Nothing To Hear Here.

       Well, President Trump gave his first speech to both houses of Congress. And as expected, how it was received depends on who you ask. His supporters and nearly every Republican member of Congress found it to be perhaps one of the great speeches of its kind. For Democrats and his opposition, not so much. Its not so much that he didn't soften his rhetoric in the speech, he did.
       He went from a confrontational lie fest to a friendly, but still not too informational, pat on the back, I'll be your friend forever, kind of speech. But it was still something of a campaign talk, just nicer and without the name and blame calling of his previous campaign addresses. But one of the things he didn't leave out was misinformation, the stretching of the truth, sometimes to the point of breaking the truth.
       The fact checking was once again nearly off the charts. Which brings up the point of the fact check in general. Have you noticed how Trump gets fact checked more than any other president in history? Well there are two very good reasons for that fact. First, and foremost, is that the fact checking phenomena is relatively new to the media and second is that no other president in history has such a penchant of misquoting, bending of the truth and downright lying.
       Never the less, last night's speech is a departure from Trump's normal, confrontational style. And while it had very little substance, other than promises without structure, it did make conservatives feel good. At least for the moment. As for progressives, they didn't hear anything, behind the fog of misdirection, that made them feel much different then they did before the speech. 
       You can talk about making sausage, but until you actually do make sausage, it's just talk.