Brief Thoughts on the State of the Union

More than anything, Bush’s State of the Union is the best glimpse of how his presidency may have looked had 9/11 never occurred. With no wars to lead or evil axis to call out, he is nothing but a mediocre speaker who can’t appeal to anyone outside of his circle. His attempt at building a straw man out of supposed isolationists made him seem desperate and defensive, not the bold leader we remember from years past. At its worst, the speech was just bizarre, such as his challenge on Congress to pass the unconstitutional line-item veto and to ban human-animal hybrids.

-Mr. Alec

PS I had a Wal-Mart response written, but Firefox crashed. I'll get around to it later this weekend. Also, expect some comments on the Posner offensive on the NSA program and the talk I saw last week (it was bitchin'!).