Tuesday, January 23, 2007
The State of the Union Is Turning Into... [John Podhoretz]
...a tearjerking version of the White House Correspondent's Dinner. Now it's not only the president who is bringing "heroes" and "ordinary people with extraordinary stories" into the chamber, but members of Congress, presidential candidates, and press hogs in general. Hillary Clinton is showing up with the son of a 9/11 rescue worker, while Rep. Dana Rohrabacher is bringing the wife of an imprisoned Border Patrol officer. Next year watch for Joe Biden to bring someone in a wheelchair, Sam Brownback to bring a snowflake baby, and Chris Dodd to bring the entire nation of Botswana.
01/23 04:45 PM
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