I assume b the lack of commentary most folks didn't bother to listen to it. What to me was sad about the speech was had Bush had a genuine desire to do what he was talking about for nearly the first 15 minutes in the first year of his Presidency his legacy would have possibly been a noble one. Oh well... REALLY funny to hear him railing against earmarks after 6-1/2 years of singing more pork into law than any president in history. If Bush wasn't such a disingenuous (or far over his head) soul he could have really been a great President.
Watched it. Sort of like watching a sibling give a eulogy at a funeral. Best analysis I've read all day was from the writers of the Daily Show on the New York Times editorial page: campaignstops.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/29/state-of-the-union-a-shocking-omission/?hp Best snippets from their ten minute by ten minute analysis: "On Monday afternoon, whitehouse.gov, our one-stop shopping site for neutral-colored residences, posted this important update on the proceedings: “President Bush will deliver his State of the Union address on January 28, 2008. Whatever the form, content, delivery method or broadcast medium, the President’s annual address is a backdrop for national unity.” Our guesses — and please bear in mind that we are neither pundits nor smart people — were: Form: Macaroni collage Content: In-depth analysis of monumentally important human-animal hybrid controversy Delivery Method: Ice Cream Truck Broadcast Medium: Tin cans, string" .... 9:06: The President arrives, fashionably late, and fashionably attired in a blue tie the exact shade of America’s current malaise. After much hand-shaking, he takes his place at the rostrum, in front of Dick Cheney, a human-zombie hybrid, and Nancy Pelosi, a human-woman hybrid. ..... 9:12: Tax relief. No mention of how human-animal hybrids could affect it. 9:22: Human-alcohol hybrid Ted Kennedy checks his program, trying to figure out who the guy in the blue tie behind the podium is, and if there’s an intermission.
The speech was lame. The Democratic response was ******* awful. The whole damn city is just packing it in.
The State of the Union is about the lamest thing that I can think of. The lamest part is the standing ovations.
When I'm president I'm mailing congress a letter on the state of the union and sendign out a mass spam email (with some help from the people that handle communication for Nigerian mid level beurocrats) to the american public