State of the Union

I watched parts of the State of the Union speech last night, in between watching the skills competition of the All-Star game. I must admit, there's some good solid audacity in the NHL to put their all-star skills competition up against the State of Union. Since it was covered on all the networks, and all the cable news networks, one would think most of America, which has seen 6 SOTU's to date, might have looked elsewhere. Especially since its easy to find clips of his speech. It's also easy to find other clips.

Below are two clips. One is a hilarious send up of the SOTU. Way more entertaining. Plus, the Democratic response is hilarious (and a sneek peek at some of the satire we'll see in the next two years).

However, before you watch the jokey thing, I should point this out: I stayed on to watch Jim Webb respond to the State of the Union. Each year, the networks allow a "Democratic Response". This year, they asked Jim Webb, the former Secretary of the Navy for Reagan to give the response. It was one of the best speeches I've seen a politician give.



Now, the Real democratic response. Spoken without the polish of a politician, and yet, with the passion that sometimes seems missing.