The president used the word “evil” three times. … I counted one split infinitive. … The speech got better as it went on. … The best section was on Iraq, the second best (surprisingly) was on AIDS in Africa. … Funniest moment: As Bush went into his section on frivilous lawsuits, the camera (at least for NBC) panned to a glowering John Edwards. … Why do we always have to see a bunch of shots of Ted Kennedy during these speeches? … Nancy Pelosi laughed when Bush outlined his tax relief proposals. Didn’t Hillary get in trouble for something like this a year or two ago?
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John J. Miller, a former national correspondent for National Review, is the director of the Dow Journalism Program at Hillsdale College. He is the author of A Gift of Freedom: How the John M. Olin Foundation Changed America.
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