Bush to Go Domestic in ‘State of the Union’

And if he really goes domestic he will bring our troops home soon without any enhancement of efforts. Otherwise, I see just another sham and lie.

The only thing Bush could possibly say to America in his State of the Union is: We have put up the White flag - the War is over! Or, if he wants to speak these words in Bush Language: Call in the Dogs and Pi$$ on the Fire - Hunting Season is OVER!!!!!!!!!

I would like him to retake the oath of ofice and pay particular attention to the "Upholding the Constitution" part of it....

:)

lc

Well, I'll be watching Heroes from last night...thank God for Tivo. And it's really nice of Bush to get around to addressing those pesky domestic issues...six years into his presidency! Getting us off this damn Middle Eastern oil should have been the first agenda of his White House, let alone after 9/11. Our gasoline dependence has allowed the Saudis to grab us by the ___ since this war began and even longer. And closing the borders...

I am afraid he is the consumate lame duck now......more so now than ever. This will be painful to watch. But it is part of our very great American process and the people have spoken....

Ejeff,

Our oil policies suck. Period. All the way back to Carter... it's not anything new, it's just that Presidents and Politicians aren't effected by the price of gasoline as regular Americans are.

lc

So, it sounds like he's going to finally ask for sacrifice. Right on schedule.

I'm watching right now, and I wonder... Is Ted Kennedy awake?

I'm listening as I work. Bush-the-tree-hugger. That's something. Amazing what the presence of a few Dems can do.

I'd feel so much better had he talking about cutting gas consumption because it was the right thing to do—not because he's suddenly losing politically. It's gross. He seems to have no problem being such a political hypocrite.

That said, let's cut gas consumption.

Now, I hear he is talking about Iraq. He's really got credibility on that one.

But, hey, he just said the words "Osama bin Laden." That's different.

"Our oil policies suck. Period. All the way back to Carter... it's not anything new, it's just that Presidents and Politicians aren't effected by the price of gasoline as regular Americans are."

LawClerk, I agree wholeheartedly. Clinton and Reagan each had 8 years to ween us off of our dependence of Mid-East oil and neither did anything substantial to move us in that direction. Neither did Bush the Elder. At least Clinton was a bit more *progressive* in moving forward with petro/electric hybridization intiatives, but with gas prices around $1/gallon (the good ol' days) during much of his administration it seemed like the will to make a massive changeover on the part of the auto industry and the American people just wasn't there. I singled out Bush because his connections to the oil industry I believe have made him sheepish about pushing this agenda before now in spite of the War on Terror and the way OPEC has been playing with the supply and driving up prices because they are in collusion with, or at least sympathic to our enemies. And the oil companies are only so happy to pass along the additional cost to consumers while making record profits in the process.

After Mutombo, the baby einstein woman (name I can't recall) and the good samaritan (name I can't recall) I then expected Bush to hold up a replica or picture of the baby Jesus before proceeding. Somebody wrote him a good sounding speech. Too bad he didn't seem to care about poor folks, guvment spending, affordable healthcare, cutting oul consumption and dependence when he was all powerful. He was a full if sh!t as a Christmas repubican.

This pretty much sums it up here.

props to bcruzan / Fark

Finally catching the first half of the speech on C-SPAN.org. The thing that struck me about this speech is how subdued and more conciliatory he seemed compared to past speeches...except on Iraq. Just more rhetoric on increasing troop levels. This coming from a guy who has proven over and over that he isn't capable of handling complex situations like Iraq. It is clear that with a Democrat controlled Congress and many in Bush's own party having practically abandoned him, he has become the textbook definition of a lame duck president.

Why did they do that beautiful women like that? A better cartoon or caricature would be Bush in headlights. At one point during the applause I saw Bush smiling and saying to himself "I can't believe these people are falling for this deer in headlight bullsh!t. They're dumber than me. I always knew I was smarter than some of these people."

Bush taking us off oil is just another sham. He is from West Texas which LARGELY depends on the oil industry. I'll believe it when I seem him put money behind it.