Sebelius Is Up Now

And gosh, she was terrifically boring. Today, I went from Barack Obama to George Bush to Kathleen Sebelius, and I seemed like I was going downhill in rhetorical ability-o-meter. Wow.

Here's the text of Sebelius' speech, which was actually pretty good if you read the text. That is, if you stayed awake through her delivery:

"An American Call to Action

I'm Kathleen Sebelius, governor of the state of Kansas.

And I am grateful for the opportunity to speak with you tonight.

I'm a Democrat, but tonight, it really doesn't matter whether you think
of yourself as a Democrat or a Republican or an Independent.
Or none of the above.

Instead, the fact you're tuning in this evening tells me each of you
is, above all, an American first.

You are mothers and fathers. Grandparents and grandchildren.
Working people and business owners. Americans, all.

And the American people, folks like you and me, are not nearly as
divided as our rancorous politics might suggest.

In fact, right now, tonight, as political pundits discuss the
president's speech, chances are, they'll obsess over the reactions of members
of Congress.

'How many times was the president interrupted by applause? Did
Republicans stand? Did Democrats sit?'

And the rest of us will roll our eyes and think, 'What in the world
does any of that have to do with me?'

And so I want to take a slight detour from tradition on this State of
the Union Night.

In this time, normally reserved for the partisan response, I hope to
offer you something more:  An American Response."