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Noodling The SOTU

I've just finished the State of the Union. Im not much on speeches and talk, I have to be ordered to attend simple 'team meetings' at my work.

But when I give presentations, I'm always aware of the audience when I decide what I want to say, and how I want to say it. I need to think about this some more before I write about it, but it occurs to me that the President just lit a fuse in the Middle East, bigger than anything he has done since the days of "shock and awe".

I've also got this feeling that The President is suckering the Democrats on Social Security. They are petrified of any move on their territory, and as a result, Bush seems to be "flooding the zone" on lots of other issues. While they spend every dime to defeat him on his feignt towards that issue, he will likely be making serious inroads on other areas. One thing is for sure, he has a HUGE negotiation point with the other side.

Let's be clear about this, President Bush is playing major league ball here. I'm not sure the opposition wants to admit it, but the man came to play and they still seem to be playing catch-up ball.

I need to think about this for a minute, but I think the old man just did something more than what we saw appearing on the screen to a US audience, I have to think about my persian friends and what they might have just seen.

Back in a few...

and oh one more thing, I know the response is a tough gig, but do you have to make it sound like a mid afternoon legal infomercial?

Pelosi and Reid - Well take your personal injury case for 29.99...

Dr. Dean, first thing on your agenda, Might I suggest....

Posted @ February 02, 2005 07:46 PM | Current Affairs