I chose to go to trivia last night and avoid the SOTU, mostly because I just can't stand to hear/see Bush talk. I caught the last few minutes of the speech at Picasso's, when he was introducing random people in the audience as evidence of the "American spirit." It was, in a word, dumb. Mostly the SOTU is just a bunch of political hoopla and spin anyway. I was still pleased to read
this NYT editorial in reaction to the SOTU this morning.
The best part:
Say what you will about the flaws and shortcomings of the two-party system. After six years of the Bush presidency, at least we know it’s alot better than the one-party system.