Posted by
The Conservative Hispanic on Wednesday, January 24, 2007 10:39:28 AM
Reactions and opinions to the President's State of the Union speech are pouring in. I was surprised that
blogging was relatively light last night, but there are plenty of responses both to the President's speech, and to Jim Webb's Democratic response.
GoodExpress in San Diego, CA stayed up quite late last night (2am) to write up his thoughts on Webb's response over at
Regan's Legacy. Enough to say he didn't think much of it, and concludes asking, "
Will this propel him any higher?"
Nah. Who watches the state of the
Union anymore? I am sure if you look at the cable ratings of non news
stations they may have had an uptick in ratings. Besides, he maybe the
best bet for Hillary regardless of what happened tonight. He could
have not said a word on camera and stared into the camera and still
would be the top choice for a VP position for Hillary.
Watchman uses a little creative writing to express his impressions on the speech.
All the chicks were in the henhouse last night as the embattled rooster
climbed the fence to crow. When he opened his beak, we heard a
familiar sound. The old rooster likes to sing oldies but goodies and
the crowd in the hen house want to sing the blues. The old grandfather
rooster and the queen hen sat behind the barnyard rooster like they
were supposed to, but everyone knew...
I'll let you
read the rest of his creative writing over at Watchman's Log. Enough to say he doesn't give the president much credibility.
President Bush has lost much of his audience and those who are still
listening have little power to implement the changes the president
wants.
Douglas over at
A Right Angle in a Left Turn World thought the speech was a bit of a repeat, and
throws a jab at Pelosi.
The similarities between this
State of the Union Speech and
last year's seemed uncanny to me. Perhaps I am reading into things, and perhaps Nancy Pelosi will grow a brain. Doubt it on both counts.
But he still concludes with a
positive review for the speech.
Overall, I think that it was a strong speech, and one that
addressed every issue Americans care about, even though it was a lot
like the last speech a year ago.
MMBlogger still heard Amnesty in the President's speech, despite his affirmation to the contrary.
President George W. Bush’s State of the Union Address this evening
encouraged Congress to pass amnesty legislation under the guise of
“comprehensive immigration reform.” Ignoring calls to improve our
national security by funding the fence on the U.S.-Mexico border and to
increase funds for border patrol personnel, the President continued on
a path to provide amnesty for illegal aliens already residing in our
country.
He has a call to action:
...we must continue to organize efforts to increase pressure on Washington
lawmakers so that the national security interests of our country are
not jeopardized, like they were in 1986, by permitting amnesty.
One of our few Townhall community podcasters,
Adamelijhah at The Idaho Conservative, posted an audio reaction to the President's speech. You can get the link to listen here.
One of the most positive reviews I saw on Townhall came from Tom LeMasters at Politics in Focus:
My gut level feeling: President Bush did a very good job delivering
this State of the Union address. He was serious and strong;
complimentary of his political rival--and new House Speaker--Nancy
Pelosi; and he leveled with America. He addressed the elephant in the
room--the troop "surge" in Iraq--but did not neglect other key issues
such as health care, immigration, energy, education, and the federal
deficit.
Perhaps his own concluding sports analogy summed up his post best:
Pick up the ball and drive it home.
Just an American was
pleasantly surprised at the President's speech.
The President speech was a very pleasant surprise, a strong effort,
especially the foreign policy stuff which actually did put the Iraq war
in context. The President in spite of six years in Washington is still
trying to work with the Democrats what perseverance.
He slammed Webb's response calling it "supremely lame, divisive and petty" and thinks it was just a lot of "recycled" lines from his campaign. OUCH!
I have to agree with him -- I thought Webb lacks camera presence, and his head kept leaning left (or was it right) giving me neck pains. Either his makeup people did a lousy job, or something was wrong, because his face looked a bit red. Frankly, not a solid response in today's visual and instant media world.
Swift, at
Loose Gravel,
emphasizes a part of the President's speech with his post titled "Dire Warnings."...America
must not fail in Iraq, because you understand that the consequences of
failure would be grievous and far-reaching.
He had few words for his reaction: "Let us strive to win."
Dr. Steech points out
some facts to counter Webb's response on his blog,
According to Dr. Steech.
During the Democrat response to
President Bush's State of the Union speech tonight, Sen. Jim Webb
(D-Va) gave a fairly polished speech, and there were a few areas of his
speech that need a few adjustments for truth, versus blather...
I saw a few bloggers react to Webb's bringing up the Korean war as some sort of positive example of the US exiting a war. Boloney, I say, and
Dr. Steech hits it on the nail.
Note to Sen. Webb: the war in
Korea is NOT OVER! The pot-bellied commie dictator, Kim Il-Slung is
threatening the West with nukes even as we speak. We still have 50,000
U.S. troops stationed in South Korea, and this bellicose tyrant has
just tested a nuclear weapon a few months ago. This war, I repeat, IS
NOT OVER! It was just postponed by calling a 54 year time-out by Ike.
To be continued momentarily...
TwinsFan over at Pete's Postings used the president's State of the Union speech as motivation to start blogging at Townhall.com. He provided his reactions and opinions on various key parts of the speech, and overall, seemed to be pleased with it.
All said, the speech was certainly vintage
George W. Bush. He'll never be confused for a Reagan or a Clinton in
how he can captivate an audience. However, his seriousness during these
serious times offered a reassuring message. His ending quote, "The
state of our Union is strong; our cause is right; and tonight, the
cause goes on."
Stevo provides a contrast between the president's speech and Jim Webb's response at
Random Takes with Stevo.
President Bush argued in the positive, citing primarily the economic
growth that our country has experienced. Senator Webb argued in the
negative, citing the obvious case in Iraq, as well as attempting to
prove that the economy is not faring as well as many think.
Yup...a liberal's favorite approach to life...negativism!
Kevin at
IT IS Taylorwood didn't have much to say, but he provides some
links to facts on Ethanol and BioDiesel.
Danny Carlton gives a
point by point reaction to the speech and asks some clarifying questions about what the President actually meant. I won't quote any one specific thought, as he has some great reactions to multiple issues.
Head on over and read the whole thing.
He also had a separate post reacting to Jim Webb's response.
...the ultimate conclusion drawn from the Democrat's response is that
after all these years of them claiming Bush is dumb, not one Democrat
politician is smart enough to rebut one single point in Bush's State of
the Union address. Kinda puts thing into better perspective, doesn't it.
Well, thats all I've seen up to now. You can leave your comments, and links to your own reaction or opinions on SOTU in the comments below.