Cold reception
From the Guv's 'naug . . .
These folks aren't riveted by the Guv's speech — they're frozen to the ground.
Gov. Jon Huntsman made history today by being inaugurated on the wind-lashed steps of the Capitol rather than inside ... where it's warm.
Still, I guess it's fitting that the Guv re-upped on a bleak and bitterly cold day — he faces a bleak economic picture and Legislature that is proving frigid to his initiatives.
What we needed was a "all we have to fear is fear itself"-league speech. But Huntsman apparently has yet to find a hot speechwriter. His address peaked with something about "It is only through adversity that we are able to appreciate the strength of our fellow citizens." Cold comfort, indeed.
But here's what you really want to know — the results of the applause meter (in decending order):
1. David Archuletta, second-string Idol who sang the National Anthem. ('Tween squeaks and applause.)
2. Huntsman's proclamation that for one day we are all Utah Utes! (The football team, not the tribe.)
3. Three National Guard helicopters doing a flyby.
4. LDS President Thomas S. Monson and Huntsman (tie).
These folks aren't riveted by the Guv's speech — they're frozen to the ground.Still, I guess it's fitting that the Guv re-upped on a bleak and bitterly cold day — he faces a bleak economic picture and Legislature that is proving frigid to his initiatives.
What we needed was a "all we have to fear is fear itself"-league speech. But Huntsman apparently has yet to find a hot speechwriter. His address peaked with something about "It is only through adversity that we are able to appreciate the strength of our fellow citizens." Cold comfort, indeed.
But here's what you really want to know — the results of the applause meter (in decending order):
1. David Archuletta, second-string Idol who sang the National Anthem. ('Tween squeaks and applause.)
2. Huntsman's proclamation that for one day we are all Utah Utes! (The football team, not the tribe.)
3. Three National Guard helicopters doing a flyby.
4. LDS President Thomas S. Monson and Huntsman (tie).
2 Comments:
Hey, Warchol. Look at the picture of Peter Caroon's wife at his swearing in compared to that of Mrs. Huntsman. Love and respect vs. fear and loathing??
I saw the Guv in the refrigerated meat section of a grocery store this weekend. He must have been acclimating himself to cold temps.
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