I watched the State of the Union address in it’s entirety once, the january before we invaded Iraq. Holy shit. What wasn’t a lie was a false promise. I was pretty pissed after the third time in one minute that everyone stood up and clapped for 20 seconds straight.
Being a bit jaded, I’m not going to watch the state of the union tonight. I’m guessing all the best and most embarrassing bits will filter out through the blogosphere soon enough, and I’ll get my share of partisan liberal discourse.
But pausing iTunes for a second, I heard Bush making tribute to Coretta Scott King, a woman who falls so far above Bush on the scale of worthiness it’s embarrassing that he would even use her name to further the act of spitting his vitriol.
King should be well tributed. But by Bush? I’m the devil praising an angel, spewing mud in her face by just mentioning her.
20 seconds later? 9/11. Danger. Death. Terrorism. Fear. Bin Laden. Hussein. Die. Bomb. Attack. Security. War. Applause. Back comes iTunes.
But hey, at least we have racial equality.
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