The State of the Union speech is coming up, and not only do they cram the Senate into the House chamber (where you know the Senators check for gum stuck under the desks) along with its usual denizens (and they don't even get assigned seats), Cabinet members sit in the front row, alongside the Justices of the U. S. Supreme Court. The President is currently furious at six of the nine Justices, and won't that make for an interesting evening? The Joint Chiefs are in there, too, along with retired members of Congress.
Looking it up, one of the news services points out that the President and First Lady also invite non-politicians to seats in the gallery, "to help put a human face to the President’s message for both policymakers and viewers at home." I'm not sure just what they think the various pols, judges and military officers are -- has anyone checked on David Icke recently?
Me, I figure they're all entirely too human, even the ones I loathe most, and given the line-up and the times, my only real question is, what flavor popcorn should I make for watching it? Hi-yo, Incitatus, away!
The last SOTU message he presented so upset me I couldn't even sit thru all of it.
ReplyDeleteAnd the VP is in a bunker somewhere, just in case?
ReplyDeleteI'm pretty sure he and the Speaker will be right there, loyal subordinates and true. Who's in third place? President Pro Tem of the Senate, then the Cabinet in rough order of visibility.... We're probably looking at 9th place or higher in the bunker. None of the rest would dare pass up the chance to apple-polish. Hell, it probably won't even be one of the nice bunkers -- everybody knows where those are. Emergency Government Continuity Site #25, raw concrete under a hill in Arkansas, 10 channels on the cable TV, a manky Mr. Coffee, a stack of expired Reese's Cups and a king-sized tub of Civil Defense emergency nutrition crackers -- and the dozen least popular Secret Service agents for company. Fun times!
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