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PEOPLE, Page 80Not Necessarily the Speech
By MICHAEL QUINN
If Spiro Agnew once got hot under the collar contemplating
the "instant analysis" of TV journalists covering President
Nixon's speeches, last week's take on President Bush's State of
the Union address from cable channel Comedy Central would have
made him burst into flame. The satirical play-by-play reportage
included Al Franken evaluating Bush's speech as it was
delivered, and caustic comic Richard Belzer firing postgame
jibes. Viewers were served raw ridicule of presidential welfare
bashing and strained just-plain-folkisms, like Bush's nod to
"G.I. Joes and Janes. . .who sucked the dust." The result:
Comedy Central's ratings doubled.