President Upbeat about State of Nation; Public Wonders Which Nation He's Talking About

WASHINGTON- The President set a tone of unity and optimism in his State of the Union message last Tuesday, saying he was "optimistic about our country." After the speech, many who saw the speech were asking, "what country was the President talking about? "



"We have a clear plan for victory."

"Oh, the ideas were nice, I guess," said wedding planner Margo Fitzmorris. "But seriously. We need permanent tax relief? This country needs permanent tax relief? China practically owns us already."

"That was like, the worst State of the Union speech ever," said UC Berkeley senior Darren Winston-Suarez. "So the President thinks we are a nation addicted to oil, huh? You're just now realizing this? Wake up and smell the light sweet crude, dude! You and your cronies made your fortunes based on that!"

"If we're oil addicts, then President Bush is like Pablo Escobar, the kingpin. Cheney is the Tony Montano. He's the Scarface of oil. I hope you see where I'm headed, because I've run out of analogies."

"He said we have a clear plan for victory," said truck driver Hugh Ralston. "Did he just read one of LBJ's old speeches?"

Not all of the opinions were so negative, however.

"I thought his speech was relatively good," said Ronald Hookstratten, Professor of Economics at Cal State Dominguez Hills. "But then again, it could be that because he's been so bad before, that now I view him with the soft bigotry of low expectations."