In his state of the union on the mount, er, acceptance speech, Barack Obama promised to “cut taxes for 95 percent of all working families” and also to provide Americans with a basketful of government goodies. All this will be paid for, of course, by increasing taxes on those nasty “rich” folks and evil oil companies. Forget the setting and hoopla and confetti. Read the speech. It’s the same old liberal Democratic wine in an attractive new bottle.

The candidate also went after his opponent. He’s a good guy and all but “John McCain doesn’t get it.” Oh, and in case you forgot, McCain equals Bush.

Sound Bite: “So I’ve got news for you, John McCain. We all put our country first.”

Here’s the biopic that introduced the candidate last night: