[Superman]

Okay, I've got to say it. This is a speech that could not possibly have been written by George W. Bush. Any linguist, or anybody else for that matter can easily see that. It looks like something that might have been written by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. And I'll bet Dubya held his head high and acted very much as though these are his beliefs. It is so completely distant from the beliefs we know that "man" holds, that it must have been a marvellous acting job for him to persuade anyone that he was serious. It is an excellent speech. It is a thing of beauty to me, and I am a big fan of important and momentous speeches. But it is sheer and utter dishonesty for Dubya to have read it. But it is also one more thing. It is political genius. Do you suppose Karl Rove was consulted during its construction?

Still, as shrewd as it is, this president is "going down." He is circling the drain, finally. In spite of this herculean effort to restore the perception that he is capable or compassionate, it will not achieve that goal. The underbelly of this administration is fully exposed, and if the dems have a brain among them, this president is going to be crucified in the coming months. As I've said for a couple of years now, this is the perfect "president" to remind the American people why they don't choose Republicans to run the government. It would not surprise me to see both the White House and Congress restored to the democrats rather quickly. After all, if you glance for an instant at the financial health of this nation during the administrations over the last twenty or so years, you will notice that we become nearly bankrupt as a nation, just in time to be salvaged by a liberal administration, followed by another conservative administration and more financial ruin, followed by another liberal administration to balance the budget and restore government mechanisms to working order.

But anyway, I just had to express my impression of the vast chasm between Dubya's actual agenda and beliefs, versus this speech he has delivered. There is no similarity whatsoever between the two. It was a completely dishonest speech.