Actually, Bush's last state of the union speech (2002) had, and I'm quoting from memory, about 37 or 39 promises. Clinton usually averaged around 100.
Jon -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Erik Reuter Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 9:07 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: I Think I'm Going to Cry...... On Wed, Jan 29, 2003 at 08:36:18AM -0500, John D. Giorgis wrote: > Nevertheless, the scope of the speech is simply amazing - Reform of > Medicare, Tax Cuts, Treatment of AIDS in Africa, and a detailed case > for war in Iraq. Amazing, if a laundry list is amazing. I would have preferred some indication that there had been some serious thought put into whether and how all those things could be accomplished. A more modest list with some hope of making real progress on most of the items would have been more compelling. -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.erikreuter.net/ _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
