Just got home from work and have decided to live blog the big speech.
1803hrs – Just heard that Cindy Sheehan has been led out of the chambers in handcuffs……AWESOME!
1807hrs – President introduced and walking down the aisle.
1815hrs – “We seek the end to tyranny in our world” “Democracy’s replace resentment with hope”…..nice!
1818hrs – “The terrorists hope these horror’s will break our world, allowing the violent to inherit the earth. But they have miscalculated, we love our freedom and we will fight to keep it!”
1821hrs – “There is no peace in retreat, and there is no honor in retreat”
1822hrs – “We will never surrender to evil!”
1824hrs – “The road of victory is the road that will take our troops home.”
1825hrs – “Yet there is a difference between responsible criticism that aims for success and defeatism that refuses to acknowledge anything but failure”
1828hrs – What a great speech so far and a great delivery….need more of this in 2006
1830hrs – He mentions Marine Sgt Clay who was killed last month. He then read a passage from a letter written by this hero. Introduces his family who gets a loud and long applause.
1835hrs – Calls for the nations of the world to not allow Iran to get nuclear weapons.
1838hrs – “If there are people inside the United States talking to Al-Qaeda we want to know about it. We will not sit back and wait to get hit again”…..great passage.
1841hrs – ARGH! Our economy couldn’t survive without illegal immigrants…..ARGH
1847hrs – Shameful display put on by the left when Bush mentioned that Congress had failed to work on his Social Security reform measures…they all got up and cheered. Disgusting.
1851hrs – Announced some great initiatives to break our “addiction to oil”….allowing the drilling of oil in Alaska and the building of nuclear power plants might help our “dependence on middle eastern oil”….just a thought.
1906hrs – An awesome end to the speech….can’t wait to get the transcript of the last few paragraphs. He mentions Lincoln and MLK…”today having come far in our own historical journey, we must decide…will we turn back or finish well. Before history is written down in books, it is written in courage. Like Americans before us we will show that courage and finish well”
“And so we move forward, optimistic about our country, faithful in it’s cause and confident in the victories to come!
After having some time to reflect on the speech I would give it a 7 out of 10.? He delivered it fairly well, but the programs he is proposing for energy seem to me to be just more spend, spend, and spend more.? There is plenty of oil on this continent if they would allow us to dig it up.? How about reactors?? Why are none being built?
As usual the parts about national security, the spread of Democracy, and defeating tyranny were excellent.? Another strong part of the speech was his opposition to cloning and the sell of embryos.
Overall it was a speech about moving forward, attacking the challenges ahead with American spirit and to stay committed to the spread of Democracy.
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Actually I’m getting a real kick out of you guys!! I’m getting some real laughs with your comments.
It is so obvious where the mentality stands here on this blog. So…you guys have fun! I’ll talk to you when King George gets thrown out of office!! We’ll talk then!!
Good day to ya!!
Dee-
No you may NOT ask why!!! I don’t “owe” you an explanation. You’ve now called me an ass kisser and a brown noser. Does name-calling make you feel important? If you’ve come here to try and convince anyone of your “side”, you just lost that opportunity. No one that I know of responds that well to insults.
Carol
Dee, your comments are indictive of someone who should be living in a country where they will assign you some work since obviously you want everything handed to you on a platter.
Do some research before you comment, 4.9% is the national rate….talk to your own politico’s in your state if your upset about your job. You do understand you actually have local representatives right?
I feel sorry for you, you have been indoctrinated into the lies of your party so thoroughly that there is no hope for you…much like the kiddies at DummiesU.
Hillary! Rofl, she has NO chance. None, nada….keep dreaming.
Fly away back to your cesspool please Dee, they are calling for you.
Again..Carol. Your attitude is only to be expected from a King George Brown noser!!
They are all like that! No one wants to stand up for whats right in our country. I dont expect the government to find me a job. I have raised children on my own, never drawn welfare, unemployment..etc. This is the first time I have ever been unemployed. I have been management in the Auto Industry for 15 years.
May I ask “Why” you have been unemployed for 5 years? By choice or cant find a job???
Just Curious!
The speech was absolutely fantastic! What he spoke of was plain and simple being an American citizen, having pride and freeing people from oppression. Anybody who has a problem with those things are traitors and inhuman.
The point when he spoke to the people of Iran brought tears to my eyes. I really liked that.
I’m not positive, but I could have sworn that I just heard ABC Radio mention at the top of the hour news that Cindy Sheehan is going to sue the US for violating her free speech rights and defamation of character for her arrest tonight. If this is true, what freaking clown this woman is.
Please, please, please God let mama moonbat run against DiFi…