complacent.
7:32pm Bush just used “Iran” and “regime” and “must come to an end” in the same sentence. Hoo-boy.
7:35pm Bush is using his HIV/AIDS aid programs to segue into the Laundry List Portion of the evening. Here’s where things get boring, as the President tells us exactly how he and Congress have wasted out money in the last twelve months.
This would be an excellent time to pour another martini.
7:43pm “Make the tax cuts permanent.” Fine! Please! And let’s cut some spending, too, shall we?
7:44pm Bush is bragging about having made teensy cuts in the very smallest bits of Federal Budget. Shameful.
7:54pm Bush might just be the least science-friendly President since, uh, I dunno. So when I hear him talk about spending government money on this or that, all I can think is “Keep your damn hands off me!”
7:55pm “American Competitiveness Initiative.” Feh. Keep your damn hands off, indeed. There’s your competitiveness.
7:57pm “A revolution of conscience… and government has played a role.” Compassionate conservatism in a nutshell. Next!
And here are his observations on Tim Kaine’s response to the address.
Keeping true to my pledge from earlier today, I did not watch the speech at all. I will read it online tonight or tomorrow morning. From what I’ve read of Steve’s version, though, I don’t think my reaction will be all that different.
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