Last night’s State of the Union address lasted just over an hour and was a little bit different than in years past. Instead of the Reds and the Blues sitting on opposite sides of the chamber, they scattered and sat amongst each other. It was a supposed to be a show of “civility”, but some say it weakened the look of response to the speech. Instead of seeing a huge block give a standing ovation every other sentence, it looked like just a smattering of people getting to their feet.
- It reminded me of when I was a kid going to mass at St. Paul’s Catholic Church. Up, down… Up, down… And I’d want to just sit in the pew most of the time, but my mother would always make me kneel. And the kneeling seemed to last forever!
- It wasn’t nearly as much fun watching John Boehner’s expressionless face as it was watching Nancy Pelosi’s deer-in-the-headlights eyes and perma-grin!
- They called it “prom seating” and it was a lot like prom. At the end of the night they elected a king and queen… Joe Biden and Barney Frank. 