The opposition party's response to a sitting president's State of the Union address is usually received like a dinner party guest who arrives as everyone else is already reaching for their coats.
Tonight, Senator Jim Webb of Virginia injected what's long been missing from these speeches (as well as the Democratic Party): leadership instead of platitudes, courage instead of placation.
We'll see if this response garners the attention it deserves. In the meantime, I give you the fighting senator from Virginia (full transcript and video):
Sen. Webb’s Democratic Response to the SOTU
Crooks and Liars
Senator Webb Nails SOTU Response
Posted by: MediaBloodhound | January 24, 2007 at 12:45 AM
SOTU:
1) Zero mention of Katrina......zero.
2) Jim Webb's rebuttal was the first noteworthy opposition response ever. And his demeanor, eloquence, passion and straight talk places him as the number one pick for the VP slot--no matter who the nominee is. And the truth is, he looked more presidential than W and half the Dem candidates.
And as far as I know, only MSNBC's Olbermann mentioned before the speech the Libby trial blockbuster day in which Libby's defense is that he was scapegoated to protect Rove and the biggest player of all in this scandal: The Duck Hunter in Chief.
Posted by: scuttle | January 24, 2007 at 10:01 AM
The Bush Plan: Give War A Chance
Reminds me of a John Lennon song gone terribly wrong....
Song: GIVE WAR A CHANCE LYRICS
Ev'rybody's talking about
Bagism, Shagism, Dragism, Madism, Ragism, Tagism
This-ism, that-ism
Isn't it the most
All we are saying is give war a chance
All we are saying is give war a chance
Ev'rybody's talking about
Muslims, Shi'ites, God-willing, "for Allah" killing,
Suicide bombings, and throngings to beheadings,
And bye bye, bye byes.
All we are saying is give war a chance
All we are saying is give war a chance
Let me tell you now
Ev'rybody's talking about
Revolution, Evolution, Mastication, Flagelolation, Regulations.
Integrations, Meditations, United Nations, Congratulations
All we are saying is give war a chance
All we are saying is give war a chance
Oh Let's stick to it
Ev'rybody's talking about
bin Laden, George Bush, Donald Rumsfeld, Saddam Hussein,
Hilary Clinton, Dick Cheney, Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Right Wingers,
Tree Huggers
All we are saying is give war a chance
All we are saying is give war a chance
Posted by: Corinne Bowers | January 25, 2007 at 01:09 AM
Haha. "Flagelolation"?
Posted by: MediaBloodhound | January 26, 2007 at 01:11 AM