(Can we have somebody not say the State of our Union is strong? Please? That phrase means nothing now, because it is used every year, regardless of the actual state of the union.)
Brendan Loy
Yeah. The only time that line has been cool in recent memory is when Bush, of all people, said it — in a non-State of the Union address, no less — on September 20, 2001:
In the normal course of events, presidents come to this chamber to report on the state of the union. Tonight, no such report is needed; it has already been delivered by the American people.
We have seen it in the courage of passengers who rushed terrorists to save others on the ground. … We have seen the state of our union in the endurance of rescuers working past exhaustion. We’ve seen the unfurling of flags, the lighting of candles, the giving of blood, the saying of prayers in English, Hebrew and Arabic. We have seen the decency of a loving and giving people who have made the grief of strangers their own.
My fellow citizens, for the last nine days, the entire world has seen for itself the state of union, and it is strong.
Just reading the text literally gives me goose bumps.
Bonus: when he said “it is strong,” he sounded just a little bit like his father. (With echoes of Dana Carvey.)
The State of our Union is Lost!!!
(Can we have somebody not say the State of our Union is strong? Please? That phrase means nothing now, because it is used every year, regardless of the actual state of the union.)
Yeah. The only time that line has been cool in recent memory is when Bush, of all people, said it — in a non-State of the Union address, no less — on September 20, 2001:
Just reading the text literally gives me goose bumps.
Bonus: when he said “it is strong,” he sounded just a little bit like his father. (With echoes of Dana Carvey.)
P.S. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rm8Nt77C-u4
Actual speech starts at 1:30. Or, if you want to miss Bush mispronouncing — mispronounciating? — “pro tempore,” start at 1:43. 🙂