State of the Union: The biggest non-event of the year; Update: Jennifer Loven hit piece spotted! Update: Video: Jim Webb responds; Update: World’s worst anti-Bush song lyrics added!
posted at 8:38 pm on January 23, 2007 by Allahpundit
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I’ve never understood the fuss, particularly given that it’s Bush. By my count, he’s delivered exactly four memorable speeches in the past six years and only one of them is still remembered fondly: the address to Congress after 9/11, the “axis of evil” SOTU, the “Mission Accomplished” speech, and the second inaugural address. We’re looking at an hour of energy-policy wonkery, global-warming alarmism, and shopworn bromides about how crucial victory in Iraq is. What’s left to say? If it’s worth watching at all, it’s only to see at which key phrases Hillary ostentatiously rolls her eyes.
Captain Ed and Mary K are liveblogging it. You all may consider this an open thread. In the unlikely event that anything video-worthy happens, we’d of course appreciate it if you tipped us to it. In the meantime, read Barnett’s amusing Q&A, in which he attempts to convince himself — unsuccessfully — that this will be at all redeeming or useful. Or read this, which isn’t so much good news as delightful news. Or, if you’re in the mood for class warfare, read the transcript of Jim Webb’s rebuttal at Drudge. In two words: lose faster.
Here’s a left-wing comedy preview of the address, which is as tired in its own way as Bush is in his. The segment at the end with “Hillary” and “Obama” is almost amusing, though.
Update: It hasn’t started yet but Ace has already finished liveblogging it.
“He seemed uncomfortable and repeated many of the same tired slogans of the past. He proposed a raft of new spending initiatives designed primarily to win over the support of those who hate him more — much more — than Osama bin Ladin. He also basically said that Mexicans were good, nice people who deserved jobs more than Amercians.”
Update (Ian): 
Reaction (Bryan): This speech was a snooze. The SOTU, with its laundry lists of government programs and we’re-here-to-help bromides, has become the most liberal moment of the year. I’m glad it’s over and my wallet is still in my possession. For now, anyway.
Still, it’s revealing that the Democrats stand up when the President mentions Darfur–where there are no US troops and won’t be any US troops–but sit on their hands when he mentions Iraq–where there are US troops and where there will be US troops fighting hard for a while to come. What possesses a group of people to take Sudan more seriously than Iraq as a crisis? What possesses a group of people to rank the importance of international crises in an inverse relationship to those crises’ effect on US national security? I already skewered one Democrat over this phenomenon last month, so I’ll just apply that post to the entire Democrat party minus Joe Lieberman. What a bunch of unserious buffoons.
I won’t stick around for Webb’s response, though, again it’s telling who the Democrats picked to deliver it. Webb has a son in Iraq, but he’s a Sheehan on the war, and is most recently famous for being rude to the President. What a guy!
Update: Barnett, having not learned his lesson about pessimism from the election, says he’s pleasantly surprised and will have something gushy first thing in the a.m.
Update: Mary K sees an inbound attack from left-wing shill/“reporter” Jennifer Loven — and intercepts it!
Update (Ian): 84% say Bush was excellent:
Update (Ian): In the Democratic response Sen. Jim Webb (VA) threatens to show President Bush “the way”:
Update: Here’s what passes for an op-ed in the New York Times these days. The bard? Randy Newman.
I’d like to say a few words
In defense of our country
Whose people aren’t bad nor are they mean
Now the leaders we have
While they’re the worst that we’ve had
Are hardly the worst this poor world has seen…A president once said,
“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself”
Now it seems like we’re supposed to be afraid
It’s patriotic in fact and color coded
And what are we supposed to be afraid of?
Why, of being afraid
That’s what terror means, doesn’t it?
That’s what it used to meanThe end of an empire is messy at best
And this empire is ending
Like all the rest
Like the Spanish Armada adrift on the sea
We’re adrift in the land of the brave
And the home of the free
Goodbye. Goodbye. Goodbye.
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Geeze, Webb doesn’t look old enough to be a 1968 grad of the USNA.
Doesn’t sound like a real Marine either.
His bio doesn’t read like he should be such a weenie.
LegendHasIt on January 23, 2007 at 10:24 PM
Showing him the way? Tough words for such a coward.
oakpack on January 23, 2007 at 10:24 PM
1. President not credible — WEBB!
2. Katrina is Bush’s fault — WEBB!
3. Domestic issues have been neglected — WEBB!
4. The rich keep getting richer — WEBB!
5. Working people are screwed — WEBB!
6. Success measured by/for/of the little people — WEBB!
7. History is dreadfully boring — WEBB!
8. My father was a God (I’m a titan) — WEBB!
9. Bush is reckless and has ruined EVERYTHING — WEBB!
10. Only Democrats can fix all that’s wrong — WEBB!
11. More proof that history is boring — WEBB!
12. Let’s leave Bush behind — WEBB!
13. Webb is GREAT! — MSM SHILL!
CyberCipher on January 23, 2007 at 10:25 PM
Show him the way to wave that white flag, you mean.
techno_barbarian on January 23, 2007 at 10:25 PM
Chris Matthews just said that Webb “is no lefty Democrat…”
JetBoy on January 23, 2007 at 10:26 PM
Good point Fred Barnes. He doesn’t spead for the military.
oakpack on January 23, 2007 at 10:26 PM
This Way To The Egress
Ugly on January 23, 2007 at 10:27 PM
speak*
oakpack on January 23, 2007 at 10:27 PM
His idea for health care (more likely one of his staffer’s ideas) is intriguing. Anything that reduces that hunk of my pay the Feds take is a good thing.
There is one thing that I’m confused on though. Maybe I misheard or I’m just being stupid, but 15k knocked off gross income for families who get employer sponsored health care and 4.5k knocked off for a family of 4 who purchase their own private insurance? Doesn’t that seem unbalanced since privately seeking coverage costs an arm and two legs more than going through an employer?
The COBRA plan is a good example. Before I got laid off from my last job, my individual coverage for medical, dental and vision was about $60 a month. After getting laid off, COBRA was ready to step right in for a very minor increase in premiums of 773% to $464.
Can someone explain to me how this adds up? Less of a credit for private health care seekers who must pay higher premiums? Or am I missing something?
American_Jihadist on January 23, 2007 at 10:28 PM
It was.
steveegg on January 23, 2007 at 10:28 PM
I just bought 1000 shares of Drapeau Blanc…..based outta Paris, going at 10 centimes right now.
Limerick on January 23, 2007 at 10:28 PM
Mr. Webb…….. two days on the job and already asking what vacation days he gets.
Thank you for your service to this country in Vietnam.
But you just contradicted yourself in your own speech.
Why do you want us to win by loosing? Can you explain this? Just for political power? Just to watch another father put his son’s genitals in his mouth?
Keep talking, please….. don’t stop.
PinkyBigglesworth on January 23, 2007 at 10:30 PM
1. I’m running for President — RUDY!
2. IRAQ is scary — RUDY!
3. Did I mention that I’m in the race? — RUDY!
4. IRAQ is REALLY scary — RUDY!
5. Webb is a spineless, sniveling coward — RUDY!
6. Blah, blah, blah (I’m so well informed) — MSM SHILL!
7. HillBillary is SCARY — RUDY!
8. But she will eventually falter — RUDY!
CyberCipher on January 23, 2007 at 10:33 PM
Over all, I think the President did a good job talking about the mid-east threat, but how many Dems will remember? Or want to?
oakpack on January 23, 2007 at 10:34 PM
TEHRAN, Iran — The United States is incapable of inflicting “serious damage” on Iran, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Tuesday, —ooops I think that was Webb actually…..haircut was different tho…
Limerick on January 23, 2007 at 10:36 PM
omg…Now Tim Russert just said “People tuned in to the SOTU to see Speaker Pelosi”
JetBoy on January 23, 2007 at 10:38 PM
You know……… I have FOX News on in the background, while chasing my four and half around the house, and again I saw the sneering image of Mrs. Pink Pant Suit herslef, during The President of the United States, President George W. Bush’s speech, Mz. Hillary Rohdam………
“Daddy?? What are you doing in the bathroom???’…. “I’ll be out in a few minutes, honey….”
PinkyBigglesworth on January 23, 2007 at 10:40 PM
Actually, it’s AQ that was tuning in to see Pelosi. She was sending signals to them with her eyelids.
BTW, I second the nomination — the morse code comment wins this thread.
CyberCipher on January 23, 2007 at 10:41 PM
That could be interpreted much differently than (I think) you intended.
LegendHasIt on January 23, 2007 at 10:42 PM
Pretty sure that the ‘military against the war’ talking point is coming from here.
However, a lot of military folks believe the President is not aggressive enough in the war, not that we should withdraw.
cat4amt on January 23, 2007 at 10:43 PM
You misunderstood. A tax deduction of $15,000 is not $15,000 off the bottom line. It’s $15,000 off the adjusted gross income, which translates to anywhere between $1,500 (for those in the 10% bracket) to $5,400 (for those in the 36% bracket).
I guess I need to explain how the current tax code treats health insurance. For those whose employers pay for it, 100% of the employer-paid cost is not treated as taxable income and thus is not taxed (”thank” you, FDR). For those that don’t have employer-paid health insurance, as well as those that contribute their own money, that money comes out of the adjusted gross income, and thus is taxed.
What President Bush wants to do is give a flat $7,500 for individuals/$15,000 for families tax deduction for everybody who buys any amount of health insurance, whether that is paid for entirely by the individual, entirely by the employer, or anywhere in between, with any costs over that being treated as taxable income.
steveegg on January 23, 2007 at 10:44 PM
OT: In other news - Iran: Israel, US will soon die
Ugly on January 23, 2007 at 10:45 PM
Watching C-SPAN is always interesting. The first opponent of Bush they put on the air after the SOTU was a guy comparing Bush’s speech to something written by a 5th grader. You know, talking about the Baby Frankenstein franchise, childish! The whole speech, because of that, could have been written by a child! Such serious criticisms…
Now they just put Joshua Marshall on the line. Zzzzz….
Seixon on January 23, 2007 at 10:47 PM
Not really. However, he first hung the picture upside down and popped its genitalia in its mouth.
Kid from Brooklyn on January 23, 2007 at 10:50 PM
Yes, but why wasn’t B’EarRack Oh-Bummer wearing his “Go Bears” sweatshirt?
CyberCipher on January 23, 2007 at 10:52 PM
Careful, Osama is kinda “sensitive”.
infidel on January 23, 2007 at 10:57 PM
Careful, Osama is kinda “sensitive”.
infidel on January 23, 2007 at 10:57 PM
LOL
oakpack on January 23, 2007 at 10:58 PM
Yeah. THAT’S what we need in a President.
Jesus… when will some backbone appear in the White House?
Ugly on January 23, 2007 at 10:58 PM
npr’s coverage consisted of a pannel of 3 libs and one con. then they took a call from dick “our troops are waffen ss” durben, and then to get the broadest spectrum of public opinion possible, they did a remote from a coffe shop in seattle.
i thought, when they haul the “fairness doctrine” back in, hugh hewwit gets kicked off the air and this organization remains untouchable.
jummy on January 23, 2007 at 11:01 PM
As an aside, my ex is a big fan of Obama’s. I learned long ago not to debate politics with her, mostly because she’s ignorant.
Ugly on January 23, 2007 at 11:01 PM
Nooooooooooooooooo BARF!
jman on January 23, 2007 at 11:01 PM
Whew! I haven’t been subjected to that many strobe cycles since 1970’s disco — and I was a LOT younger back then. I’m lucky that it didn’t induce an epileptic seizure or somethin’.
CyberCipher on January 23, 2007 at 11:03 PM
I know everyone has talked about the Morse Code transmissions in the background, but I was more distracted by Pelosi’s lip-smacking every time Bush said something with which she didn’t agree. It was so obvious, that I could predict with 99%* accuracy when her mouth would start moving and the tongue would emerge. It had my 13 year old daughter laughing out loud every time. It was like watching a cow. Horribly distracting.
*not a scientific
BlueStateBlues on January 23, 2007 at 11:05 PM
I think Bush was uncomfortable and Cheney was smiling because Pelosi was continuously cocking and uncocking the revolver on her lap.
I wonder if Obama could feel the darts being thrown at he back of his head by Hillary?
I wouldn’t want either of these two women in the ‘kill position’
Speakup on January 23, 2007 at 11:06 PM
Jesus… when will some backbone appear in the White House?
Ugly on January 23, 2007 at 10:58 PM
Unless it’s from a HotAir/Free Republic Road Trip, not in our lifetimes.
steveegg on January 23, 2007 at 11:06 PM
I’ll keep saying it…Fred Thompson is the backbone we need in the White House…
JetBoy on January 23, 2007 at 11:08 PM
Because he was looking for his Iowa Cubs sweatshirt?
steveegg on January 23, 2007 at 11:09 PM
What I think was even more telling about pantsuit Pelosi was her stern holding of her hands, and remaining seated when W mentioned victory in Iraq.
oakpack on January 23, 2007 at 11:09 PM
i don’t think that’s a fair comparison. sheehan is a tru-believing marxist-lenninist and that’s where her opposition to the war stems. webb is a minimal realist who is loyal to our nation. withdrawl is withdrawl in practical terms, but as wrong as he is, the loyalty tethering his opposition puts him in a completely different universe from sheehan.
jummy on January 23, 2007 at 11:10 PM
And how many illegals crossed the border during this inside-the-beltway exercise is nothing?
SouthernGent on January 23, 2007 at 11:12 PM
what a loser… Richard Clark is bitching about Bush not talking to Iran on H&C right now.
RightWinged on January 23, 2007 at 11:15 PM
Now Richard Clark (live on H&C) in insisting that Bush needs to talk to Ahmadinejad, said that we need to give him a reach around! (At least he didn’t accuse Bush of playing “hide the salami” as Howard Dean did last year, or maybe the year before)
RightWinged on January 23, 2007 at 11:17 PM
The more I think of it, the more I want it…
What we need in Washington is something like the Prime Minister’s Questions they do in Britain…Imagine what that would be like here…
C-SPAN’s ratings would go through the roof! I know I’d be tivo-ing every minute…
JetBoy on January 23, 2007 at 11:18 PM
HEH…the WSJ noticed the President’s jab at the Dems:
UncleBubba on January 23, 2007 at 11:18 PM
Fixed that for ya’. No need to thank me.
BTW, I’m not really SURE it was the former NATO commander. He sounded an awful lot like Rodney King:
“Can’t we all just get along? (talk?)”
CyberCipher on January 23, 2007 at 11:21 PM
Thanks. I’m an idiot. Just rushing to get those comments up.
Yes, Wesley Clark, NOT Richard.
RightWinged on January 23, 2007 at 11:23 PM
Defeat…..Defeat….Defeat
It is a coordinated effort to FORCE defeat on America not because America is wrong….but because it gives them MORE POWER. The politicians? Nah. The MSM. Watergate was their virgin birth and their god-head only gets bigger with every scam they pull on the public. Bread & Circus perfection.
Limerick on January 23, 2007 at 11:24 PM
CyberCipher and RightWinged; you’re both wrong :-) . That was Weasley Clark.
steveegg on January 23, 2007 at 11:30 PM
I will be posting video of Wes Clark soon …
Ian on January 23, 2007 at 11:38 PM
Hard to believe…Wes Clark… this is the guy who wanted to fire on Russian troops?
JetBoy on January 23, 2007 at 11:43 PM
Is it really necessary to post video of Clark? He is extremely predictable and disengenous.
Scot on January 23, 2007 at 11:47 PM
Clark refuses to realize that the EU3 have been talking (W doing that multi-lateral thang they bitched about before we went into Iraq) to iran for the past 3 friggin’ years with ZERO results. Well, other than iran getting just that much more bold and that much closer to nukes.
Talk talk talk. It’s like jello for dems. “There’s always time to talk.”
Cowards and traitors. We’re infested with them.
techno_barbarian on January 23, 2007 at 11:49 PM
Ian, no need to waste space posting Weasley Clark’s drivel.
As for Webb, he’s an ass, plain and simple.
Catie96706 on January 23, 2007 at 11:51 PM
1. Talk to Ahmadinejad — WES!
2. Iran is our friend — WES!
3. I used to be NATO commander — WES!
4. I spend a lot of time looking in the mirror — WES!
Ya’ mean, like THAT kind of video?
CyberCipher on January 23, 2007 at 11:51 PM
Wes’s got those crazy wild eyes. I do not understand why FNC feels like they have to give him air time.
techno_barbarian on January 23, 2007 at 11:53 PM
Well, at least he didn’t pull the old “The State of the Union is =lame evocative adjective=.” garbage. That crap drives me up the wall.
Cuffy Meigs on January 23, 2007 at 11:57 PM
Amen.
Griz on January 24, 2007 at 12:09 AM
I dunno. How about:
“The State of the Union is **yawn** dreadfully boring.”
Hmmm. Maybe THAT would breath some new life into it.
CyberCipher on January 24, 2007 at 12:16 AM
You misunderstood. A tax deduction of $15,000 is not $15,000 off the bottom line. It’s $15,000 off the adjusted gross income, which translates to anywhere between $1,500 (for those in the 10% bracket) to $5,400 (for those in the 36% bracket).
I guess I need to explain how the current tax code treats health insurance. For those whose employers pay for it, 100% of the employer-paid cost is not treated as taxable income and thus is not taxed (”thank” you, FDR). For those that don’t have employer-paid health insurance, as well as those that contribute their own money, that money comes out of the adjusted gross income, and thus is taxed.
What President Bush wants to do is give a flat $7,500 for individuals/$15,000 for families tax deduction for everybody who buys any amount of health insurance, whether that is paid for entirely by the individual, entirely by the employer, or anywhere in between, with any costs over that being treated as taxable income.
steveegg on January 23, 2007 at 10:44 PM
Thanks for clarification, Steve. Something smelled fishy and it was my own drunken cranial melt-down. :)
American_Jihadist on January 24, 2007 at 12:23 AM
Had to put the little one down, then it took me six months to read through all the posts {still laughing, you all are great}.
As for:
Let me be crystal clear on this one, I had to educate my son on the term, “That really makes me want to throw up”, but then the more difficult conversation began when “Defecate” was mentioned.
PinkyBigglesworth on January 24, 2007 at 12:28 AM
Wow, Randy Newman, wow, what a ballad. I’m guessing the IQ there is around 30 or 40?
Is he saying goodbye? I hope so.
Doesn’t like the early warning system, hmm, makes him afraid. So much beter to be blown to pieces, bured to death, or fall from a skyscraper in complete bliss, than to survive with a little bit of extra wariness.
I always love the empire talk. Classic Liberal.
These days I’m officially changing my use of looney liberal, to just liberal, the looney is implied from now on.
reaganaut on January 24, 2007 at 12:31 AM
bured=burned, although I suppose buried would fit…
reaganaut on January 24, 2007 at 12:33 AM
I used to kind of like Randy Newman. Even he was being nasty he seemed to be doing it in a lighthearted manner and pointing out the foibles of society.No longer. This little ditty of his is not only foolish, it is seditious.
MMM.. Maybe I was a little too kneejerk again. It COULD be that he is not commenting only on President Bush, but including the entire Senate/Congress, the Federal bureaucracy and the ignorant electorate.
If that’s the case, I can’t say that I’d far disagree if he is applying it in the wider aspect.
LegendHasIt on January 24, 2007 at 12:49 AM
Drunk is the only way to watch political speeches.
steveegg on January 24, 2007 at 12:56 AM
RANDY NEWMAN’D!
Savage on January 24, 2007 at 1:06 AM
The Democratic response in song
The Ugly American on January 24, 2007 at 1:25 AM
steveegg- Just saw your response to my comment. I can think of a few SOTU’s that i did’nt like while listening to them also, but most people seem to have positive reactions to SOTU’s as evidenced by the poll posted above. The pageantry and ritual of a SOTU make it hard to have a negative reaction to them.
Scot on January 24, 2007 at 1:31 AM
Webb referenced Roosevelt and Robber Barons. Talk about hitting the classic Heartstrings…Fear mongering, class warfare and corporate boogeymen. It was the trifecta, wrapped in a nostalgic bow. Blech.
JG2K6 on January 24, 2007 at 2:01 AM
Well ,well when will the people be happy ? When we have a JFK style emancipation of the muslims in this country with an LBJ style funding mandate coupled with vietnam style quagmire, with a Jimmy Carter economy, and a Bill Clinton intel for sale and no military might. I think the rest of the world hates Rap music and Hip Hop and the people who perform it not the US directly, and short people like Randy Newman.
sonnyspats1 on January 24, 2007 at 2:09 AM
Yeah, what I took away from Webb’s response was down with robber barons and we need to end the Korean War.
Sean M. on January 24, 2007 at 2:43 AM
My take is that it was a good speech, well delivered.
But I watched the response of the Democrats more closely than usual.
Based upon their refusal to applaud and their dumb insolent silence at certain times in his speech, this is what I gleaned:
Dems apparently hate education reform, particularly no child left behind.
Dems hate the idea tax cuts for the poor and tax hikes for the rich to allow help the poof afford health insurance. Anything OTHER than Hillarycare is out of bounds, apparently.
[To be fair, Bush’s plan does not address the most important issue: Insurance cherry pick their customers, preferring to insure ONLY the healthy. If you have an existing condition, you’re not wanted. This will not change under Bush’s plan. Because of our age and certain health conditions, I can’t get CATASTROPHIC insurance for me and my wife for less than $20,000 per year — and under Bush’s plan, I’d be taxed for the privilege! So, I’m opposed to any plan that does not require to consider ALL individuals to be insured at the averaged premium.]
Dems hate health saving accts, and saving plans.
” ” malpractice liability reform.
” ” drilling for oil/coal/nuke plants.
” ” bush’s judges and will continue to play the litmus test game.
” ” winning in Iraq. Bush calls for victory. Dems sit on their hands.
” ” the surge.
Dems do NOT want Bush to beat Al Qaeda. They clearly want Al Qaeda to win both in Iraq or everywhere else, it appears.
Bush says that the war is generational struggle (he’s right) - dems? War? What war?
Most dems sat on hands when Bush said Iran must have no nukes. Apparently the Dems WANT Iran to be a nuclear power.
Here’s a question based upon this interesting observation: why did Kerry run down isle at end of speech? I mean he really bugged out ASAP.
Does anybody have an idea of what the civil reserve corps is all about?
Bottom line: On the only issue that counts, the war against global terrorists, THE DEMOCRATS ARE THE TREASON PARTY.
georgej on January 24, 2007 at 2:44 AM
I refused to watch the Treason Party’s response.
I watched a DVD instead.
georgej on January 24, 2007 at 2:45 AM
It was a good necessary (and required) speech by the President of the United States. He, as he has for the past six times, talked about the “state of the union”. That is the purpose. However, AP thought this was equally important — though inaccurate, full of lies and misconceptions and untruths —
“Seated in the gallery above the chamber was a reminder of a key factor in the Republicans’ loss of congressional control and the lone veto of Bush’s presidency. Actor Michael J. Fox, who has Parkinson’s disease, attended as the guest of Rep. Jim Langevin, D-R.I., who is a quadriplegic, Langevin’s spokeswoman said.
Both men have health problems that some scientists believe might someday be cured or treated by embryonic stem cell research. Bush last year vetoed a bill that would have allowed taxpayer money to speed up those studies, arguing that public funds should not be spent on research that destroys budding human life.
Fox then appeared in several campaign commercials for candidates that support the bill, sparking a controversy and helping tilt the election in the Democrats’ favor. The House earlier this month passed the same bill by a margin far short of the two-thirds majority required to override a second veto.”
I’m sorry but this Yahoo/AP nonsense has nothing to do with the State of the Union address. Neither do I care an iota more for this terrible, sophomoric actor now that he has a disease than when he was being overpaid for bad acting.
cranura on January 24, 2007 at 3:10 AM
Enough said, LMAO…… Goodnight….:O}
PinkyBigglesworth on January 24, 2007 at 3:39 AM
When the Bell of freedom begins to toll once more, folks like Jim Webb will feel the knot of freedom being snugged tightly around their necks. Traitors every last one.
Viper1 on January 24, 2007 at 6:17 AM
Wow, this reads like “Rage Against the Machine”–think of this to the “tune” of “Take the Power Back” (angry “social-justice” rock-rap for those who are not familiar) while red Che Guevara T-shirts dance in your head.
However, it’s really Randy Newman, co-writer of the Steve Martin film “The Three Amigos” (Comedy, 1986).
Here’s a link to the MP3, if you can stand it. http://www.undergroundbee.com/audio/indefenseofmycountry.mp3 It’s surprisingly mellow and “un-teenage-angst” (it’s leftover hippie crap… I’m sure Pelosi is a big fan). What was more surprising is the laughter and applause you can hear on the recording (but do consider that it was recorded in Toronto, much like NYC, SF, or LA).
Disgusting.
mojojojo on January 24, 2007 at 8:14 AM
Unfortunately, the “bell of freedom” has now become the bell of surrender, capitulation and government handouts. Ring it loudly, and the masses will vote for you.
mojojojo on January 24, 2007 at 8:20 AM
Mary Jo Kopechne was unavailable for comment
Wade on January 24, 2007 at 9:26 AM
Viper1 on January 24, 2007 at 6:17 AM
If only their WAS such true justice in this world.
TugboatPhil on January 24, 2007 at 9:57 AM
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