On Wed, 1 Mar 2017 16:02:51 -0800, Great Sage Itchy
First of all, I don't respect obammy enough to spell his name
correctly.
Secondly, I am around liberals all the time.
And lastly, Polls: 76% who watched approved of Trump’s speech, 57%
were “very positive” about it
ANALYSIS/OPINION:
The president opened by celebrating Black History Month. Lady
Democrats wore white.
Donald Trump delivered the most finely crafted speech of his political
life Tuesday night in what will go down as one of the best speeches
delivered to a joint session of Congress in the past two decades.
He hit stirring emotional high notes. And he laid out his vision for
his presidency.
Mr. Trump stole the issue of affordable health care from Democrats. He
unabashedly owned the fight against illegal immigration.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/feb/28/trump-speech-congress-leaves-democrats-befuddled-r/
“So I am calling on all Democrats and Republicans in the Congress to
work with us to save Americans from this imploding Obamacare
disaster.”
When the camera panned to House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi — who,
inexplicably, is still the Democratic leader in the House — she looked
like she had been sucking on the bitterest of lemons.
Strategically, it was brilliant. It completely cuts Democrats out of
the debate.
And then the president’s salute to Megan Crowley, who is alive today
because of the Herculean efforts by her father to find a drug to
combat Pompe disease, sealed the deal.
Mr. Trump then laid out the broad brush parameters of a health care
law he would like to see Republicans hammer out to replace Obamacare.
On illegal immigration, Mr. Trump held firm.
“To any in Congress who do not believe we should enforce our laws, I
would ask you this question: What would you say to the American family
that loses their jobs, their income or a loved one because America
refused to uphold its laws and defend its borders?”
Another question he might have asked those in Congress who do not
believe in enforcing immigration laws: “If you don’t like the
immigration laws, why don’t you change them? You are the only branch
of government that can.”
Mr. Trump also deplored the hellfire violence in Chicago and called
education “the civil rights issue of our time.”
The senator from Illinois and other Democrats offered only the most
paltry, perfunctory applause.
The entire speech was supremely presidential. But it wasn’t without
humor. After excoriating both Democrats and Republicans for spending
$6 trillion in the Middle East, he said, “We could have rebuilt our
country — twice.”
He waited two beats. “And maybe even three times if we had people who
had the ability to … negotiate,” Mr. Trump said, dropping into his
finest “Apprentice” tone of voice.
The camera panned to Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who was exchanging
perplexed glances with an equally befuddled senator. They didn’t get
the line. Apparently, Ms. Warren never achieved her merit badge for
reading smoke signals.
In the end, Donald Trump so dominated the entire night that Democrats
were left with nothing but sullen protests.
The ladies wore white, but nobody was exactly sure why.
In a shocking development, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
did not doze off during the hour long address. At least not on
national television. She did not show up.
And in another development that absolutely nobody cared about, Rep.
Eliot Engel, New York Democrat, announced he would not shake Mr.
Trump’s hand. It was not clear at press time if Mr. Trump even knows
who Eliot Engel is.
There were so many protests on the Democratic side of the aisle, it
was hard to keep track. Even the Democrats seemed confused about what
they were protesting.
Rep. Joseph Crowley, New York Democrat, wore a giant pin protesting,
well, not sure exactly what. It simply featured a large question mark.
In all honesty, that pin could be the party’s entire platform in the
next election.
? Charles Hurt can be reached at
ch...@washingtontimes.com; follow him
on Twitter via @Charles.