State of the Union

Was it just me, or was President Bush more boring than usual in his State of the Union speech? Think about it. Everything he said was said over 10 years ago when his father was going to war with Iraq. They said the same things: we want everyone to be able to have jobs; we want prescription drug coverage for our seniors; we need more stimulus in the economy; we need to go after Saddam Hussein, on and on..... I honestly never made it to what he had to say about Iraq. I got bored and could see the speech for what it was. It was just posturing and talking tough in an effort to make us all feel like we have a president who can actually lead. The speech was one cliche after another. And if that's not bad enough, it didn't even sound like him. You could tell that others put the speech together. That happens to all the speeches any President delivers, but one would hope that it at least sounds like something he would say on his own. Not even half way through, I got tired of listening to him and turned it off. The thing that makes me a bit concerned is the fact that his approval rating with the normal joe on the street shot up by 37 percent! Are we that easily convinced? Are we like sheep that will go anywhere someone will go who we think is our leader? Scary!