Tuesday, January 31st 2006
SOTU Live Blog
Watching the feed on Yahoo…
6:01 - Chief Justice Roberts has a bald spot.
6:05 - Justice Alito staring off into space.
6:08 - Who’s standing next to the First Lady? Looks like a taller Gary Coleman.
6:09 - Clap. Clap. Clap.
6:13 - End clapping.
6:14 - Bush praises Mrs. King. Camera focuses on black members of the audience.
6:15 - 2006. Decisive year.
6:16 - 9/11.
6:17 - Mentioning triumphs of democracy: Afghanistan, Iraq, Palestine
6:18 - Argh… Yahoo switches me to a Nyqil ad. Hope I’m not missing anything important.
6:20 - “Never surrender to evil.” Camera focuses on Kerry.
6:24 - One side standing ovations are always good.
6:27 - Sarah Joe and Bud. 3 parents? That tripped me up for a bit.
6:29 - “Must recognize Israel!” Interesting change of tone there.
6:30 - “Liberty is the right and hope of all of humanity.”
6:32 - USA to Iranians: Let’s be friends.
6:33 - “Serve interest of America by showing compassion of America.”
6:35 - Reauthorize PATRIOT Act… hmmm
6:37 - Long war ahead of us. Lead world toward freedom.
6:40 - Reject protectionism. Reject government intervention in economy. Props to immigrants.
6:41 - Reduced growth of spending? Cut spending? Right. Only the Pubs up in front stand up and clap.
6:42 - McCain claps ecstatically at earmark reform mention. Pass line item veto.
6:43 - Dems stand up and clap for ignoring Social Security reform. Look at Hillary smile.
6:47 - Medical reform… cut to Frist.
6:48 - “America is addicted to oil.”
6:51 - American Competitiveness Initiative?
6:55 - Life of personal responsibility is a good life. “Government has played a role.” ugh.
6:57 - Cheer for Alito. Guess O’Connor can finally take a break from these.
6:59 - Helping America’s Youth Initiative?
7:01 - Thinly veiled references to blacks. The camera confirms this.
7:03 - Fin.










cindy sheehan was arrested. That explains why I couldn’t find her. Would have been hilarious to see what would have happened though, if she was in the crowd.
Comment by patr — 1/31/2006 @ 7:19 pm
She was wearing something that was anti-military and by the rules you’re not allowed to.
A Senator’s wife (I don’t remember who but you guys can look it up online) got arrested for wearing a pro-military shirt too, however.
Comment by Fresh Prince — 2/2/2006 @ 9:15 am
Apparently it’s one of those “Well, at least I thought it was a rule” rules.
Comment by Beetle — 2/2/2006 @ 12:10 pm