As the president was making his way through the crowd of Republicans trying to stick their noses up his ass after last night’s State of the Union address, some Southern Belle with a thick drawl said “Mr. Bush, you make me proud to be an American.” Right after, NBC’s patch to Richard Engel in Baghdad came through and he painted a much different picture than the fairy tale Bush dreamt up during his speech minutes before.

Sometimes I wonder what it’s like to be that detached from reality.