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By Peggy Noonan, WSJ Opinion Journal
Washington is sick and broken—and it can solve all our problems.
28 January 2010 -- When you watch a president give a State of the Union Address on television, you're always
watching three people: the president at the podium, and the vice president and House speaker on the rise behind
him. As a TV shot it's awkward. The vice president and the speaker have been instructed by media professionals
not to let their eyes do what they want to do, which is survey the doings in the chamber. Instead they must stare
unwaveringly at the back of the president's head. This is so that they appear to be fascinated by what he's saying,
as if he's so interesting that they can't take their eyes off him. It's also so that you, the viewer, don't become
distracted by wondering whom they're looking at in the audience.
Full article is available, just click here.
Christopher Buckley Revises His Obama-ology... |
The Audacity of Ooops
Christopher Buckley blogs in The Daily Beast 25 January
25 January 2010 - Daily Beast columnist Christopher Buckley procured an early draft of President Obama’s upcoming State of the Union
speech.
My fellow Americans,
Tonight I can report to you that the state of the union, on a scale of 1 to 10, 10 being excellent,
is a 9.8.
For complete article on The Daily Beast, Click Here.
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