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Tuesday, January 23, 2007

Thank you, S.R. Sidarth
Posted by Jill | 11:10 PM
Thank you for showing us the gargoyle behind George Allen's affable mask and helping convince Virginia voters that Jim Webb should be their new Senator.

How freaking awesome was Jim Webb tonight?

I'd forgotten what it's like to listen to a leader speak who is bright, articulate, and has studied and understands history.

Webb smacked down the Crawford Caligula quite nicely, and quietly that the Lunatic-in-Chief probably never knew it was coming.

As for the State of the Union speech itself, well, who took away George W. "My Way or the Highway" Bush and left this guy giving lip service to fuel economy standards as if they were something brandy-ass new? What happened to "sanctity of life"? What happened to "sanctity of marriage"? What happened to "jurists who legislate from the bench? What happened to all the pet issues of the Christofascist Zombie Brigade that are his last bastions of support?

Sure, there were the obligatory references to 9/11, and the obligatory attempts to frighten Americans that even Bush himself seemed to realize are no longer working, and it was clear that his heart just wasn't in it. He even revived the switchgrass nonsense again from last year's speech. And that's what it played like -- boilerplate from years past.

But Fightin' Jim Webb was not fooled.

Bush looked frightened and small as he took the podium. He must have thought Nancy Pelosi was going to castrate him with a blunt knife, and once he realized she wasn't, the smirk was back, and an odd little smirk it was, too.

Tomorrow morning, I hope some intrepid soul has put Webb's response up on YouTube. Until then, you can read it here.
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