I was only able to watch the first few minutes of the State of the Union tonight before customers came in and I had to actually work for my paycheck (such a sorry state of affairs, really). I did, however, get one laugh out of what I saw.
I’m used to the apparently mandatory applause after every sentence (though whether they’re applauding what was said, or the fact that he managed to get through one more sentence without stumbling, I’m not sure about). I was quite pleasantly surprised tonight when after mentioning that the Patriot Act expires in the near future, the Democratic portion of Congress interrupted Bush’s speech at that point to start applauding.
Not only do I wholeheartedly agree with the sentiment, but seeing Bush’s annoyance as he turned toward the applauding people and shook his head (“No, no, that’s not where you’re supposed to clap! You missed your cue!”) was priceless.
I’ll get to go over the transcript of the speech and hopefully catch an archived webcast after I get home tonight. Until then, though, I’ll just carry that moment around in my head for the rest of the evening.
CJ
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The communist party was certainly in agreement, too
Have you thought any more about this particular party? I know it must be a better choice than Nadar, but where does it fit between that and the Democratic party for you?
Regards,
Adam Quinn
If you find an archived webcast of the address, please post the URL. I don’t have cable and the amount of EM-noisy devices in my household make radio reception all but useless, so I didn’t catch it.
Here is the address that links to the web cast: http://www.whitehouse.gov/stateoftheunion/#
There is a button entitled “View Webcast”, and clicking that brings up the recording.
Hope this helps,
Adam Quinn
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