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| Name: Ryan Roe Email: prawnrr-rmv@this.com-yahoo.com Position: Movie / Television / Comic Book / Trivia Geek View Ryan's Personal Profile |
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| So did you watch the State of the Union? I did, and I thought it was a pretty good one. Man, I never expected John McCain to be the one who stole the monkey. And I can’t believe Nancy Pelosi and Logan got back together! Hold on… I seem to be confusing the president’s speech with Veronica Mars, which was aired on the CW while the other networks were carrying the address. I’m sorry about the error, and equally sorry that only two of you will understand the Mars references. Anyway. In this post, I predicted that there would be eight standing ovations in the first eight minutes of the speech. I started counting the eight minutes at the moment President Bush began speaking. Things were looking good in the first minute or so, when the president gave an extended shout-out to Madame Speaker Pelosi, which resulted in not one but two standing ovations. The first one was especially enthusiastic—I could hear Congressmen hooting and hollering as if they were at an Incubus concert. This was followed by well wishes to two senators who are apparently recuperating from illnesses… There was a delayed and very uncertain standing o. for this one, as the lawmakers asked themselves, “Wait—are we applauding because they’re sick?” But then Bush rattled off the numbers on job growth, and to my great surprise, there was no ovation at all. Not a standing ovation, not a sitting ovation, not even a hiding-under-the-seats ovation. Hmm. When the eight-minute mark arrived, there had been six standing ovations by my count. Which is not the same as eight. So yet again I overestimated. But I’ll get it next year… next year, I say! Hey, did you notice that when they cut to Hillary Clinton, she was completely frozen except for the occasional applauding hands? I’m guessing she knew she might be on camera at any moment, and didn’t want to get caught picking her nose. Ted Kennedy, meanwhile, held a pen and appeared to be looking down at something. I’m pretty sure he was doing the Sudoku in the Washington Post. In the end, it was a pretty typical State of the Union address. Bush said the state of our union is “strong,” which I believe is what every president has said, ever. One more thing: For several minutes, Dick Cheney kept leaning down and fiddling with something. Does anyone want to guess what he was doing? Tying his shoes? Feeding the puppy he snuck in despite Bush’s admonitions? Preparing the “snake in a can of peanuts” gag he planned to spring on John Kerry after the speech? What do you think? Comments on this post are closed. |
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| I think he has to pull the string in Bush's back periodically. |
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| I actually watched the Veronica Mars with the monkey. Shocking. But I did not watch the speech. I think six is still a pretty high number. |
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