Hoo-ah
I saw Bush’s address tonight…the speech was the usual, but there was an added touch–after every main talking point, there was spirited applause, and a bunch of people in the back of the chamber yelled something in chorus. It sounded kind of like “Heyyyy!” and kind of like (depending on your mood, I guess) “Hail!” or maybe “Hurraaaaayyy!” Anyway, it was nicely martial in spirit–well-suited to a sports event, scary as hell in a Presidential address.
Did anybody else hear this noise? This was the first Bush Jr. State of the Union I’d seen–does he always get folks to do the noise? Did Clinton have ‘em do the noise for his State of the Unions, and I just didn’t notice?