The State of Our Union

The State of the Union Speech 2007: A Concise Summary

"Madam Speaker: The President of the United States." Applause. Nancy Pelosi presents President Bush. Applause. President Bush makes flattering remarks about Nancy Pelosi being first female Speaker. Applause. President Bush begins speech with vague assertions about strength and confidence of nation. Applause. President continues to talk. Applause continues to interrupt. Camera zooms in on Ted Kennedy, who looks like he's napping because he's looking down to read. President talks about not raising taxes. Lots of applause. President talks about economy. Applause. President talks about medicare. Applause. President goes into long talk about national security and the war on terror. Frequent allusions to 9/11, frequent applause. President proposes energy reform. Much applause. President introduces an altruistic NBA player, a successful entrepreneur, a heroic soldier, and a guy who saved someone from being hit by a train, and bullshits his way into making them somehow relevant to his speech. Rancorous applause. President talks more about national security and other foreign policy issues. Applause. President makes plea for working together. Applause. Thank you, may God continue to bless etc, applause applause applause.

Jim Webb (D-VA) gives Democratic response. Reads carefully off teleprompter. Says Bush better listen to Democrats now that they have power.

Wolf Blitzer and other talking heads analyze the speech, debate its various implications, and generally fail to say anything of real value or interest.