…consider the promises of a year ago:

Bush, 29 Jan 02: “[O]ur budget will run a deficit that will be small and short-term.”
USA Today, 24 Jan 03: Budget expected to show record deficit

Bush, 29 Jan 02: “When America works, America prospers, so my economic security plan can be summed up in one word: jobs.”
National Post, 24 Jan 03: Fears growing U.S. entering jobless recovery (“jobless recovery” was also the order of the day during George H. Bush‘s term)

Bush, 29 Jan 02: “[C]orporate America must be made more accountable to employees and shareholders and held to the highest standards of conduct.”
USA Today, 24 Jan 03: Corporate reform cools

I’m sure tonight’s speech will include updates on these promises — right after we hear whether Osama Bin Laden has been found “dead or alive.” Actually, if Yahoo!‘s latest news story (Bush Address Won’t Include New Iraq Data) is to be believed, we’ll hear a new promise: his agenda includes “a new plan to direct drug treatment money to religious groups.”

Wonderful.

(Updated at 00:36 on 29 Jan 03. The “record deficit” link had an incorrect URL.)

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