I think Wesley Autry (subway hero) has gotton the biggest ovation

[dflprincess]

so far tonight.

[SnoopDog]

1. Absolute best part of the entire speech..

a real hero !

[MadMaddie]

Well he and our soldiars are true hero's unlike our coward n chief..

[AZBlue]

2. To me he is a true hero.

He didn't deserve to be lumped in with Baby Einstein! WTF?

[Orangepeel]

11. The American Dream -- sell to Disney

starting a successful business is admirable and there is nothing wrong with selling to Disney. But it sure seems like a strange reason to be honored at the SOTU.

[TomInTib]

12. I have seen a lot of people perform some incredibly heroic acts, but that guy

just blows me away.

There has been no time in my life when I would have had the sheer selfless bravery that Mr Autrey exhibited that day.

[myrna minx]

17. I agree. Whenever I reflect on what he did, I get goosebumps.

I can't quite articulate how profound his actions feel to me. A true selfless hero. :patriot:

[Reverend_Smitty]

3. well he was pretty much the only thing worth cheering for

[TomInTib]

4. Far and away.

That was definitely the highlight of the night.

[NYCGirl]

5. We love our Subway Superman here!

:loveya:

[AzDar]

6. An amazing man. n/t

[QMPMom]

7. Well, he actually did something worth applauding!

[Lex]

8. That guy rocks.

I seriously doubt he's a Repuke. I saw him on Letterman the night he was on.

[karlrschneider]

9. Good for Wesley.

Too bad the goddamned fucking AWOL chimp got to use him for political gain. :puke:

[CatWoman]

10. he certainly deserved it

[bullwinkle428]

13. At least he actually deserved the applause!

:applause:

[Catherine Vincent]

14. Yup!

And he deserved it.

[fishwax]

15. I wonder who it was he was pointing to

He deserved the applause. Bush didn't.

[Catherine Vincent]

16. Bush.

He may be a Bush supporter. But that's okay. He's still an awesome hero and I won't hold that against him. When he appeared on Letterman he mentioned something about how the troops are fighting for our freedom stuff. You know the usual repug talking points.

[fishwax]

18. that's what I figured, but I wanted to believe otherwise

either way, he's a hero. :applause:

[dflprincess]

19. He is a Navy veteran

but I took his comments on Letterman to be more of a "support the troops" thing, not necessarily an endorsement of the war.

[AZBlue]

20. Me too. Let's face it - anyone that brave and giving is nothing like Bush.

eom

[Catherine Vincent]

21. You're probably right.

I didn't catch the part about him being a vet. Thanks.