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Doug Bereuter: The State of the Union address has become a long, shallow and predictable bit of political theater.

On the recordJanuary 6, 1999
The State of the Union address has become a long, shallow and predictable bit of political theater.
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Doug Bereuter
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congress.gov
Jan 6, 1999

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Critique of the modern State of the Union address format.

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