The Democratic Response to the State of the Union Speech was the hit of the night!
Senator Webb's reply to Bush's dismal SOTU speech is getting rave reviews. The Democrat wrote his own speech! A politico speaking his own words, from his own heart, how effin' bizarre is that?
Another day, another Democratic Star!
Face it folks, all the stars are Dems, and this is simply one more sign that the new progressive era waiting just around the bend is almost upon us. And it's going to be a good one, mark my words, because there's no way we've gone through this reign of holy hell with the flat-earthers for naught.
Excerpts from a few of Sen. James Webb's rave reviews (most have the video):
Jonathan Alter, at Newsweek, gushes:
Jan. 21, 2007 - "Something unprecedented happened tonight, beyond the doorkeeper announcing, "Madame Speaker." For the first time ever, the response to the State of the Union Message overshadowed the president's big speech. Virginia Sen. James Webb, in office only three weeks, managed to convey a muscular liberalism—with personal touches—that left President Bush's ordinary address in the dust."
"Webb was given a speech to read by the Democratic leadership. He threw it out and wrote his own. As a well-regarded novelist, Webb has a sense of narrative and human drama. He apparently felt that the boots his son wore in Iraq, which he used to great effect during his successful Senate campaign against Sen. George Allen, might be a bit hokey. So instead, he showed a picture of his father during the Berlin airlift. He then went on to describe taking the picture to bed every night and his family's long record of military service."
Nicole Belle at Crooks and Liars:
"Jim Webb of Virginia was selected to give the Democratic response to Bush's SoTU, and boy, did they make the right choice. . Webb just pointed out that the Democrats are representing the will of the people in their desire to see an end to the quagmire and that if Bush didn't want to listen to the people that put him in office, the Democrats would lead him to the will of the people."
Anonymous Liberal:
"Webb must scare the hell out of the GOP. He's the kind of guy who could convince a whole lot of people to reconsider the Democratic party. He's already proven he can beat a popular Republican Senator in a red state, and he seems to be getting progressively more comfortable as a politician."
Jesus General:
"Lead or get out of our way. . . These are dark days. Tonight, Sen. Jim Webb, the man who destroyed our beloved Sen. Macacawitz, demanded, without regard to Our Leader's Article II superpowers, that The Chosen One end the wars against the Iraqis and the middle class. He then went on to threaten Our Leader that if He fails to act, the Democrats will act in his stead."
Jonathan Singer at MyDD:
"I would concur with the sentiment of Chris Matthews, who opined that, perhaps for the first time since Ed Muskie delivered the Democratic address in 1970, the opposition response was stronger than the President's own state of the union address."
Photo via the Newsweek link above.
via memeorandum
James Webb SOTU Bush Democrats Progressive Era Politics News Virginia Democratic Stars State of the Union
