Cross-posted from Moral Questions Weblog.
Before I read anything else, I wanted to give my take on the speech tonight. Here it is.
A sad moment. That's all I can describe Bush's speech as. Sad.
Throughout our nation's history, we have at times had statesmen as our leaders who were willing to rise above the partisanship and bickering, rise above their own arrogance and agendas, and explain things the way they needed to be explained to the American people, to level with them in a way that they can accept the way things are, accept what has happened, and sacrifice and soldier on. Sadly, tonight George Bush finally proved once and for all that he has never had the kind of vision and honesty that such a thing would require.
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