Informed Speculation

From Jonathan Last of the Weekly Standard:

Let us first praise Hilary Clinton. Whatever her other faults may be, she always shows up to the State of the Union dressed like a professional. She’s wearing a stylish gray suit tonight. Most of our devoted congresswomen look like they got lost on the way to a Texas Tech rally. On to the list:

Worst sour-puss: Charlie Rangel sitting motionless as Bush says, “The United States will not retreat from the world, and we will never surrender to evil.”

Worst Euphemism: “the traditions of their own citizens”

Worst camera cut: “If there are people inside our country who are talking with al Qaeda, we want to know about it–because we will not sit back and wait to be hit again.” At which point Hillary Clinton smiled and slowly shook her head from side to side.

Well, aside from that rather uncalled-for shot at my alma mater (and don’t think for a minute that I failed to notify the editors of just how loyally conservative Lubbock is!), that’s a pretty good start…read the rest here…

UPDATE 3:09 p.m.: Ooops! Boy, is my face, er, red: Last emailed to inform me that he was not taking a shot at the Red Raiders, but rather noting the proclivity of ladies to wear red on SOTU evenings, the better to draw the attention of the eye and the camera…my bad, as the kids say…