GOPS of Goo: What They're Saying: President Bush's Inaugural Address

[k8conant]

http://www.gop.com/News/Read.aspx?ID=5085

Friday, January 21, 2005
What They're Saying: President Bush's Inaugural Address

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Editorials And Op-Eds:

The Wall Street Journal: “Not Since JFK In 1960 Has An American President Provided Such An Ambitious And Unabashed Case For The Promotion Of Liberty At Home And Abroad.” (Editorial, “Liberty Bell Ringer,” The Wall Street Journal, 1/21/05)

David Broder, The Washington Post: Called The Speech, “Brief But Eloquent…” (David S. Broder, Op-Ed, “Big Goals, Unshakable Faith,” The Washington Post, 1/21/05)
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Check the link for more laughs. Did these people listen to or read the speech at all? (I did both). Maybe we should read the context in these opinions? It's probably not worth the trouble.

[DODI]

1. No mention of Peggy Noonan's piece -- I wonder why?

http://www.opinionjournal.com/columnists/pnoonan/?id=110006184

. . . The inaugural address itself was startling. It left me with a bad feeling, and reluctant dislike. Rhetorically, it veered from high-class boilerplate to strong and simple sentences, but it was not pedestrian. George W. Bush's second inaugural will no doubt prove historic because it carried a punch, asserting an agenda so sweeping that an observer quipped that by the end he would not have been surprised if the president had announced we were going to colonize Mars.

[Acryliccalico]

2. On C-Span 2 The president will require the staff

to meet in the White House 4 hours each week. Totally symbolic. How much smoke and mirrors can we take?:kick:

[BrklynLiberal]

6. Is he going to attend?

[Nimrod]

3. Movie blurbs!

Ever look on the back of a tape of "Return of the Alien's Deadly Spawn" and see the blurb like - "A deeply disturbing Hitchcockian masterpiece!" --Jimmy Ducton, WKEV radio

Dear God, we're so dumb now they can use movie blurbs to sell *'s announcement of the new Master Race holy war.

[RobertSeattle]

4. And who is not for the promotion of liberty! (Duh)

Heck I really like oxygen too!!!

[glarius]

5. How about "the world sees it as a frightening threat of impending war!"

If I hear one more so-called pundit describe Bush's rantings as "visionary" or "thought-provoking" or "ambitious"...I'll throw up!:puke:

[BrklynLiberal]

7. All it needs is a big movie poster above it.

[patdem]

8. Locking, this is a dupe

and one I do not hope to see in triplicate!

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