Shrub should repeat this over and over on Social Security

[NeoConIV]

I thought the dems, after groaning on SS reform, took it on the chin here:


If you've got children in their 20s, as some of us do, the idea of Social Security collapsing before they retire does not seem like a small matter. And it should not be a small matter to the United States Congress. (Applause.)

I think that reverberated in living rooms across the nation.

[JoeChalupa]

It's not only the dems that this applies to you know.

[Yonivore]

Boos from Democrats. Can you believe it? Never in the history of the State of the Union Speech have boos been heard. Tradition, courtesy and protocol means nothing to Democrats when it comes to expressing their hatred of George Bush, their pathological dismay at losing the reigns of power in Washington, and their fear of Social Security privatization.

[office handle]

maybe tradition isnt always a good thing.

but one tradition holds and that is business as usual. the GOP has had just about 10 straight years of control of the congress and weve yet to see any meaningful tax reform, for example. instead all weve seen is a lot of the same as we saw in the prior 40 years of democrat dominance. so much for the gingrich revolution.

[JoeChalupa]

The republicans dissed Bill an many occasions.
No big deal to me.

[Yonivore]

The republicans dissed Bill an many occasions.
No big deal to me.
Not during the State of the Union Address.

[JoeChalupa]

Perhaps it wasn't called for?

Hell I don't know.

[Nbadan]

Boos from Democrats. Can you believe it? Never in the history of the State of the Union Speech have boos been heard.

Wrong, Republicans booed Clinton during his 1995 State of the Union speech.

[NeoConIV]

My only point (revised), is that whoever grumbled and booed, got thumped on national TV with the bolded text in the original quote.

[office handle]

maybe bush shouldve said that "now some of you out there in Merica, you know, the ones who are with me and against the terrrerists are not going to get the tax relief i promised to them because of the AMT. and to that i say that if you are not with the AMT then you are with the terrrerists."

[Nbadan]

Republican have a history of booing...

1999: Republicans Booed Clinton's Entrance
Many Republican lawmakers gave him a cool, though not impolite, reception. There were a smattering of boos when Clinton first entered the House chamber, but they were quickly drowned out by applause. Some Republicans barely applauded, or refused at all to clap. House Majority Leader Dick Armey (R-Texas) and U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay (R-Texas) were conspicuously silent. [Boston Herald, 1/20/99]
1998: Republicans Booed Clinton's Medicare Proposal
Clinton's health-care initiatives, chiefly in the form of a medical bill of rights, found support on both sides, especially his attack on managed-care health-care plans. ... Clinton's proposal to expand Medicare to allow Americans as young as 55 to buy into the system drew shouts of "no" and some boos from Republicans during his speech. [Chicago Tribune, 1/28/98]

1997: Republican's Booed Clinton's Opposition to the Balanced Budget Amendment
The Republican response was far warmer than perhaps any of Clinton's previous four State of the Union speeches. Time after time, Republicans jumped to their feet to join Democrats in applauding the president. Only once did they unmistakably and collectively show their disapproval--when Clinton spoke disparagingly of a GOP-sponsored constitutional amendment to balance the budget. Many Republicans hissed and some booed. [LA Times, 2/5/97]

1995: Republicans Booed Clinton and Walked Out During Speech
The upheaval wrought by the Republican election landslide was visible throughout the president's State of the Union address - from the moment Speaker Newt Gingrich took the gavel to the striking silence that often greeted Clinton from the GOP. At one point, Republicans even booed. About 20 of them left as Clinton went on and on for an hour and 20 minutes. [AP, 1/24/95]