Here's a sneak preview of Bush's State of the Union by Eugene Robinson

[maddezmom]

For those of you who can't wait until Tuesday's big speech, my fellow Americans, here's the real state of the union:
A president who reduces the near-infinite variety of humankind to ''with us'' or ''against us'' has mired the nation in a disastrous, unnecessary war. Comparisons with Vietnam are imprecise - the American casualties in Iraq are lower, the geopolitical stakes much higher and the damage to our nation's standing in the world incalculable.

Some believe that the president sees clearly the futility of his ill-advised war, and that at this point he's just stalling so his successor will take the fall for an eventual American withdrawal. Those cynics are wrong; George W. Bush has demonstrated time and again that he values resolve over reason.

The us-or-them president is now assuming an elbows-out posture toward Iran that is disturbingly reminiscent of the run-up to war in Iraq - denunciations, threats, a military buildup in the Persian Gulf. Haven't we seen this movie before?

Oh, and the president's tic of smiling at inappropriate moments - such as when he's answering a question from Scott Pelley or Jim Lehrer about the human costs of the war - has become a little scary.

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[CrazyOrangeCat]

1. good article

The lines about the Gulf Coast, which still lies languishing, are spot on. A "Marshall Plan" could have had NOLA back on its feet, after 1-1/2 years . . .

Bastard. I hope he comes apart during the speech.

[acmavm]

2. I really agree with this statement...

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Oh, and the president's tic of smiling at inappropriate moments - such as when he's answering a question from Scott Pelley or Jim Lehrer about the human costs of the war - has become a little scary.

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There's something very wrong with bush**. His gears are about totally stripped. All the fronting for the neocons has done sometime to his worthless ass. I wouldn't be a bit surprised at anything he does anymore.

[Rageneau]

3. Smirk is going to look stupid, waiting for applause that will never come.

Arrogant little Smirk used to love to stand up before Congress and bask in the trained-seal applause that the Republicans -- and too many Democrats -- used to interrupt him with at regular intervals. Dense as he is, Smirk will no doubt expect the applause to be there as usual at Tuesday's SOTU. When it doesn't come, I expect him to pause and wait for it to die down anyway, before going on with his weak platitudes.