Thursday, February 3, 2005
Last Night's SOTU Address: Deconstructed...
WARNING: This piece is essentially a one-note whine against Bush and the Republicans.
ThinkProgress.org did a good job of doing a point-by-point breakdown of last night's Bushit.
Here's one fairly glaring piece of BS from last night annual applause-fest:
President Bush said: “Tonight I propose a three-year initiative to help organizations keep young people out of gangs.”
FACT: President Bush has proposed a 40 percent cut in federal juvenile crime prevention funds, which would effectively “pull the plug” on good local programs that reduce gang and youth violence.
FACT: President Bush has sponsored a 44 percent overall reduction in delinquency-fighting and anti-gang funds since 2002.
P.S. Props to the Democrats for standing up against Social Security privatization. Those newly-grown spines would've served the country well over the last 4 years...
Better late than never, I guess...
UPDATE: RudePundit does a killer job of shutting down whiny conservatives that are upset about the Democratic reaction to Bush's privatization scheme. Thanks, jri...
Kos also chronicles the GOP's disrespect for President Clinton during his SOTU speeches...
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