A few of "Bush's ideas" in his speech were proposed by Clinton during his administration (don't ask me which ones because I forget now - my husband pointed it out to me during the speech). I could just picture Bill Clinton at home watching this and muttering at the T.V. - "I had that idea last year! Good luck man!"



My question is this: If Clinton proposed the same exact ideas previously and they were shot down by Congress, what makes Bush (idea stealer) so confident that Congress won't shoot them down again?



Sure, the proposals Bush talked about sound wonderful, but that's all it really is - talk and hot air. Bush can propose anything he wants but he has no real say on what gets passed anymore than I do. Congress has to approve these things by majority vote. Sure, Bush has veto power but when it comes to passing things, he has no power.



It sounded to me that Bush was just trying to make everyone happy. This is impossible. You can't make all of the people happy all of the time. He was just trying to be popular with everyone (the elderly, schools, minorities, etc.)



Speaking of being popular with minority groups... Bush invited a couple (I think they were Latino or Hispanic) to sit in with Congress (even though they were not members of the Congress) just so he could point out that he is compassionate towards minority groups and the working class. That's spreading it on pretty thick, Mr. Bush. I was half expecting him to have a row of babies on hand so he could kiss them on national T.V. also.



That's just my opinion, I could be wrong.