WASHINGTON - Starting with "the state of our union is strong," right through to "America will never rest," the president strung together 1123 meaningless statements in his 50 minute State of the Union Address on Tuesday, topping the 1097 he used in the 2005 speech."It's really quite impressive, he goes from the patriotic to the patronizing to the totally incomprehensible with complete ease," said senate minority leader Trent Lott. "The country is truly blessed to have a president who possesses absolutely no vision and who can express it so clearly." Linguist Walter Craswell of Michigan State University explained that, contrary to popular belief, Bush's rhetoric is one of his strenths: "The complete avoidance of any hint of substance in Bush's speeches helps him stay on message, and he does that very well."
