I can’t decide wether this is just kneejerk or brilliant. All the democrats get up at the same point in time and walk out of Bush’s State of the Union address.
If I were them, I’d print a set of disparaging t-shirts. They’d stand up and remove their suit-jackets at a given point, remain standing the duration of the address wearing the shirts. They wouldn’t once clap. They wouldn’t jeer. They wouldn’t smile. They’d sit for the first half hour, stand the rest, none of this up and down and clapping every two minutes. It would be best if they could scatter themselves, but I’m betting their seats are in a block. They could give the shirts out to audience members, to join in from the stands.
I can even offer a bit of text for your opening statement. “Three years ago during this very speech,” your leading spokesperson can say from those steps, “Mr. Bush told us that Iraq was in possession of 26,000 liters of anthrax, 38,000 liters of botulinum toxin, 500 tons – which is one million pounds – of sarin, mustard and VX nerve agent, 30,000 missiles to deliver the stuff, mobile biological weapons labs, al Qaeda connections, and uranium from Niger for use in a robust nuclear weapons program. He said all this three years ago, during this all-important annual address, and all of it was a lie. The American people deserve an explanation.”
But all that really shows is how naive I am. tshirts?