{"id":576,"date":"2004-01-20T20:27:27","date_gmt":"2004-01-21T01:27:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colianni.net\/aj\/archives\/2004\/01\/20\/state-of-the-union\/"},"modified":"2004-01-20T20:27:27","modified_gmt":"2004-01-21T01:27:27","slug":"state-of-the-union","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colianni.net\/aj\/archives\/2004\/01\/20\/state-of-the-union\/","title":{"rendered":"State of the Union"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(This post is reverse chronological, start at the bottom)<\/p>\n<p>C-Span is the coolest thing in the world&#8230; after Tivo and the iPod.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When our strength abroad is respected, not resented. . . &#8221; only then will our union be strong<\/p>\n<p>The finishing statements of daschle&#8217;s speech were very strong. That is the kind of vision and hope that I have for our country.<\/p>\n<p>Daschle is a much smoother speaker&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>The democrats are on. Obviously the democrats have a tough road. It&#8217;s all about framing the issue. Hopefully they can do it. Nancy is on right now, and I think she is doing a good job of hitting some of the main points of contention, while not seeming soft on terrorism.<\/p>\n<p>Bush just said that the nation has to defend the sanctity of marriage. Marriage is a religious institution, and as the constitution creates a seperation between church and state, I wish bush would stop spending our tax dollars promoting marriage<\/p>\n<p>If America&#8217;s health care is the best in the world, why do 43 million people in this country not have it?<\/p>\n<p>I think he just said that he was going to cut the deficit in half in 5 years. 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