01.28.2008 8:40 pm
What should Bush have said in his State of the Union?
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
President Bush, less than a year away from leaving office, gave his final State of the Union address tonight, offering little in the way of new initiatives — likely because, as the AP story says, “With his approval rating near its all-time low, Bush lacked the political clout to push bold ideas and he didn’t try.”
A major challenge for Bush in his address to Congress was simply being heard when many Americans already are looking beyond him to the next president.
Was that the case as you listened to Bush’s speech? Did you listen? And is there something you thought Bush should have said that he didn’t say?
Kurt is the director of social media for the Post-Dispatch, where he has worked since August 2002. He's been a journalist since 1982, covering municipal government, courts, education and two hurricanes as a reporter before becoming an editor. 
Ask yourselves, are you better off now than you were 7 years ago?
Answered loudly by all across the country -H$LL NO!
Momama, if the republicans are doing such a great job why are you so sure the dems will take over, I thought this guy (the President) seemed out of touch.
iggy, speak for yourself.
I am much better off today than I was 1, 5, 7, 10 years ago. I would expect that I would continue that trend.
A person born in America today is better off than 90% of the World’s population. Opportunity abounds and yet you still have people that can’t figure it out.
Imagine how great this country really could be if the unproductive would become so and not continue to be carried by the productive.
I would have liked to hear pardons for Ramos and Campeon. Termination for Johnny Sutton. He should have pointed out that we will NEVER be free of foreign oil without using our own, and the three idiots running as democrats want NO drilling for oil. He should have said that the 11,000 earmarks placed in the omnibus spending bill against the new rules of Congress are all to be ignored. He should have pointed out that the fact that we havent suffered another major serious terrorist attack is NOT due to the jihadis lack of trying. He should have stated that despite the best efforts of the democrats in congress, we are winning in Iraq and within a year, could have most everything wrapped up. The line about the IRS accepting checks was great, I expect dems across the nation to be sending in their money today. I would have liked to hear him say that he is going to build the border fence and crack down on employees and employers of illegals, and that Julie Myers was being fired.
My family is much better off than we were 7 years ago. If people honestly looked at their situation instead of parroting media-driven economic hysteria, they would probably say the same thing. If they’re not, they most likely have no one to blame but themselves.
The President’s SOTU speech was like most others - long on rhetoric, short on action. I loved his line reminding liberals who don’t think they pay enough taxes that the IRS accepts checks and money orders.
Funny though how the supposed worst president ever continues to play the Democrats for chumps. Doesn’t say much about them, does it?
When cost of living triples and income flatlines there is somethig terribly wrong if you are better-off today than 7 yrs ago I’d bet you were pretty well off then. Its republican 101 the rich get richer and the rest of us be damned.
Define “well off”.
Seven years ago I was nearing the end of my first career in the Army. Now I’m enjoying my second and raising a family at the same time. The cost of living has gone up since about forever. Blaming Republicans, or anyone else for that matter, for your own problems pretty much explains why you’re in the situation that you are. Don’t like your income? Then quit whining, pull your head out, and get to work.
My cost of living has actually gone down in the last few years. I downsized in house, have two older paid for vehicles, my outgoing bills on a monthly basis has been cut nearly in half. My income has gone up and my happiness couldn’t be higher.
I feel sorry for you sorry saps that are always angry about your lot in life.
I think that the president sounded like a man at the end of his long long wayyyyyyyyyy to long term
Amazed and Fish , I guesse all that fortune and glee is about to end if the Dems take-over.