..................this will probably be Bush's last state of the union
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http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x2779882Ichingcarpenter (313 posts) Mon Jan-28-08 06:22 PM
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Washington Post says this will "probably" be Bush's last State of the Union
For years, President Bush and his advisers expressed frustration that the White House received little credit for the nation's strong economic performance because of public discontent about the Iraq war.
Today, the president is getting little credit for improved security in Iraq, as the public increasingly focuses on a struggling U.S. economy.
That is the problem Bush faces as he prepares to deliver his seventh and
....... 'probably' ...... final State of the Union address tonight. …
WTF?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2008...
monmouth (1000+ posts) Mon Jan-28-08 06:23 PM
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1. It sure as hell better be, his two daughters are giving up a night to be there...lol..n/t
Do you sense it coming??
Diane R (1000+ posts) Mon Jan-28-08 06:24 PM
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2. I caught that, too. I hope they don't have inside info that he is cancelling the '08 election.
QuestionAll (1000+ posts) Mon Jan-28-08 06:25 PM
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3. the constitution doesn't specify that the sotu be a once a year deal...
Edited on Mon Jan-28-08 06:26 PM by QuestionAll
it says "from time to time" or something to that effect. it's just become tradition to do it the way they do now- once a year at the end of january or thereabouts. but if situations dictated, he could do another one any time.
Don't you get all technical Question.....................meltdown coming
MissWaverly (1000+ posts) Mon Jan-28-08 06:30 PM
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10. there should be a law that you have to poll above 35%
to give one.
Kutjara (1000+ posts) Mon Jan-28-08 06:25 PM
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4. Don't worry, it will be.
Edited on Mon Jan-28-08 06:26 PM by Kutjara
When he declares martial law and suspends the elections next November, he'll dispense with the SOTU speech as well. Why bother with the window-dressing of democracy any more, once the cat's really out of the bag?
nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Mon Jan-28-08 06:25 PM
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5. Well the next president should be sworn in
on January 20th of next year, and quite frankly my fear is that they will find a way to stay in power
If they do, don't expect a state of the union. SOTU's will become quaint memories with the rest of the Constitution
And yes, I know some folks here think this is paranoid thinking... you do NOT build the amount of power they have to leave it behind. I guess that is the historian in me talking...
gateley (1000+ posts) Mon Jan-28-08 06:28 PM
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8. "...you do NOT build the amount of power they have to leave it behind."
Sobering thought.
Goodness....................the coming year is going to be so much fun
Nostradammit (1000+ posts) Mon Jan-28-08 06:26 PM
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6. Heard the exact same phrase on "NPR" just a few minutes ago
I started yelling at the radio again.
It's designed to freak us out a little.
MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Mon Jan-28-08 06:31 PM
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11. no
it's designed to be accurate.
aint_no_life_nowhere (1000+ posts) Mon Jan-28-08 06:27 PM
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7. Is Bush about to add his own signing statement to the U.S. Constitution?
He already seems to have been doing it to our laws at regular intervals throughout his Presidency.
MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Mon Jan-28-08 06:30 PM
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9. some presidents do an outgoing
SOTU, but usually not in person - in written form.
Some don't.
And has been pointed out above, the constitution doesn't require a SOTU once a year, or in January. He could deliver another if he so wanted, either in person or in writing.
So yes, it's PROBABLY his last SOTU.
****ing KILLJOY....................
