Bush’s speech last night was okay — K Lo excerpts it below — but one line condemning Democratic obstructionism really grated: “It is the philosophy of the stop sign, the agenda of the roadblock, and our country and our children deserve better.” Umm, “the philosophy of the stop sign” sounds like a pretty good definition of conservatism, whose adherents are supposed to stand athwart history and all that.

About the Author
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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