His eloquent -- and seemingly genuine -- tribute to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., notwithstanding, George W. Bush's speech last night offered nothing but the same, tired lies that he has heaped on the American public since Sept. 11, 2001.
He said we needed to balance the budget, which we most assuredly do. But he offered no plan to do so.
He said health care should be more readily available to the working class. It should, but the president's plan -- which involves tax credits -- not only runs counter to his goal of balancing the budget, but is DOA in the Congress, where the new Democratic majority favors a universal coverage plan.
He also said he was putting together a bold, new energy plan -- something he said in all six of his previous SOTU speeches.
Then he polished an oldie but goodie, attempting to tie Sept 11 and Iraq together by repeatedly using the tragedy as tool to justify our actions there.
On his plan to send an additional 21,000 troops to the region, he said it was justified. That the American public, both houses of Congress and many former military commanders oppose such a move, didn't seem to matter to him.
"You did not vote for failure," said Mr. Bush, defending the policy.
Sure we did, Mr. President; we elected you -- twice.
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