A few of you have asked me to share my opinion of the State of the Union address that Bush gave last night. To be honest, I was so disgusted by it that I didn't plan to even mention it. Who am I, though, to deny my public?

I'll comment on the domestic portion later. The Iraq portion of the speech blew my mind.

Thirty-seven minutes. That's how long W. prattled on before uttering the word Iraq. Even then he made the bizarre decision to mention Iran first. Raise your hand if you thought he had misspoken. I know I did.

He seems to be getting good marks for his Iraq comments. I really don't get that. There was nothing new other than an allegation that the Russians have heard they tried to buy weapons-grade uranium. Maybe it's the old debater in me, but that's not good enough. I need evidence. I need facts. I need proof. Call me crazy, but an off-handed allegation isn't enough to convince me that we need to kill a bunch of people. I guess that's what we're supposed to see when Powell speaks to the UN next week. I'm very skeptical. I think that they would be screaming from the highest roof-top if we had real evidence.

Was no one else chilled by the "let's just say they're no longer a problem" line? The evil sneer was one of the more disgusting presidental displays that I have ever seen. I was also disgusted that the left side of the aisle stood on that remark. Does no one understand what he's saying? He's saying we killed a bunch of unnamed people. That's a good thing?

He smells blood. He's going after it. This is his war. He's going to fight it with or without the American people. I loved it when he said that even if the UN doesn't back us we'll lead a "broad coalition." Broad coalition? Thanks, Britain. We're now "broad."

This is Bush's war. It will never be mine.