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Tuesday, January 23, 2007
Reaction to Bush's address rolls in
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Following is a sampling of early reaction to President Bush's State of the Union address:
Rep. John Murtha, D-Pennsylvania.: "Here at home we need to see the specific details of what the President is suggesting. It's not enough to make broad proposals; we need details of how we can get to where the President wants to take us. Although during last year's speech, he claimed that America is "addicted to oil," he still has no viable solution to the energy crisis or how he plans to attain energy independence. Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-Colorado "The President certainly got his wish when he campaigned this past cycle, and did everything he could to guarantee a Congress sympathetic to his 'amnesty for all' plan. I am disappointed but not surprised that the president has once again chosen to trot out this same old pig -- albeit one witha slightly new shade of lipstick. If there is one thing this president seems intent on demonstrating to the American public again and again, it is that he is utterly tone deaf. Howard Dean, Chairman of the Democratic National Committee: (in an interview on CNN's "The Situation Room") "The Democratic view is ... we need to find a way to get out of Iraq and minimize the casualties to our brave American troops. They were sent over there by a president who wasn't truthful with our troops either ... now we need to end this misadventure in Iraq, and we need to do it carefully and thoughtfully. We can't bring the troops all home at once, but we need to go in the opposite direction from where the president wants to take the country." |
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