SOTU: * and the "duty to speak with candor"

[MissHoneychurch]

"With so much in the balance, those of us in public office have a duty to speak with candor."

Those words came in the middle of George W. Bush's State of the Union speech, and we certainly can't disagree with them. We only wish the president would live up to them.

Again and again Tuesday night, the president said words aimed at obscuring hard truths and hiding the harsh reality that his administration has visited upon the American people. Bush talked about the importance of education for young people, ignoring the fact that his administration proposed the first cut in overall federal education spending in a decade. He talked of fiscal restraint and the need to be a good "steward" of taxpayers' money, ignoring the fact that government spending has exploded on his watch and that he hasn't once exercised his veto to stop it. He talked of the need to wean the nation from its "addiction" to foreign oil, ignoring the fact that that addiction had deepened as his administration resisted strict fuel-economy standards, proposed cuts in alternative energy programs and dismissed conservation as little more than "a sign of personal virtue."

http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/

[NMMNG]

1. The entire SOTU was full of lies and rhetoric

Which, of course, you knew.

[MissHoneychurch]

2. of course

the interesting thing is that I found this article while reading German news. They translated it. Cool, huh?

[Wetzelbill]

3. nice post

I think I've seen you around before. :)

[MissHoneychurch]

4. now did you

:)

Thanks Wetzelbill