Tuesday, January 23, 2007

Liveblogging the SOTU

Gonna liveblog this until I can't stand it anymore...

Cheney just came in, to extremely lukewarm applause. He and Pelosi and trying to make nice waiting for mom to come in (Bush has to be mom, cuz Cheney is certainly dad).
The (mostly Democratic) Senate is taking longer and being received much more warmly than Cheney's entrance. He had a clear path to his chair. The Senators are shaking lots of hands.
Kerry just left the line to go over to say hi to Kendrick Meek, Democratic Representative from Florida.
John Tester, the new Democratic Senator from Montana just came in, smiling big.
And Cheney and Pelosi are still trying to make nice. lol
I can't wait to see Pelosi sitting behind Bush. 1st woman Speaker of the House in history, baby!
Hillary Clinton looks like a rock star. She's surrounded. Obama too, but to a lesser extent.
Here come da judges, in full dress uniform.
Cheney looks like he ate a bug.
Barbara Boxer, D-CA, shaking hands with John Roberts, Chief Justice. Should come in handy when Bush begs for bipartisanship when talking about supporting the troops.
Martha Radditz from ABC: Bush wants to change the subject away from Iraq for awhile.
Brian Williams from NBC: This year, Bush's approval rating is 50 points below what it was a few years ago (ouch).
House Minority Leader John Boner (nee Boehner) is behind him, and looks also like he's eaten a bug. He is distantly behind him, as well as politically.
Money shot coming. Shaking hands with Pelosi. Yeah, baby.
I'm gonna melt. Pelosi just did the official welcoming. God damn, I love this woman.
Kinda classy. Bush acknowledged the history of having Pelosi as Speaker.
He congratulated the "Democrat majority" and the republicans wouldn't applaude. Also classy.
Created 7.2 million news jobs. Pshaw. Clinton had 20 million.
Republicans love them some tax cuts.

Okay, I'm gonna go watch awhile. This is too entertaining. Here's to Speaker Pelosi!

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