‘My fellow Americans, the State of the Union is …..’
A little while from now, President Barack Obama will stand before the U.S. Congress and deliver the most importantest, hugest speech ever in American or even Kenyan history, the speech that will either elevate Obama into the ranks of the greatest to ever hold his high office or doom him to spending the rest of recorded time listed among the utter failures such as what’shisname — no not the older one, his son. You know, the name that cannot be uttered unless you want to be accused of bringing up ancient history, even though the people who say that also spend the rest of their lives mumbling “JimmycarterJimmycarterJimmycarter…”
Or maybe it’s not such an important speech after all, says Gallup:
“As Barack Obama prepares to give his first State of the Union address as president, a review of Gallup historical data suggests these speeches rarely affect a president’s public standing in a meaningful way, despite the amount of attention they receive. Among recent presidents, only Bill Clinton seemed to reap a public-opinion benefit from the yearly ritual, with an average 3 percentage-point increase across his seven State of the Union speeches.”
Oh well. I think I’ll watch anyway, just to keep an eye on that Joe Wilson fellow.
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Granny Godzilla
January 27th, 2010
10:27 pm
Don’t need to watch the response (but I will) we got the meme already.
Damn he was good.
Did I mention I’m gonna be a grandma?
Life is good. Confidence is high. Mayfield ice cream sandwhiches on the ready.
Please keep all vociferousness down to a medium.
TaxPayer
January 27th, 2010
10:27 pm
Well, we could always allow Obama to run for a third term since some here are worried about eight more years. I say, let’s allow their worst fears to come true.
josef nix
January 27th, 2010
10:28 pm
JAY–
Gotcha downstairs.
DoggoneGA
January 27th, 2010
10:28 pm
“DG, what lie would that be?”
Very interesting…that you are so quick to label what you said as a lie.
F. Sinkwich
January 27th, 2010
10:29 pm
They didn’t go down, either, Taxpayer.
But then again, our investments didn’t go up with his election. Does that count?
FrankLeeDarling
January 27th, 2010
10:30 pm
uh oh republican response, time to change the channel.
DoggoneGA
January 27th, 2010
10:30 pm
“Obama said during the campaign that he expected to be President for the next 8 to 10 years”
The campaign was 2 years ago
Liberal Pariah
January 27th, 2010
10:30 pm
BO is very good at speeches and this one was well done. He managed to say all the right things while throwing bones to the Democrats. But seriously, at the end of the day, is this really the person who is going to put our Country back on the right track? No experience in government and having mastered the use of the teleprompter are not the basic skills needed for governing in the bad times that ‘he inherited after 8 years of the prior administration’
Jenifer, that’s where he bashed Bush just so ya know
TaxPayer
January 27th, 2010
10:30 pm
I have a feeling that the Republicans will show us how they can take losing to a whole new level though. Good for them. They should fight their decline all the way. It’s what they do best. hehehe
Liberal Pariah
January 27th, 2010
10:31 pm
DG, I am asking you to point out one lie that I have told. If you knew the Truth, maybe you could discern….by the way, there isn’t one
Jenifer
January 27th, 2010
10:33 pm
I must say, before I retire for the evening, it is so refreshing to have a President who can complete a sentence, who is intelligent and charming, who gives one a sense of confidence in his abilities.
It was a LONG 8 years.
Goodnight all.
Liberal Pariah
January 27th, 2010
10:33 pm
Jenifer, so is the guy who sells you a used car but that doesn’t qualify him to be an effective President either.
Good Night John Boy
TaxPayer
January 27th, 2010
10:33 pm
But then again, our investments didn’t go up with his election. Does that count?
Your investments did not go up. That’s too bad.
RW-(the original)
January 27th, 2010
10:34 pm
The campaign was 2 years ago
And he said he expected to be in charge for 8 to 10 years which kind of sounds like a future plan, but I’ll not play your nitpicking game. Maybe all the extra states are going to materialize in this 8 to 10 year window too.
cmac
January 27th, 2010
10:34 pm
BORING!!! Not even bothering to watch the LIAR in chief! Just want someone to compare what obozo says vs the actual facts.
Jackie
January 27th, 2010
10:34 pm
It appears the President finally found his backbone!
The Republicans and Democrats will have to produce results that are good for all of us; no more hyperbole.
DoggoneGA
January 27th, 2010
10:35 pm
“DG, I am asking you to point out one lie that I have told”
Below is the complete question I made. Kindly point out to me where the word “lie” occurs…because I can’t seem to find it. Again, it’s interesting that YOU continue to label what you said as a lie.
“you ever wonder if the history “rewriters” ever get confused about which verson they’re supposed to be enhancing this week?”
Jay
January 27th, 2010
10:36 pm
Josef, and Kamchak alerted me to the post in question….
RW-(the original)
January 27th, 2010
10:37 pm
Smart move by the GOP to do the response with an audience. We’ve surely seen the last of those responses from either side that took place on a closed set.
Ridgerunner
January 27th, 2010
10:37 pm
One word: barf
cmac
January 27th, 2010
10:44 pm
How many times did the LIAR in chief say “I” & did his teleprompter look good? Fixing to go to the teleprompters blog & get the real skinny on the night!
getalife
January 27th, 2010
10:46 pm
So the gop response is spewing con ideology.
I’ll pass on buying anything from Washington but at least Obama called out the con justices for their ideology based decision for unlimited donations from foreign countries and calling it free speech.
It does not get any more unAmerican than that.
jokerman
January 27th, 2010
10:49 pm
“I just know the republicants are going to have their health care reform plan on Obama’s desk in the morning. ”
Jenifer….How hard is it to write NO…That’s all the republicants have in there arsenal.
Jay
January 27th, 2010
10:50 pm
And it appears Chris Matthews has gone off the deep end.
cmac
January 27th, 2010
10:53 pm
unAmerican? How about going to other countries & continuously apologizing for any alleged transgression committed in the last 200 years? Better yet, shaking hands with the nut from venezuala or bowing before make believe leaders.
Mick
January 27th, 2010
10:54 pm
Not watching msnbc, whose side is tweety bird on tonite jay?
cmac
January 27th, 2010
10:54 pm
who is Chris Matthews? hahahahahahahahahahaha!!!
josef nix
January 27th, 2010
10:56 pm
“And it appears Chris Matthews has gone off the deep end.”
Don’t know what he said, but I thought he went there a long time ago. One of the few times I jumped and cheered for Zell Miller…
Jay
January 27th, 2010
10:57 pm
see above
Del
January 27th, 2010
11:04 pm
“‘My fellow Americans, the State of the Union is”
Getting just as beautiful as B.O. views himself each time he looks into the mirror. The Commander and Chief Narcissist gave a very long and flat speech that really lacked substance. We shall see how the country viewed it pretty soon.
oldtimer
January 27th, 2010
11:04 pm
Words words words
josef nix
January 27th, 2010
11:05 pm
Jay @ 10:57
Thanks for that…if I I hadn’t seen/heard it, I would never have believed it…
NRB2
January 27th, 2010
11:05 pm
Obama was useless as usual.
How can we possibly take someone seriously when he actually goes on national TV and claims that the government can create jobs, or have a positive impact on the economy?
I also like his subtle swipes at the Tea Party movement.
Sorry, Barry-O.
We know the enemy, and the enemy is government.
YOU are the enemy.
ITP Conservative
January 27th, 2010
11:09 pm
Obama and his fellow travelers have 10 months to “get ‘er done” They have control and can do what they want. So far they have failed – we’ll see. The truth always wins and right now 17.3% unemployment is speaking quite loudly.
NRB2
January 27th, 2010
11:10 pm
If the bank bailout was a root canal, then his speech tonight was a colonoscopy.
RW-(the original)
January 27th, 2010
11:16 pm
And it appears Chris Matthews has gone off the deep end.
Are we in the way back machine?
Mick
January 27th, 2010
11:21 pm
November is pretty far off in political time, if the job picture improves dramatically all bets are off.
Thanks to tivo got the chris matthews segment and all I can say is; leave the gun, take the cannolli’s.
MAC
January 27th, 2010
11:48 pm
This overly long, vague speech won’t change anyone’s mind and will be forgotten in two weeks.
Not often that the response to the SOTU was better, but it was.
hoax and chains
January 28th, 2010
12:53 am
COME NOVEMBER, COME SOON
FinnMcCool
January 28th, 2010
8:10 am
I forgot he was Muslim for an hour.
FinnMcCool
January 28th, 2010
8:14 am
Defending Timothy McVeigh?
I believe there are a few unused cots available at Gitmo.
Sally
January 28th, 2010
8:28 am
Just wondering what the record for longest SOU ever is? Obviously he was going back to his strength. Talking. And man did he talk. And talk. And talk. And talk……. ZZZzzzzz
Craig
January 28th, 2010
8:56 am
As a registered Republican I can tell you that I was thrilled to listen to the Prseident’s SOTU address. In strong tone he explained that he would stay the course of his administration and not change his goals. The Republicans did not have to say a word last night and just won more independents in November. Our Presdient is the classic example of a narcisist. This guy was directly involved in the New Jersey, Virginia,and Boston elections and lost all three. Does he do as Clinton did after 1994 and move to the middle? No, he thinks more speaches and more town halls will convince the American people that his way is the right way. Last night he put the dems up for re-election in November on a death march and does not give a damn about their own battles in their states. On behalf of Republicans everywhere thank you Mr. President and thank you Ms. Pelosi. Mr. Reid, no need to thank you, you will be gone in November.
hotlanta
January 28th, 2010
9:21 am
First of all, we not entitled to a job. Some of the main folks who lost their jobs used to tell folks to pull themselves UP by their bootstraps and not blame anyone else for their shortcoming and to stop looking for the government to take care of them. Now they have lost their jobs they are blaming the government and want them to do something. Pricelss
Craig
January 28th, 2010
9:24 am
Good thinking hotlanta, then tell Obama that we don’t need a jobs bill like he wants that will cost billions of dollars.
Anti-lib
January 28th, 2010
9:31 am
Typical bs from this failed president….promise the moon and deliver NOTHING!!! He’s even lost support from his own party. Love it!
Anti-lib
January 28th, 2010
9:31 am
Great post Hotlanta and very true. No one is “owed” anything in life and until some people realize that there will always be uneducated bums.
bob
January 28th, 2010
9:54 am
hey jenifer – don’t worry about repubs stopping any funding for military families, your president has already said he will freeze the military budget
None Other than Me
January 28th, 2010
10:33 am
People, hateful people, jealous people, manipulative people, are the greatest at being malicious. Our president of the USA took on the bravest task ever, which was to become president during a time where EVERYTHING before him was screwed up by GEORGE. President Obama, you are doing a great job…I believe in you…and WE believe in you. You have made changes, you have taken leadership and you have delivered. I am confident that you will continue to deliver. Republicans are the most non-creative and manipulative human beings I’ve every come across. It’s a real shame. But guess what?? There is absolutely nothing you can do about it, President Obama is YOUR BOSS and he is putting his foot down on what he will and will not accept as it relates to getting this economy where it should be and where it should’ve been 8 years ago. Deal with it!
DAVID: AJC Truth Detector
January 28th, 2010
10:38 am
THERE IS LITTLE FACTs.COMING FROM THE Atlanta–Obama-Journal
hotlanta
January 28th, 2010
11:39 am
The Republicans looked as if someone had stolen their pony last night. I was like wow.
ATLshirt.com
January 28th, 2010
11:49 am
the DOW is Falling, The DOW is falling… soon, we will all be out of work!! Thanks for the change Odummy!
test
January 30th, 2010
6:46 pm