> -----Original Message----- > From: John D. Giorgis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 05:36 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: I Think I'm Going to Cry...... > > > At 11:37 PM 1/28/2003 -0500 Jon Gabriel wrote: > >Well as long as *somebody* was touched. I've heard him be much more > >inspiring. Every single other State of the Union address my > wife and I > >(and the twelve friends I spoke with afterwards) had ever > heard was, in > >fact, more inspirational than the one we sat through tonight. > > I agree that this certainly was not his best speech - but > that would have been quite difficult given the high standards > that he has already set for > himself.
Curious - I've never been much moved by anything the man has said. Its interesting how two basically rational and intelligent people can look at the same thing and have opposite reactions. > Plus, a lot of observers have noted that Bush looked quite > tired yesterday. > I think that the war is definitely taking its toll on him, > which definitely hurt his delivery. He also dyed his hair for last night, I noticed. > 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. I thought that he did a very good job of > laying out the > challeneges ahead for America, and rallying our country > towards meeting those challenges. I don't know.. I wanted them wrapped up into a theme, not just a laundry list. It felt kind of like "we're going to do everything AND cut taxes AND fight a war, and you aren't going to have to comprimise or sacrifice at all" > >Oh yeah, what the %$#@! Is "Hitlerism"? Could that not have been > >handled with a more elegant turn of phrase? > > Would you have preferred Nazism? I'd like to know wth he was refering to with the statement before I pass judgement on what a better, more appropriate word would've been. -j- _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
