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SOTU Standing Ovation Annotation

I have far too little attention to just watch the SOTU address.  So here's an annotated list of all the standing ovations, complete with the preceding roughly-transcribed quote and the occasional comment.

SOC#1: (6:14) Pelosi:  "I have the distinct honor of presenting to you the President of the United States."  (Everyone stands)

SOC#2: (6:14) Bush:  "...as the first president to begin the SOTU address with these words:  Madam Speaker.

SOC#3: (6:15) [Even more accolades for Pelosi.]

SOC#4: (6:18)  "First, we must balance the federal budget."

SOC#5: (6:18)  "We can [balance the federal budget] without raising taxes."

SOC#6: (6:20)  "...cut the number and cost of earmarks at least in half by the end of this session."

Interesting lack of congressional enthusiasm regarding the reauthorization of NCLB!

SOC#7: (6:23)  "[Moving forward, it is essential] that our citizens have affordable and available health care."

SOC#8: (6:27)  "We need to pass 'medical liability reform.'" (Republicans only)

I guess that's the new "tort reform" frame.  I wonder who came up with that one.

SOC#9: (6:27)  "The best healthcare decisions are made by patients and their doctors." (Everyone)

SOC#10: (6:29)  "...so that you and I can pass immigration reform into law."

Now he's nattering on about alternative fuel sources.  Kinda Orwellian if you've seen Who Killed the Electric Car?

SOC#11: (6:31)  "Let's reduce [some kind of] gases by 20% in the next 10 years."

SOC#12: (6:32)  "And [that reduction] is nearly 5 times the current target."

SOC#13: (6:34)   "...they are necessary to prevent the global threat of climate change."  (First Dems, then Republicans trickle in)

SOC#14: (6:34)  "...to give those qualified [SCOTUS] nominees a fair hearing and an up or down vote on the Senate floor."  (Republicans only, Nancy grimaces)

SOC#15: (6:35)  "...to win the war against terror, we must take the fight to the enemy." (Everyone, but Nancy hesitates a moment)

Bush is listing al Qaeda plots which never came to be.

SOC#16: (6:36)  "For each life saved we owe a debt of gratitude to the brave public servants who've devoted their lives to finding the terrorists and stopping them."  

SOC#17: (6:40)  "We will use [every means available] to do our duty to find these enemies."  (I think.  Sorry, zoned out for a moment there.)

SOC#18: (6:41)  "I say, for the sake of our own security, we must [venture into the Middle East and build democracy, freeing people]."  (Republicans with a smattering of Democrats.)

SOC#19: (6:44)  "Ladies and gentlemen, on this day on this hour...let us turn our resolve to find a way towards victory." (Republicans only)

SOC#20: (6:49)  "Ladies and gentlemen, nothing is more important in this nation's history than to [win in Iraq]."  (Republicans only)

SOC#21: (6:49)  "I ask you to support our troops on the field, and those on their way."  (Everyone)

SOC#23: (6:  "[Something about expanding the army by a lot.]"  (Republicans mostly)

SOC#24: (6:52)  "The U.S. has imposed sanctions on the regime of Tehran, and have made it clear that America will not allow [this regime] to acquire nuclear weapons."  (Everyone)

SOC#25: (6:54)  "Continuing to [support] the people of Darfur."

SOC#26: (6:54)  "We must continue to fight HIV/AIDS on the continent of Africa."

SOC#27: (6:55)  "I ask you to continue funding our efforts to fight AIDS, and I ask you to provide $$$ over the next five years in order to combat malaria in 15 African countries."  (Everyone)

SOC#28: (6:57)  "We're proud to call this son of the Congo a citizen of the United States of America."

SOC#29: (6:58)  "Tonight we are pleased to welcome this talented business entrepreneur and talented social entrepreneur, Julie Eigner Clark."

SOC#30: (7:00)  "There is something wonderful about a country that produces a brave and humble man like Wesley Autrey [the man who saved another's life by holding him on the tracks underneath a moving subway]."

SOC#31: (7:01)  "...[a brave soldier in the room who was injured on the field] has earned the respect and the gratitude of our entire country."

SOC#32: (7:02)  "The state of our union is strong, our cause in the world is right, and tonight, this cause lives on.  Goodnight."  


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