Official 2004 State of the Union Address Thread

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2004-01-20 10:44pm

Steroids? WTF? That came out of left field.

Also, they just showed Tom Brady, for the Colonel.

Alex Moon · Post by **Alex Moon** » 2004-01-20 10:44pm

Knife wrote:
Bush wrote:Any attempt to interfear with my pandering to the old people to win their vote, will earn my veto.

Actually, IIRC any attempts to offer alternatives to SS are blocked by groups like the AARP and such. MSA's are usually seen as a first move away from SS.

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2004-01-20 10:47pm

Well, Santorum liked the marriage bullshit.

Alex Moon · Post by **Alex Moon** » 2004-01-20 10:48pm

More support for a marriage amendment.

Knife · Post by **Knife** » 2004-01-20 10:48pm

I hope that doesn't mean some bull shit try at an amendment for marrage.

Superman · Post by **Superman** » 2004-01-20 10:48pm

Goodamn, I hate Bush. "Abstinence until marriage..." Yeah, that's realistic.

kojikun · Post by **kojikun** » 2004-01-20 10:48pm

Med tort reform is a very good thing. Though, every time I hear "tort" I think of sour/sweet pastries.

His silly promotion of abstinence is grating me. He's also promoting the sanctity of marriage garbage, and the number of people clapping really pisses me off. If this were Parliament he'd be getting boos, but noone boos, they just clap. Stupid fuckers in congress.

.. Releasing the compassion of religious institutions? Codify religious charities into law? Hello Wall, meet hammer. Bye bye, Wall.

Knife · Post by **Knife** » 2004-01-20 10:48pm

Alex Moon wrote:
Knife wrote:
Bush wrote:Any attempt to interfear with my pandering to the old people to win their vote, will earn my veto.

Actually, IIRC any attempts to offer alternatives to SS are blocked by groups like the AARP and such. MSA's are usually seen as a first move away from SS.

Oh, I with you on that. It's just the way he said it.

Alex Moon · Post by **Alex Moon** » 2004-01-20 10:51pm

Letter from a little girl?

Ugh *vomits*

kojikun · Post by **kojikun** » 2004-01-20 10:52pm

"If you could send a letter to the troops" gets hardly a willing clap from the armymen there. Some just looked on and then reluctantly clapped. Hahaha.

Alex Moon · Post by **Alex Moon** » 2004-01-20 10:52pm

Knife wrote:
Alex Moon wrote:
Knife wrote:
Actually, IIRC any attempts to offer alternatives to SS are blocked by groups like the AARP and such. MSA's are usually seen as a first move away from SS.
Oh, I with you on that. It's just the way he said it.

Huh. Well, I guess I just saw it differently. I didn't see it as pandering to the elderly, just the opposite.

Alex Moon · Post by **Alex Moon** » 2004-01-20 10:53pm

kojikun wrote:"If you could send a letter to the troops" gets hardly a willing clap from the armymen there. Some just looked on and then reluctantly clapped. Hahaha.

Actually, I think they're not allowed to do more than clap politely. Maybe someone in the military can answer this better.

Knife · Post by **Knife** » 2004-01-20 10:53pm

Alex Moon wrote:Letter from a little girl?

Ugh *vomits*

Hahaha. Her big moment and she's sleeping.

kojikun · Post by **kojikun** » 2004-01-20 10:54pm

May god continue to bless america.. YAY. Someone should tell him to stop being such a fuckwit.

Alex Moon · Post by **Alex Moon** » 2004-01-20 10:54pm

Knife wrote:
Alex Moon wrote:Letter from a little girl?

Ugh *vomits*
Hahaha. Her big moment and she's sleeping.

"Honey wake up! The President is reading your letter on TV!"

"Mommy let me go back to sleep!"

Knife · Post by **Knife** » 2004-01-20 10:54pm

Alex Moon wrote:
kojikun wrote:"If you could send a letter to the troops" gets hardly a willing clap from the armymen there. Some just looked on and then reluctantly clapped. Hahaha.
Actually, I think they're not allowed to do more than clap politely. Maybe someone in the military can answer this better.

There is nothing against it in protocal but they do tend to be more reserved than the politicians.

Knife · Post by **Knife** » 2004-01-20 10:55pm

kojikun wrote:May god continue to bless america.. YAY. Someone should tell him to stop being such a fuckwit.

I'm not religious at all but that kind of shit don't bother me.

Alex Moon · Post by **Alex Moon** » 2004-01-20 10:55pm

Knife wrote:
Alex Moon wrote:
kojikun wrote:"If you could send a letter to the troops" gets hardly a willing clap from the armymen there. Some just looked on and then reluctantly clapped. Hahaha.
Actually, I think they're not allowed to do more than clap politely. Maybe someone in the military can answer this better.
There is nothing against it in protocal but they do tend to be more reserved than the politicians.

Ah, thanks.

kojikun · Post by **kojikun** » 2004-01-20 10:56pm

Knife wrote:There is nothing against it in protocal but they do tend to be more reserved than the politicians.

Yeah but these guys just looked.. "feh.."

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2004-01-20 10:57pm

Overall, OK performance. Less verbal gaffes than usual, and Bush looked more comfortable than usual on stage. I was certainly surprised by some of the domestic initiatives he put on the table.

Alex Moon · Post by **Alex Moon** » 2004-01-20 10:58pm

kojikun wrote:
Knife wrote:There is nothing against it in protocal but they do tend to be more reserved than the politicians.
Yeah but these guys just looked.. "feh.."

Either they've heard all this before, or they probably never expected to be sitting there.

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2004-01-20 10:59pm

Incidentally, I'd be willing to bet the MSAs and the Social Security ownership proposal was an attempt to throw a bone to disaffected conservatives. Good to see we aren't completely ignored on domestic policy.

mauldooku · Post by **mauldooku** » 2004-01-20 11:01pm

I found the numerous cuts to a certain Mr. Kennedy were quite interesting.

Damn, you guys already covered most of my observations on this one.

RedImperator · Post by **RedImperator** » 2004-01-20 11:04pm

Wow. Nancy Pelosi looks considerably less like a gargoyle than usual.

Superman · Post by **Superman** » 2004-01-20 11:06pm

She brings up some good points... But she sometimes does look like a gargoyle...