Naming of Parts
January 24th, 2007Bush’s State of the Union Address yesterday was the same as it’s ever been. There were a few things that especially bothered me, namely his challenge on the budget deficit (it’s well enough in principle, but how come he’s waited until Democrats took over to insist on an elimination of the deficit? Also: I doubt he’s serious); if the Democrats take him up on reforming Social Security and other entitlements to make them sound for the next hundred years — for forever! — will he sign it into law? Further on the same point, he calls for “serious, civil, and conclusive debate — so that you can pass, and I can sign, comprehensive immigration reform into law.” I wonder, does that mean he’ll sign whatever’s passed on immigration?
Ultimately, I believe that everything in his speech was window dressing. A lot of SOTU addresses are, and we’ll just have to see what happens.