For over a decade, just about every year, I've taken running notes on the State of the Union speech. Some flashes of yesteryear: guess the year!
"We will answer every danger and every enemy that threaten the American people."
"Our faith is sure."
"...excessive litigation..."
"...faith-based programs...transform America one heart and one soul at a time."
"God does miracles in people's lives."
"End partial-birth abortion." "No life should begin or end for an experiment."
"Our calling as a blessed country..."
"...scattered network of killers..."
"Many others have met a different fate. Let's put it this way: they're no longer a problem to the United States...One by one the terrorists are learning the meaning of justice."
And here's another:
"We love our freedom and will fight to keep it."
"Radical Islam is a perversion by the few of a noble faith."
"We will not retreat from the world and never surrender to evil."
"We accept the call of history to aid the oppression...We have a clear plan for victory in Iraq."
"I am confident." (repeated at least twice more)
"We are in this fight to win, and we are winning."
And just before everything falls apart:
"Unemployment is low."
"...school choice...vouchers..."
"We see a future of hope and opportunity."
Handle illegal immigration "without animosity, without amnesty."
And here's a kicker: he actually mentioned "global climate change" (which Obama did not do tonight)
Answers: 2003, 2006, 2007
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