To be able to say "Noggle," you first must be able to say "Nah."
George W. Bush.
What’s the chant? A disturbance on the floor? Protestors?
Curse this blocky Internet feed!
Bush recovered well.
The Internet feed did, too; better than ever. Must have been some anti-Real player Microsoftians.
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George W. Bush.
Back up a minute: Bush said he’d appoint judges who could distinguish between the law and their personal opinions. This does fly in the face of certain opponents, who have espoused “The political is the personal,” and it hearkens back to the Stoic(?) concept of understanding the difference between Public and Private man.
Of course, I never read a stoic, but I do have a degree in social philosophy.
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George W. Bush.
Dinging a claim I had not heard by Kerry wherein the Democrat nominee said he was a candidate of conservative values.
Hollywood ding? Check. Works.
Defense of marriage act? Not so good.
Impugning Reagan? Check.
Meatloaf said it first: Two out of three ain’t bad.
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George W. Bush.
Welfare reform requiring work, and protecting the post-coital American citizens. Meat for the conservatives.
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George W. Bush.
He’s calling Kerry out. I didn’t expect that.
A politician who promises to raise taxes keeps that promise. Echoes of Tommy Thompson’s first run against Tony Earl for Governor of Wisconsin, if I recall.
How did I forget Tony Earl in my list of Wisconsin politicians?
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Okay, I am now out of my depth on Roman Numerals. I’ll correct them later if I have messed them up. Apologies to my loyal reader who is keeping up with the live blogging.
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George W. Bush.
I got that Spanish before he translated it. Leave no child behind.
When do we get to hear some Mandarin, or some Hindi?
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George W. Bush.
He’s going to do what to schools? Make them the path to the future? A bridge to the 21st-and-a-half century?
Aren’t we going to eliminate the Department of Education any more?
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George W. Bush.
New goals: 7 million more affordable homes? Cripes, leave that to developers and Habitat for Humanity, ainna?
Social Security reform? Bring it on!
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George W. Bush.
Ensuring health centers for low population density areas? Guaranteed? Bad promise to make. Might be a worse one to keep.
And decisions won’t be made by bureacrats in Washington? I guess he’s proposing regional bureaucrat centers.
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George W. Bush.
Don’t know how I feel about the small business health gig. Ask me when I have to start funding employees.
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George W. Bush.
Spend money on community colleges and job training? Do we have to?
American opportunity zones? Incentives? The Federal Government in charge of, what? Zoning? Local tax breaks? Ew.
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George W. Bush.
Reform the tax code….simplify it?
Oh, baby!
I supported Steve Forbes in 1996 before I voted for Dole. What do you think I want?
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George W. Bush.
Making America a good place in which to do business? Good. Meat for we libertarian carnivores.
Level the playing field to sell American goods and services across the globe? Eliminate the minimum wage! Yeah!
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George W. Bush.
Government must take my side? Dammit, the government must only take my side against the foreigners and criminals who would harm me. Not against my fellow Americans or American governments.
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George W. Bush.
Liberty constantly expanding? Great shot kid, don’t get cocky.
Am I the first with a Star Wars allusion? Does it matter?
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George W. Bush.
The drifting toward tragedy if America’s uncertain line: very good. He said it would not happen on his watch, but not that his watch is the only answer. Good perspective.
Government improving lives but not running lives? Hmm. Trying to improve lives involves a certain amount of power that’s on the road to running lives. Government should impact peoples’ lives minimally.
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George W. Bush.
Education spending and socialist senior support is good. Sigh.
Tax relief. Wooo!
You’re expecting more insight from me at this pace?
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George W. Bush.
Now a role-call of the family, and the supporters/predecessors (Cheney and Reagan).
Already structured like an epic poem.
Coincidence?
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George W. Bush.
We can already see the valley? A little early to hang that banner on the aircraft carrier.
Especially since it’s too close to an allusion to that whole 23rd Psalms thing.
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