State of the Union Phooa

The state of the union address by the president has been a staple of American life for many many years now, but what is relatively new is the news media commentary. The State of the Union actually has a pregame show now! At many anchor desks across the channels we see a team of 'experts' who will speculate on what the President is about to say. Now let me ask; have Americans become so dumb that we can't watch a speech and decide what that person is saying in plain English (and with W plain English is what your gonna get) without being 'prepped' in advance. Slightly less insulting to American intelligence is the after-game show we see when all of the networks, sometimes for days afterwards, will analyze, debate, and decide what the President said. While this is less scary, it's very sad as many Americans just forget about the speech(that is if they even bothered to watch) and go with whatever their favorite new anchor said that W said.
Now, the speech. Nothing exciting, nothing new. Basically we the most interesting part was the fact that Mr. Bush made the comments he did about oil. Everything else seemed to be war, medi-care, social security, and . . . well I told you it was wasn't very interesting.
Basic point here is that Americans should take the time to listen, read, and make up their own mind about things instead of having someone chew it up and digest it for them.