OB-GYNs under threat, president declares

What a weird speech. After the worst attack on U.S. soil falls on his watch, after presiding over a net jobs loss during his term, after an invasion gone horribly awry, he basically says, we're on the path to the future and I'm leading us there. Where? Who knows.

But he is working hard to help regular Americans.

As I have traveled our country, I have met too many good doctors, especially OB-GYNS, who are being forced out of practice because of the high cost of lawsuits. To make health care more affordable and accessible, we must pass medical liability reform now. And in all we do to improve health care in America, we will make sure that health decisions are made by doctors and patients, not by bureaucrats in Washington, DC.

A bureaucrat working for an HMO's okay, though.

Saletan, Seullentrop, pretty much eviscerate it.

World 'o Crap translates for us.

In addition to his brave support for the "OB-GYN Protection Act," I did have some favorite moments, though...

Like the "ain't no mountain high enough, ain't no valley low enough to keep me away from keeping my job!"

Since 2001, Americans have been given hills to climb and found the strength to climb them. Now, because we have made the hard journey, we can see the valley below. Now, because we have faced challenges with resolve, we have historic goals within our reach and greatness in our future. We will build a safer world and a more hopeful America, and nothing will hold us back.

Or, I loved that guy my father worked for. I'm just like him -- Reagan, not my dad.

My father served eight years at the side of another great American, Ronald Reagan. His spirit of optimism and good will and decency are in this hall and are in our hearts, and will always define our party.

How 'bout, "You younger workers, don't be girlie men!"

In an ownership society, more people will own their health care plans and have the confidence of owning a piece of their retirement. We'll always keep the promise of Social Security for our older workers. With the huge baby boom generation approaching retirement, many of our children and grandchildren understandably worry whether Social Security will be there when they need it. We must strengthen Social Security by allowing younger workers to save some of their taxes in a personal account, a nest egg you can call your own, and government can never take away.

And then there was, "You mean it's in the computer?"

Anyone who wants more details on my agenda can find them online. The Web address is not very imaginative, but it's easy to remember: GeorgeWBush.com.

Except when you go there, there really ain't much in the way of details.

I won't soon forget his stirring praise for the democracies of Pakistan and Saudi Arabia.

And we are working to advance liberty in the broader Middle East because freedom will bring a future of hope and the peace we all want. And we will prevail. Our strategy is succeeding.

Funny, how the "Death to America" chants keep drowning out the silent pleading.

I believe that America is called to lead the cause of freedom in a new century. I believe that millions in the Middle East plead in silence for their liberty. I believe that given the chance they will embrace the most honorable form of government ever devised by man. I believe all these things because freedom is not America's gift to the world, it is the Almighty God's gift to every man and woman in this world.

UPDATED on September 6 to fix the link.