State of the Union: Your predictions

[emad]

BBC

US President George W Bush will give his first State of the Union address since his re-election on Wednesday.

Mr Bush is expected to expand on some of the central themes of his inauguration speech, in which he spoke of spreading freedom and liberty around the world.

He is also set to unveil one of his major domestic ambitions for his second term - the reform of Social Security, the US public pensions scheme.

What do you hope to see in President Bush's State of the Union speech? What are the most important issues, in your opinion, that he needs to address? Send us your comments.

The following comments reflect the balance of opinion we have received so far:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/talking_point/4229461.stm

[MyDogSpot]

1. Bush will show compassion

the kind of compassion exhibited by wild animals that haven't eaten in weeks.

[marcologico]

2. forget hope, here's what I'm predicting: mountains of horseshit about the

elections in Iraq, the GOP "ownership" lie, and how Bush is clicking with minorities. Expect a few stand-ups, like a billionaire former crack mother who got off welfare and now runs a Bush-funded "charity."

[WI_DEM]

3. count the number of times he refers to "terrah" or "9/11"

[King Coal]

4. He will arrogantly talk about how he is going to allow his

base to steal money from SS.

[mattclearing]

5. It's amazing how much time SS gets in foreign media.

Can you imagine following the squabbles of the Canadian or UK social programs?

[Betsy Ross]

9. We now have two SS;s

Don't forget the new spook SS, Special Services(?)/

[Connie_Corleone]

6. I'll be counting

I'll be counting the number of times the Democrats are just sitting there not clapping when Bush brings up social security.

[displacedtexan]

7. George W. Flops! (Freedom Liberty Ownership Prosperity Security)

How many times will we hear each of those 5 words tonight?

[Ganja Ninja]

8. He'll lie and say something ignorant more than once.

and the weather forcast for tonight will be dark gradually turning light by morning.

[fliesincircles]

10. Stand up! Sit down! Clap Clap Clap!!

Plenty of GOP aerobics going on.

One thing he won't mention is the 60 troops that died since his inauguration.

[emad]

11. "Junior makes a full confession, blames Ken Lay and Vladimir

Putin for 9/11, dumps WMD fiasco on Cherie Blair and her Mossad lifestyle gurus and confesses to suborning critical Saddam evidence that could have nailed Michael Jackson way back in 1998"...............?
ZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

[0007]

13. ....in a very subtle and indirectly way! Hillarious

[AntiCoup2K4]

12. Announcing the official 2005 SOTU Drinking Game!

Given the language in Dumbshit's recent speeches, this should be easy enough to predict:

one drink for each "freedom" :beer:

two for each "liberty":beer: :beer:

three for each "9-11" (or any derivative form of).:beer: :beer: :beer:

If you can't drink that much on a Wednesday, tape the speech and watch it this weekend.

[grumpy old fart]

14. Maybe he'll break down have a Swaggart moment from all the pressure......

Of being constantly evil...."I've sinned against you".....and go on to say he's resigning. Then go back to the boozing, snorting frat life for which he is best suited....

[Contrary1]

15. Maybe we could start a pool

as to how many times some of his favorite words and will be used.

Given his limited knowledge of the English knowledge, and the fact that he is a moron in general,
and will be speaking directly to his base and not anyone with a brain let's see...



"Crisis" 14
"Freedom" 31
"Liberty" 23
"Social Security" 49
"Work", "Hard Work", etc... 11

And everybody's favorite:
"Terror", "Terrorists", "Terrorism" 16

[HughBeaumont]

16. "Mah Feller Mericuns, "

Terr, terrists, terr, tierny, wrk, hardwrk, freedm, terr, eyeracki peepl, freedm, lekshns, success, terr, hawrdwrk, terrsts, librty, septemberthelevnth, dictater-nuts, terr, terrsts, shining laght, freedm frm tierny, Thank ye.

[Sparkly]

17. Heavy on the "fuzzy math"

Cut, cut, cut! Congress needs to hold down spending! We're at war, so cut that budget!

The notion of bringing income tax rates on the top 2% back to where they were under Clinton will be completely ignored.

The $5 billion a month we spend in Iraq and Afghanistan will also be ignored.

The fact that Social Security is not an "investment account" will be ignored, and he'll treat it as if it were.

Cut, cut, cut, Congress! If it doesn't work out, it's not the preznit's fault. :puke:

[otohara]

18. Liberty, Freedom, Liberty, Freedom, Liberty, Freedom, Democracy

Social Security is broke...we must privatize now

[CatholicEdHead]

22. Yep sounds about right

I am also expecting "outposts of evil" to make a showing in the speech.

[DistressedAmerican]

19. It will look a lot like last year, Pitiful Hollow Rhetoric!

DA
http:www.seeddsofdoubt.com/distressedamerican/main.htm

[ThorsHammer]

20. Reality vs. Ideal

Ideally:bipartisanship, restoration of alliances, trying to solve domestic problems (healthcare, education, economy, etc), and not trying to be the world's cop.

Realistic: terror, how we need to keep fighting, freedom, liberty, and so on.

[suegeo]

21. Purple ink on fingers

Probably haul out some pregnant iraqi woman who voted in the sham election, and have her hold up her purple finger.

[paineinthearse]

23. see "leaked" excerpts

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x1559295

[Donailin]

24. OSAMA BIN LADEN WILL NOT BE MENTIONED!

this needs to be a talking point for the Dems, here, there, everywhere, and NOW.

[Donailin]

25. Every time he has a major speech, I pray for him

to fuck up royally.

One day.

[Sparkly]

26. I pray for the teleprompter

to fuck up royally.

Same thing, though. :hi:

[Amaya]

27. What you'll surely hear tonight

Terror... Terror!
Freedom on the march. I am planting the flag of freedom. Evildoers. Ownership society.

[Dinger]

28. Can't Say My Prediction

or should I say my hope and prayer