State of the Union

The CTV NewsNet commentators jumped all over this quote, "The liberty we prize is not America's gift to the world; it is God's gift to humanity." An interesting glimpse of how the American people view themselves. The CTV crew wasn't very complimentary to that part of his speech but as some commentators said, he wasn't talking to Canada. Fair enough.

Interesting Update: Some Canadian television talking heads are saying that W. said, "America is God's gift to humanity". I listened to that part of the talk and read the transcript and he did not say that. I don't agree with the statement but we don't need to misquote him to make it say something he didn't. The most interesting commentary I saw came from CNN when they said that the Democrats applauded some points to make their own political point. According to the talking heads, the Republicans do it when a Democrat is talking. It is a finer point of politics that I missed completely. Then again, maybe it is because they were clapping for an American audience and not a Canadian one (hey it made sense when Bush was talking)