Special Ed

WAFB and The Advocate don't have a whole lot to say about Bush's speech at LSU. Timshel picked up the AP story, which also ran in the online version of the Pic.

Since I'm on an antiwar listserve here, I should see some word of the real protest. Apparently, some folks declined to join in the standing ovation Bush received--I'll assume they are the honors students. One person shouted out "four more years," which might make you wonder how said student could have possibly earned a diploma. Well, remember: it's LSU.

Bush's address went on for all of sixteen minutes. Considering that it took about two hours to be seated after running through what must have been one hell of a security gauntlet, perhaps that's for the best. That's also about the limit of Bush's ability to hold an audience, if we judge from his record of public speaking. Bush rarely speaks in public for more than half an hour.

Themes included "listen to mom"--maybe that's why he won't allow photographs of the caskets arriving at Dover AFB--be on time, be honest (do as he says, not...), and stay the course in Iraq. Hey, doesn't that beg the previous question? You know, the one about honesty?