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Tuesday, January 28, 2003
Jesus on the mainline....
If this is part of the State of the Union, he's even stupider than I ever suspected he was:
President Bush will assert in his State of the Union address that Saddam Hussein poses a "serious threat" to the United States, but will stop short of declaring or justifying war Tuesday night.
That step would come later if Bush concludes that Iraq cannot be disarmed any other way, the White House said Tuesday. Much of Bush's speech will focus on domestic concerns, officials said.
Pushing a new plank in his "faith-based initiative," Bush is asking Congress to direct drug treatment dollars to religious organizations. His plan would give addicts treatment vouchers that would allow them to seek help at any center, including those with religious approaches, two senior White House officials said.
A country that is worried about a dry drunk with his finger on the button and an economy in a death spiral is not going to go to work happy tomorrow if his main concern is sending Noelle Bush to see Father Hernando (although a faith-based hairstylist might be an option).
On the domestic front, Bush's voucher plan for drug treatment is sure to be controversial because many religious drug treatment programs do not employ medical approaches and do not use staff that have been licensed for this work. It would cost $200 million in the next fiscal year.
The officials said Bush also planned to propose a significant increase in spending on research of hydrogen fuel-cell cars, part of an expansion of a program he announced in November.
Bush's self-proclaimed "compassionate agenda" also will include money to expand mentoring programs for prisoners' children and for middle-school students from low-income families, officials said.
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Balancing domestic and international issues in the speech will be like forcing "10 pounds of stuff into a five-pound bag," said Ken Khachigian, who wrote speeches for presidents Nixon and Reagan
Unfortunately, we know what the "stuff" is.....
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