Ladies and Gentlemen, a discussion on the SOTU speech by Charles Pierce.

[genwah]

"Mr. Speaker, Mr. Majority Leader, thank you for inviting me here tonight to discuss the state of our union. The state of our union is strong, and it's all because of me, motherfkers, and no thanks to your sorry, wrinkled white asses. I did everything I could do to pull the economy out of the shallow grave your deregulatory frenzy and the two-term nitwit who preceded me dug for it. You stood there like squeaking eunuchs and blocked everything you could, and a narrow slice of the electorate gave you virtually unprecedented control over the entire national legislature. I don't care. Your party has sold its soul and lost its mind. I'm not going anywhere. So I'm'a gonna do what I goddamn well please, because the state of our union is strong, motherfkers, and it's all because of me. Nice to see you all again, though."

Unless the speech begins that way, I really don't care about it.

[Paladin]

1. Charlie Pierce=National treasure.

If you don't have his daily Esquire column bookmarked for easy access, you ought to.

[2naSalit]

2. K&R

Mr. Pierce nails it as usual.

[kentuck]

3. It would be nice to see a little fight.

But I have given up on that. He can't come across as the angry black man...