Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Credit Where Due, McMegan Edition
by Ken Houghtonsummarylive-blogging of the SOTU is rather close to accurate.
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9:24 Okay, I love me some trade deals. But even I find it hard to believe that the greatest threat to human liberty today is the specter that Panama may not be able to sell us handmade hats.
9:58 Oh. My. God. As soon as the Bush says the word "African", CNN cuts to apparently specially staged woman in full African gear, with a child wrapped in a leopard print throw. "Cue human props!"
10:02 Let us go forth to do their business? Was that seriously the last line of his final State of the Union speech? Are we toilet training them? Who's writing his speeches these days--the copywriters for Charmin?
Labels: Bushonomics, Democracy, policy wonk, Politics