Apparently, there was only one thing worth paying attention to during Monday night's State of the Union speech, and not only did everyone outside the building miss it, but we're just hearing about it now.
According to the Boston Globe, when Herr Bush entered the lobby of the House of Representatives, openly gay Massachusetts Congressman Barney Frank was on the phone with his boyfriend. "Oh," said the unelected President, caressing the Congressman's shoulder, "Tell him I say hello."
Of course, Bush couldn't have known it was Frank's boyfriend... or did he? (Don't believe it? Then how did he know it was a guy? Hmm? Hmm?) Barney, never to let a good news story die, approached Bush following the droning 50-minute speech. You decide:
Frank sought out the president, who put his hand on the back of the congressman's head to hear him more clearly in the noisy, crowded room.
"Mr. President, by the way, the person I was talking to when you said to say hello was my boyfriend,'' Frank said he told the commander-in-chief.
"Well. I hope you said how open-minded I am,'' Frank said the president replied.
"I considered telling [the president] I wouldn't marry him,'' Frank said, "but then I thought, 'Nah.' ''