To a room, predominately filled with white haired men he is introduced. Wearing a crooked smile, he begins addressing the nation.
Without hesitation, he reminds us of the thousands of American servicemen and woman, deployed across the world in the war on terror, bringing hope to the oppressed and delivering justice to the violent. Continuing, he prefaces the topics of the night’s speech, explaining: "Americans are proving once again to be the hardest working people in the world. The American economy is growing stronger. The tax relief you passed is working."
Throughout the speech, the token democrats like Hilary Clinton and Ted Kennedy applaud with little enthusiasm, and at one point, bush is booed when he says, "Unless you act, the unfair tax on marriage will go back up. Unless you act, millions of families will be charged 300 dollars more in Federal taxes for every child. Unless you act, small businesses will pay higher taxes. Unless you act, the death tax will eventually come back to life. Unless you act, Americans face a tax increase. What the Congress has given, the Congress should not take away: For the sake of job growth, the tax cuts you passed should be permanent."

Moving on to promises, he pledges to reduce the deficit by half in the next 5 years and continues:

"blah, blah, blah, The people of Iraq are free, blah, blah, blah , we captured so and so and so and so and so and so and so and so, blah, blah, blah , the No Child Left Behind Act is opening the door of opportunity to all of America's children, blah, blah, blah , our agenda for jobs and growth must help small business owners, blah, blah, blah , the Social Security system should be a source of ownership for the American people, blah, blah, blah , reform our immigration laws, blah, blah, blah , eliminate wasteful and frivolous lawsuits, blah, blah, blah , a government run health care system is the wrong prescription, blah, blah, blah , we must stand with our families to help them raise healthy and responsible children, blah, blah, blah , get rid of steroids now, blah, blah, blah , Abstinence for young people is the only certain way to avoid sexually transmitted disease, blah, blah, blah , we now move forward with confidence and faith, blah, blah, blah ,the momentum of freedom in our world is unmistakable, blah, blah, blah , May God continue to bless America. Thank you."

Authors Note: Isn't that all nice and proper? The problem is it happens to be everything every American needed to hear. Was it sincere? Was it truth? The speech was neither good nor bad, it was written and delivered for all us in mind. Written so we could walk away and feel comfortable with him as a president and as future president. When will we see past this charade? When will we recognize that we are sold everyday by things we want to hear? I'm not saying I disagree with anything he said, though I am questioning the motivation of which he said it. I'm not attempting to make a debate as to whether or not he is or is not a good president, but I'm tired of hearing. I want action. We listen but we don't hold these politicians accountable to their words. They run polls, give speeches, make promises, and continue to lead us loosely by our ears without ever delivering any real programs or incentives that make anything any better. I say blah, blah, blah , because I've heard it all before.