The Speech tonight

Well, I watched the speech tonight. Actually very well written and presented, I think - and the applause was beautifully choreographed! And C-SPAN did a yeoman job of showing who was sitting and who was standing after every proclamation. I don't know what the other channels were doing at that time because, like cousin Dennis, I don't like talking heads.

On the other hand it was nothing that we had not already heard before - and it didn't seem to change anything. But then, what is expected of a State of the Union message to the American people - mia culpa?

I found it interesting that after the event when the Democratic response was being aired, our phone rang and it was a computerized query, obviously from the religious right, questioning our views on the President's speech - it went on and on. Surprisingly it disrupted the Democrat's programmed TV rebuttal while having to answer the phone and respond. Hmmmm....... Let no rock be unturned?

Perhaps the thing that bothers me the most is that when we are so divisive a people and our political ideologies are so different, that the act of attracting the dumbest amongst us is all it takes to win – really, is that what democracy is all about? It certainly leaves room for benign dictatorships and the divine right of kings, doesn't it? Food for thought!