moveon.org on SOTU
21 Jan 2004I found this snippet from an e-mail from Wes Boyd at moveon.org to be a pretty accurate summary of the SOTU address:
In Tuesday’s State of the Union address, President Bush led with war and terror – which wasn’t surprising. It’ll certainly be a big theme for an administration that has used fear again and again for partisan political gain. The agenda is clear: permanent war, permanent abridgement of freedom, permanent tax cuts for big campaign contributors. Worse, the right has clearly decided to pursue a strategy of dividing America. In his speech, Bush tried to open a new front in the culture wars, calling for a constitutional amendment to “protect the sanctity of marriage.” We have to ask: from whom?
Pretty short, huh? If only his speech had been as succinct.