Who says he wrote "his" reaction-speech? Not unless he were able to do so in a matter of minutes. Webb's speech was as well-rehearsed and tele-prompted as Bush's. Show-biz reigns supreme. Someone tell me whom the last President *not* to have a speech-writer was. Julie Krueger ========Original Message======== Subj: [lit-ideas] Re: Best line from the State of the Union Date: 1/24/2007 10:11:35 P.M. Central Standard Time From: _eyost1132@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (mailto:eyost1132@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) To: _lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (mailto:lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) Sent on: >>Listen to Jim Webb's rebuttal. I did. He's a good speaker, and a better writer. ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html