‘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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Bosch
January 27th, 2010
7:32 pm
I think I’ll skip the speech tonight – I’ll try to find an animal documentary with lions eating gazelle – it will be less tame than all this.
josef nix
January 27th, 2010
7:33 pm
Bosch–
I think I’m with you. I thought I might tune in, but to what end? I’m in a good mood and see no reason to not stay there for the time being. I’ll read it later…
stands for decibels
January 27th, 2010
7:35 pm
For those with a sense of humor:
http://rudepundit.blogspot.com/2010/01/in-brief-five-fantasy-state-of-union.html
josef nix
January 27th, 2010
7:37 pm
STB
I don’t care who you are, thass funny!
Bosch
January 27th, 2010
7:40 pm
josef,
Read it later? I think we all can make an educated guess as to what it’ll say.
sfd,
Part of that will be Joe Wilson walking in muzzled.
Or better, yet, let him scream.
I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm!
January 27th, 2010
7:47 pm
I wanna see the Repugs laugh in his face.
Like the rest of us do.
TaxPayer
January 27th, 2010
7:48 pm
stands for decibels
January 27th, 2010
7:35 pm
Well, we can always dream. Actually, I’d settle for just one of those. I’m thinkin’ the one where the previous administration is properly blamed.
I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm!
January 27th, 2010
7:48 pm
He should dress in a clown suit.
I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm!
January 27th, 2010
7:50 pm
Since many dummycrat Congressman fully realize that they will be elsewhere for next years State of the Union address because of the person delivering it now, will they hiss at him?
jokerman
January 27th, 2010
7:52 pm
I notice one Gov. Bob McDonnell (R-VA) is going to give the republican response. Are we going to see another idjit like Bobby Jindal step up to the plate, and deliver a nonsensical, no matter response. And, why should it matter what a governor has to say…He doesn’t represent anyone other than maybe the state of Virginia and himself…It would be like having Sonny (the land baron) Perdue give the response…Who cares????
Jenifer
January 27th, 2010
7:54 pm
Obama Proposing Support For Military Families, Announced By First Lady
If there’s any way republicants can stop this from happening, they will.
http://sg.news.yahoo.com/ap/20100127/twl-us-michelle-obama-military-ef375f8.html
RW-(the original)
January 27th, 2010
8:03 pm
josef,
He’s going to call for an end to DADT tonight so you might want to tune and see if you think he means it.
RW-(the original)
January 27th, 2010
8:06 pm
jokerman,
Both parties should really quit doing those responses because they’ll always look bad by contrast.
Jenifer
January 27th, 2010
8:07 pm
Excerpt from State Of The Union Address: ‘We face a deficit of trust.’
Deficit of trust? Natural result of 30 years of “Government IS the problem.” The Reaganist scheme of shirking responsibility for governing via a blanket assertion that all gov’t is bad without exception has been a hugely destructive ideology.
Jenifer
January 27th, 2010
8:12 pm
My State of the Union:
The moment that you were elected, Sir ..the moment you won the nomination, Sir…the moment you announced your candidancy, Sir …forces were working against you and still are.
Mr. President, deals were done that handicapped you before even taking office. Massive sums of money on an historical scale were lost or either taken out of the economy. ”Scorched earth” policy was in full swing waiting for you and the blame ready to lay at your feet.
The suffering and pain of people being laid off…having their homes taken away …losing everything was to be left for you. All efforts to help those people …the American public have been obstructed ..delayed …and answered with a NO from the republicant party. Bankers took the money and ran..AND WORSE …held back that money so that EVEN MORE could be blamed on you, Sir.
When Congress wanted to extend unemployment benefits to help ease the suffering …the right fillibustered for a month while almost 200,000 people went off the rolls..losing everything …
When you tried to fix health care, the special interests took hold by any means necessary. They have lied and misled…and delayed while people die…
You have tried to change it all from within …
Now you stand there …NOT ALONE ..STRONG STILL …
Make your case, Sir… call them out …Fight …
WE are behind you, Sir.
GOD bless you …GOD bless the United States of America!!!
F. Sinkwich
January 27th, 2010
8:14 pm
Obama has no clue about what concerns Americans (the economy, jobs) and has no idea how to address it.
But then again, with only a background as a community organizer he shouldn’t be expected to. After all, he has never had to make an executive decision, meet a payroll, or do anything else productive in American society.
He hung around America-haters his whole life. Anyone who makes a buck is his enemy, and they’re going to pay because their gains were at the expense of the poor.
He is worse than Jimmy C.
He’ll offer up some tax credits for solar panels,
Mick
January 27th, 2010
8:15 pm
I’ll watch but lets face it, actions speak louder than words. Give em hell barry and so what if you only get 3 more years, its what you do that counts. I think he’ll get re-elected anyway cause there’s no repub on the horizon. Deep down the wingnut repubs love him anyway, I mean where would they channel all that hating?
jokerman
January 27th, 2010
8:17 pm
“Obama has no clue about what concerns Americans (the economy, jobs) and has no idea how to address it.”
Sinkwich …And, Bush did?
Mick
January 27th, 2010
8:18 pm
**The Reaganist scheme of shirking responsibility for governing via a blanket assertion that all gov’t is bad without exception has been a hugely destructive ideology.**
100% absolutey correct – that is the marker for the decline of America. NAFTA was the next watershed event.
Peadawg
January 27th, 2010
8:19 pm
…all Bush’s fault. Right Democrats? I’m going to keep track of how many times Obama mentions Bush.
Mick
January 27th, 2010
8:22 pm
**…all Bush’s fault**
Clinton helped push through NAFTA and ditched glass-steagall. So, its not all bush but his eight years laid waste to the land like no other.
F. Sinkwich
January 27th, 2010
8:23 pm
It sure didn’t take Jokerman to bring Bush into this!
Yep, Bush sucked. That means Obama is God’s gift to mankind!!!!
All hail the Messiah!
josef nix
January 27th, 2010
8:24 pm
RW
“He’s going to call for an end to DADT tonight so you might want to tune and see if you think he means it.”
Ha! As we say at Pesach, why is tonight different from all other nights? I’ve heard his lies and distortions before! i can stick around here and get a belly full of “homophobia” couched in left-liberal lingo!
What do the old folks say? Actions speak louder than words.
josef nix
January 27th, 2010
8:25 pm
Mick–
“actions speak louder than words…” Beat me to it…not that you’re one of the old folks!
Seriously, though, on any number of issues, this is what a lot of folks are saying…is he listening?
jokerman
January 27th, 2010
8:29 pm
“It sure didn’t take Jokerman to bring Bush into this!”
Well, Sinkwich when you make an inane comment, which you did, what did you expect?
Bush was /is the embodiment of incompetence…………….
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Mick
January 27th, 2010
8:30 pm
**is he listening?**
Only time will tell but he better be!
Bosch
January 27th, 2010
8:30 pm
josef,
Well damn! All these years and I thought it was spelled “pshaw” – the things we learn here. Is that a Cajun spelling?
F. Sinkwich
January 27th, 2010
8:31 pm
Yep, that’s what will get America behind him! End DADT!
Meanwhile, in line at the unemployment office, Joe Six-Pack says, “WTF?”
Sounds like a winning strategy to me.
@@
January 27th, 2010
8:31 pm
Dusty:
I keep missing your posts. The trip to Utah is the annual “Girls Gone Wild” escape. Snow skiing. I like to ski, just wish it was on water. I HATE COLD WEATHER!!!
RW-(the original)
January 27th, 2010
8:32 pm
Actions speak louder than words.
josef,
That’s why he’s only calling for it from Congress.
Now what I really find intriguing is Hillary coming out today of all days and saying she certainly wasn’t up for eight years running State and maybe not even four.
RW-(the original)
January 27th, 2010
8:34 pm
F. Sinkwich,
Barry is nothing if not tone deaf. I think it’s because he’s always run for jobs but never stopped and done one of them.
Mick
January 27th, 2010
8:35 pm
F. Sinkwich
You’re right, I don’t give a damn about DADT being addressed in the SOTU, that being said, anyONE who chooses to serve the country should be honored.
F. Sinkwich
January 27th, 2010
8:35 pm
Bush was bad, I get it Jokerman. What makes your Messiah so good?
Clue: He’s awful. Were you around when Jimmy Carter was president? O-man makes him look like George Washington.
But you knew that.
Southern Comfort
January 27th, 2010
8:36 pm
If the Republicans had any cajones, they would have let Joe Wilson give the Republican response. I’d buy a ticket to see/hear that one.
F. Sinkwich
January 27th, 2010
8:37 pm
Mick, didn’t say they shouldn’t.
jokerman
January 27th, 2010
8:37 pm
” Bush was bad, I get it Jokerman. What makes your Messiah so good?”
Sinkwich don’t put words in my mouth, Where did I say the “Messiah so good?”
I didn’t, now did I…..
Got anything else Sinkwich?
RW-(the original)
January 27th, 2010
8:39 pm
SoCo,
Joe Wilson is doing a complete response on Facebook. Earlier I got the impression some of it was going to be in real time but I think I was wrong. I’ll go find a link if you’re interested.
AmVet
January 27th, 2010
8:39 pm
@@, girls? Skiing? The Wasatch? That insane deep champagne powder?
Man, am I jealous…(I love those mountains.)
ty webb
January 27th, 2010
8:40 pm
barry had ole jenifer at “hope”… or was it “change”
RW-(the original)
January 27th, 2010
8:41 pm
Or maybe even if you aren’t interested.
Southern Comfort
January 27th, 2010
8:42 pm
RW
Sure. I know he’ll be honest in what he’s saying. Post it just in case I miss it. I’m not too sure how much longer I’m going to be able to stay up. You know me, early to bed… early to rise.
Mick
January 27th, 2010
8:43 pm
Yes, to me carter sucked – america held hostage 444 days. I think he is a very decent and honorable man just not such a good president. I’m still not ready to pull the plug on obama – he was handed a disaster of immense proportions. People are giving him one year and calling it quits? I’m still willing to give him more time to see where we go.
FrankLeeDarling
January 27th, 2010
8:47 pm
Most of our problems can be solved with health and education,people make better decisions when they are healthy and educated.
I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm!
January 27th, 2010
8:48 pm
Pelosi is still a moron, just sayin….
Matilda
January 27th, 2010
8:48 pm
No DRINKING GAME??!! WHA? I used to get HAMMERED during GeeDubya’s stuttered blatherings! I like this Prez much better, but honest to Christmas, there’s no way I can stay awake through the whole thing — even sober! This one’s voice soothes and lulls, not like the last guy who compelled me to fling shoes and do a Joe Wilson. (From my living room, of course, not in public. SOME of us were taught some *bleep*ing manners.) REPUBS: Pick a keyword, then hammer ‘em back! Wooo-HOOOOO!
joe matarotz
January 27th, 2010
8:49 pm
There is one thing we can all agree on – Obama is the best presidential candidate we’ve ever seen. He could run for president like nobody’s business. If only he had the skill and knowledge to actually DO the job. Oh,well – better luck next time.
Mick
January 27th, 2010
8:50 pm
By the way, obama gets no credit for the stimulus which helped every state in the country with their deficits. So, if they need to cut it would be a lot worse if there was no stimulus.
md
January 27th, 2010
8:51 pm
” And, why should it matter what a governor has to say…”
What on earth are they teaching in American history these days…..and how many past Presidents were governors??
RW-(the original)
January 27th, 2010
8:53 pm
Don’t drink on the words rescue, rebuild, or restore if you want to live through the speech.
md
January 27th, 2010
8:53 pm
“REPUBS: Pick a keyword, then hammer ‘em back! Wooo-HOOOOO!”
Just don’t pick the number of times Nancy goes up and down – may not survive that kind of hangover.
I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm!
January 27th, 2010
8:57 pm
Notice how the dummycrat appointees to the Supreme Court all look like lepers, I’m sorry, just sayin….
I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm!
January 27th, 2010
8:57 pm
Idi Amin!
I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm!
January 27th, 2010
8:58 pm
The tax evaders!
Mick
January 27th, 2010
8:58 pm
Average attention span listening to a good speaker – 7 mins. Average attention span 3 mins. Good luck to anyone doing any speechifying.
ty webb
January 27th, 2010
8:59 pm
anyone else happy not to have to see our own cynthia mckinney in the aisle for her annual photo-op?
F. Sinkwich
January 27th, 2010
8:59 pm
That’s a reasoned response, Mick. But I haven’t seen any indication at all that Obama knows what he’s doing. Wasting a whole year on healthcare, when we’re hemorrhaging jobs? Cash for caulkers? Cash for clunkers? What gives you any inkling he knows what he’s doing to improve this economy?
Atlanta Mad Dog
January 27th, 2010
8:59 pm
I can tell in advance, the low viewership of the speech and the bad review of the BS in the speech is George Bush’s fault.
Granny Godzilla
January 27th, 2010
9:01 pm
Haven’t read back…had to load the dishwasher.
I understand that if a conservative loudly heckles you take 5 shots. If President Obama looks square into the goobers eyes and says, “_______ You finish the bottle!
Let’s keep it clean.
F. Sinkwich
January 27th, 2010
9:01 pm
Boink! Bad response this time, Mick.
The Feds in NO WAY should be bailing out states.
Please rethink your position in light of the Constitution.
Thanks.
I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm!
January 27th, 2010
9:03 pm
Aaahh, yes, Idi Amin has put on another hundred pounds since gaining possession of the White House pantry.
ty webb
January 27th, 2010
9:04 pm
sure way to stay sober… take a shot everytime pelosi blinks.
FrankLeeDarling
January 27th, 2010
9:05 pm
oh here we go
Mick
January 27th, 2010
9:07 pm
**What gives you any inkling he knows what he’s doing to improve this economy?**
If he wants to get re-elected thats the key. More importantly, millions of our neighbors and family are suffering, he’s got to use everything at his disposal. Congress shares this responsibility also.
I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm!
January 27th, 2010
9:07 pm
Hairy Reed attends his last SOTU.
bwa
Jay
January 27th, 2010
9:08 pm
Remember the days when Cynthia McKinney would be there ready to pounce?
Ah, good times, good times.
Kamchak
January 27th, 2010
9:08 pm
I’ll raise a glass to the late Ted Kennedy–Just sayin’.
Mick
January 27th, 2010
9:09 pm
**he Feds in NO WAY should be bailing out states.**
Why not? We are the united states and its our money anyway.
I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm!
January 27th, 2010
9:09 pm
You lie!
josef nix
January 27th, 2010
9:10 pm
Bosch–
That’s a good one!
Dusty–
Are you still here? Got one for you about the little ones and a better day (from last p.m.)? You were right, of course…
josef nix
January 27th, 2010
9:10 pm
BTW–
Not watching. Unmentionable has commandeered the tee-vee and is in Guatemala with his own Bear doing “Man vs. Wild…”
I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm!
January 27th, 2010
9:13 pm
ty webb- If you can hold your liquor now, I have nothing but the utmost respect.
Blinky is trying to stay awake.
Hillbilly Deluxe
January 27th, 2010
9:13 pm
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
That seems a tad overly dramatic to me. I imagine in the morning most everybody’s opinion will be the same as it was this morning. I’m not much for the speechifying, so y’all have fun arguing.
Nite all.
I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm!
January 27th, 2010
9:13 pm
Now she’s crying, hahaha
TnGelding
January 27th, 2010
9:13 pm
Should be entertaining if nothing else. Let’s hope he says something meaningful and follows up on it.
RW-(the original)
January 27th, 2010
9:14 pm
Geez, is he starting this by saying we’re goners for electing him?
I choose optimism knowing we can get beyond this in 2012 after handcuffing him in 2010.
I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm!
January 27th, 2010
9:15 pm
Biden has no idea what this guy is talking about.
TnGelding
January 27th, 2010
9:16 pm
RW-(the original)
January 27th, 2010
9:14 pm
Dream on. Happy days are here again!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hf53oFb4IKA
I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm!
January 27th, 2010
9:19 pm
More businesses would have closed, more homes would have been lost and he hated it?
Jay
January 27th, 2010
9:20 pm
A little bankster bashing … politically effective and, even better, well deserved
Jay
January 27th, 2010
9:21 pm
Wait a minute, the GOP NOT applauding tax cuts?
Oh, right. Because Obama did it.
I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm!
January 27th, 2010
9:22 pm
Hey 17% unemployed, feel better now?
ty webb
January 27th, 2010
9:23 pm
Jay,
how are you able to watch, type, and wave your pom poms all at the same time?
Kamchak
January 27th, 2010
9:24 pm
ty,
how are you able to watch, type, and give the finger all at the same time?
fyt
Jase
January 27th, 2010
9:24 pm
Defending the stimulus…interesting.
Jay
January 27th, 2010
9:24 pm
I’m a PROfessional!
I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm!
January 27th, 2010
9:24 pm
400,000 jobs lost last week, he says businesses are hiring.
TnGelding
January 27th, 2010
9:25 pm
Didn’t cover the top 5%, to which they cater.
Jay
January 27th, 2010
9:26 pm
It does seem to be a more aggressively political speech than many previous SOTUs, addressing criticisms head on even if he doesn’t acknowledge that’s what he’s doing.
Jay
January 27th, 2010
9:27 pm
$30 billion for small business loans, and the Republicans grimace. Don’t they like small business?
I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm!
January 27th, 2010
9:27 pm
Did he really just revive the Community Reinvestment Act, for businesses?
TnGelding
January 27th, 2010
9:27 pm
I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm!
January 27th, 2010
9:24 pm
How many were hired?
FrankLeeDarling
January 27th, 2010
9:28 pm
raise wages, republicans are not going to like that.
I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm!
January 27th, 2010
9:28 pm
Comparing us to China, with China being better, sigh.
TnGelding
January 27th, 2010
9:29 pm
I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm!
January 27th, 2010
9:27 pm
When you sore losers rejoin the economic activity maybe he can stop.
Jay
January 27th, 2010
9:29 pm
GOP wants to KEEP tax breaks for sending jobs overseas?
FrankLeeDarling
January 27th, 2010
9:30 pm
Ok now we are talking , tax the offshore,but he just made big enemies
TnGelding
January 27th, 2010
9:30 pm
I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm!
January 27th, 2010
9:28 pm
Even the EU is eating our lunch!
I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm!
January 27th, 2010
9:31 pm
Fixing the problems that are hampering our growth, hmmmmm, let’s see, does anyone have a mirror?
Kamchak
January 27th, 2010
9:31 pm
GOP wants to KEEP tax breaks for sending jobs overseas?
Yes.
Another episode of one-word answers to simple questions.
I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm!
January 27th, 2010
9:33 pm
2200 jobs in clean energy last year!
Eureka!
Jay
January 27th, 2010
9:33 pm
So far, this is VERY well crafted politically, hitting the populist notes that the GOP can either agree with or look bad, their choice.
FrankLeeDarling
January 27th, 2010
9:34 pm
get it right get it tight
RW-(the original)
January 27th, 2010
9:35 pm
I’m not surprised that the “professional” among us has taken to writing about GOP response rather than what the guy on stage is reading to us.
christi
January 27th, 2010
9:35 pm
$30B to community banks…..oh please dear God no….not again…they’ll just use the $ to buy more banks….been there….done that….!!!!
TnGelding
January 27th, 2010
9:35 pm
Know when to say no!
The sissy is kicking GOP butt….again.
FrankLeeDarling
January 27th, 2010
9:36 pm
hahaha!
I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm!
January 27th, 2010
9:37 pm
Maybe on planet Moonbat, you are apt to agree, but back on Earth, just sayin…
Jay
January 27th, 2010
9:38 pm
It’s a joke son, it’s a joke.
Although I do think that so far that’s the story. He’s pitching ideas in ways that make it dangerous for the GOP to protest.
ty webb
January 27th, 2010
9:38 pm
who’s said “no”?
TnGelding
January 27th, 2010
9:38 pm
Conserve, preserve and innovate.
I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm!
January 27th, 2010
9:39 pm
There’s the Teleprompters, I wuz wonderin…..
TnGelding
January 27th, 2010
9:39 pm
ty webb
January 27th, 2010
9:38 pm
Not saying yes is in effect a no.
TnGelding
January 27th, 2010
9:41 pm
Invest in education? Combined with the Pentagon budget it’s strangling us now. We can’t even afford to bus the kiddies to school.
RW-(the original)
January 27th, 2010
9:41 pm
Are any channels showing this with a cash register on the screen?
Kamchak
January 27th, 2010
9:42 pm
Jay
I think that you misunderestimate the power of the 14th and 15th letters of the alphabet.
ty webb
January 27th, 2010
9:42 pm
come on RW, haven’t you ever heard of a “free lunch”?
TnGelding
January 27th, 2010
9:42 pm
Why can’t the parents be responsible for college expenses like the good old days?
I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm!
January 27th, 2010
9:43 pm
Forgive your college tuition if you choose a career in government service?
What?
Is he freaking kidding?
Kamchak
January 27th, 2010
9:44 pm
“teleprompter”
First shot.
TnGelding
January 27th, 2010
9:44 pm
Still confusing health insurance with health care.
Jay
January 27th, 2010
9:45 pm
haven’t written a tuition check lately, have you gelding?
Dusty
January 27th, 2010
9:45 pm
Hmmmm Something going on I was supposed to watch? OH..the President. Well, some other time. I’m kinda sleepy.
Josef,
Did you enjoy the kiddies today? I like to hear about them. I’ll try to keep my eyes open for awhile.
Another busy day tomorrow.
I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm!
January 27th, 2010
9:46 pm
Fatso Idi Amin is gonna tackle childhood obesity, now I’m crying.
TnGelding
January 27th, 2010
9:46 pm
That depends on what your definition of affordable is. Millions more could afford it if they’d stop smoking and drinking.
I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm!
January 27th, 2010
9:47 pm
Like we don’t know he’s lying…..
TnGelding
January 27th, 2010
9:48 pm
Jay
January 27th, 2010
9:45 pm
Not since our son was in school, but I would have if my grandson would have accepted it. I offered.
FrankLeeDarling
January 27th, 2010
9:48 pm
talk about a free lunch,war spending by bush
TnGelding
January 27th, 2010
9:49 pm
I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm!
January 27th, 2010
9:47 pm
Liar, liar, pants on fire!
FrankLeeDarling
January 27th, 2010
9:49 pm
#27 in health care
josef nix
January 27th, 2010
9:49 pm
DUSTY–
Will post one floor down…don’t want to detract from the goings on here…
I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm!
January 27th, 2010
9:49 pm
The best health care system in the world, bar none, and this filthy socialist mealy mouths about it, sick, sick
I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm!
January 27th, 2010
9:52 pm
When did we rescue the economy?
I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm!
January 27th, 2010
9:53 pm
Whoa, I was just transformed back to the 2008 presidential kkkampaign, going through the budget line by line, the room is spinning….
TnGelding
January 27th, 2010
9:55 pm
I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm!
January 27th, 2010
9:52 pm
“We” didn’t, only those of us that aren’t sulking.
I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm!
January 27th, 2010
9:55 pm
OMG, now the pay as you go ghost is rattling it’s chains in my bedroom, help me!
I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm!
January 27th, 2010
9:55 pm
End the influence of lobbyists, mommy, make it stop..
TnGelding
January 27th, 2010
9:56 pm
I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm!
January 27th, 2010
9:53 pm
Duh, things have changed considerably since then.
TnGelding
January 27th, 2010
9:57 pm
Deficit of trust? Surely we can all agree with that.
FrankLeeDarling
January 27th, 2010
9:58 pm
transparency for lobbyist? let hope.
I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm!
January 27th, 2010
9:58 pm
Or decided by Acorn, either one, eh, obozo?
RW-(the original)
January 27th, 2010
9:59 pm
Oh the transparency……can we get a lie detector in the corner opposite the cash register?
christi
January 27th, 2010
9:59 pm
would someone plz confess that Clinton made more than a cigar boo-boo….he created the ‘all Americans need to own a home’ and that’s what the last eight years of leadership have had to deal with……. it doesn’t work that way folks….you earn….you get….nothing more to it….thank you Mr Clinton!
I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm!
January 27th, 2010
10:00 pm
He’s not naive?!?!?!?!?
TnGelding
January 27th, 2010
10:01 pm
christi
January 27th, 2010
9:59 pm
Are you referring to Bush’s “ownership society?”
I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm!
January 27th, 2010
10:01 pm
Great, obozo says we can’t wage a perpetual kkkampaign, Bookman says it’s a great political speech, spin, spin, spin, room….
Kamchak
January 27th, 2010
10:01 pm
“ACORN”
Second shot.
ITP Conservative
January 27th, 2010
10:01 pm
$1 trillion in spending in 2009 and $20 billion in savings in 2010 – this is a joke. Do people actually take this man serious?
FrankLeeDarling
January 27th, 2010
10:01 pm
I will take opaque after eight years of darkness
RW-(the original)
January 27th, 2010
10:02 pm
Uh oh…the prompter just froze and left our little dunce with nothing to say.
professional skeptic
January 27th, 2010
10:03 pm
Solve problems, not run for the hills… Hear that Dems?
I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm!
January 27th, 2010
10:03 pm
The dummycrats were slow to get up for that “not run for the hills” motivational ploy, hahaha
TnGelding
January 27th, 2010
10:03 pm
ITP Conservative
January 27th, 2010
10:01 pm
The trillion will pay dividends for years to come. The $20 billion is just a start, admittedly a small one.
ITP Conservative
January 27th, 2010
10:04 pm
Obama is quite the disingenuous character. He didn’t let Republicans in on any of the health care discussion last year (I mean 2 weeks ago before Brown was elected) and won’t again. Actions speak louder than words Mr. President. How fast will 36-months go by?
boots
January 27th, 2010
10:05 pm
Obama is an idiot. We are not a socialist country, and he just doesn’t get it. On a superficial note, he comes across as smug, arrogant and a jerk. Pelosi looks drunk.
Dusty
January 27th, 2010
10:06 pm
Well, I am sure this is an exciting speech. Who gets awarded the next trillion in this speech? I’ll check in tomorrow late to get the “good news”. Yes!
Good night. I look forward to reading something pleasant from you, josef. Always a pleasure.
christi
January 27th, 2010
10:08 pm
Pelosi must have new lipstick on….it seems to be bugging her…or is…or no, that’s a smurk….
TnGelding
January 27th, 2010
10:08 pm
The 36 months will pass quickly as America recovers and regains her leadership in the world. The next 4 years will be even better.
RW-(the original)
January 27th, 2010
10:09 pm
Nice little bait and switch between all troops and combat troops. Must be time for for the DADT moment. Who do you suppose he’ll push that duty off on?
TnGelding
January 27th, 2010
10:09 pm
boots
January 27th, 2010
10:05 pm
Must remind you of Bush. I’d call it confidence.
Liberal Pariah
January 27th, 2010
10:10 pm
This speech sounds like the campaign trail but people have seen behind the curtain and know the wiz for what he is. When it comes to transparency, bipartisanship and the rest of this stuff we conservatives are supposed to look bad on if we oppose it, it looks like he has experienced a foxhole conversion now that he got his butt kicked in MA. I wish he could make this stuff happen but it’s all about him, not us. Nothing like dissing the Supreme Court when he knows they have to sit there and take it. Their ruling protected the free speech that gives him the right to do that. Hypocrite in Chief I would say. Final memo to the Prez: it’s not Bush’s fault now. Be a conservative and take responsiblity.
boots
January 27th, 2010
10:10 pm
@ christi: yeah, she keeps licking her lips and touching her mouth. She also looks half asleep or like she is constipated or something. Odd look for an odd woman.
Jenifer
January 27th, 2010
10:11 pm
I just know the republicants are going to have their health care reform plan on Obama’s desk in the morning.
Yep, uh-huh, sure thing, it’ll be there, laying on his desk. First thing in the morning. It will. No doubt about it. It’ll be there.
TaxPayer
January 27th, 2010
10:11 pm
That was a good speech. He really laid into the party of no and put them on the spot over and over and over. Of course, they responded in the pathetic manner that was expected. Interested only in anything that will get them more power. Of course, Obama is going to need more than an executive order to get things going. Given that the party of no has made its position clear — they’ll remain the party of no indefinitely — he’s going to have to get the Dems to push through as much as they can on their own. I say get the job done and leave the Republicans eating your dust. And embarrass as many Republicans as possible along the way. Take no prisoners.
TnGelding
January 27th, 2010
10:11 pm
The SOTU is improving.
Apologies to all. Good night.
Hey Jay, Republican or Democrat, you're still just not that bright, are you?
January 27th, 2010
10:11 pm
Jay,
Regardless of political views, how does it feel to have a 31 year old UGA grad in Kyle Wingfield on your sinking ship of a staff, absolutely dominating you in overall intellectual capacity. The guy uses facts and quotes from actual politicians. Meanwhile, you rely on conjecture and personal opinions to convey your baseless objectives. Too much gray in that headshot of yours to make you feel like you’re not getting your shirt pulled over your head in a hockey fight.
Jenifer
January 27th, 2010
10:13 pm
I just know the republicants are going to work real hard at getting these goals accomplished.
Yep, uh-huh. Sure thing. They will. As sure as the seasons change. They’ll do it. No doubt in my mind.
TGT
January 27th, 2010
10:13 pm
A leader in the “fight against climate change?”
Leading how? The climate change bill is in greater rigor mortus than the health care bill.
Although it is easy to fight against something that doesn’t really exist.
FrankLeeDarling
January 27th, 2010
10:14 pm
conservatives take responsibility? hahI would like to see that!
Liberal Pariah
January 27th, 2010
10:15 pm
Now he’s for Border Control and legal immigration. Where’s the bipartisan board created by Executive Order for that?
Jay
January 27th, 2010
10:16 pm
HJRDYSJNTBAY, Kyle’s a smart, decent guy, and we’re glad to have him.
Mick
January 27th, 2010
10:16 pm
Obama is pretty gutsy in that chamber. It’s not that easy too take the supreme court and repubs to task when they are right in front of you. Good balanced speech so far, maybe he can get his mojo back.
RW-(the original)
January 27th, 2010
10:16 pm
Oh good, he’s going to fight next year for equal pay. Can one of you libs send him a link to the Lilly Ledbetter act he claimed solved that last year?
Liberal Pariah
January 27th, 2010
10:17 pm
Conservatives didn’t cause the housing market to crash. That was the Democrats ‘everybody gets a house’ program that the Democratic supporting Wall Street maxed to their advantage. Can’t take responsibility for that.
Jenifer
January 27th, 2010
10:17 pm
I just know the republicants are going to be all for helping our military members after they get back home from war.
Yep. Sure thing. They’ll deliver. They’re gonna care about them. I know it. I feel it. It’s gonna happen. No doubt about it. You can bet your bottom dollar on it.
FrankLeeDarling
January 27th, 2010
10:17 pm
never let a good lie die huh LP.
Liberal Pariah
January 27th, 2010
10:18 pm
Mick, it’’s not guts…it’s hubris and arrogance. Something he has lot and lots and lot and lots of.
hatin'on the stupid
January 27th, 2010
10:18 pm
LP: “Be a conservative and take responsiblity.”
You DIDN’T just say that! LMAO Would you please tell me on thing the conservatives have taken responsibility for?? You’ve definitely watched way too much BS peddled as news.
Granny Godzilla
January 27th, 2010
10:20 pm
Holy crap!
God bless you Mr. President.
F. Sinkwich
January 27th, 2010
10:21 pm
Wow.
That was awful/
christi
January 27th, 2010
10:21 pm
who is he waving at? is it a good-bye wave?
Jenifer
January 27th, 2010
10:21 pm
I just know the republicants are going to join in helping small businesses and the poor and middle class.
Yep. Sure thing. They will. Without a doubt. Sure as shootin’. They’re ready and willing. They can’t wait to get started. Uh-huh.
hatin'on the stupid
January 27th, 2010
10:21 pm
“The guy uses facts and quotes from actual politicians.”
Isn’t that an oxy-moron?? Whoo, whoo! You guys are keeping me in stitches tonight!
FrankLeeDarling
January 27th, 2010
10:22 pm
good stuff hope we can do this
DoggoneGA
January 27th, 2010
10:22 pm
“never let a good lie die huh LP”
Do you ever wonder if the history “rewriters” ever get confused about which verson they’re supposed to be enhancing this week?
Liberal Pariah
January 27th, 2010
10:22 pm
Can somebody tell me how you can create lasting jobs by taxing into oblivion the companies and individuals who create them? A government ‘infrastructure’ job doesn’t last. You cannot create jobs by jobbing the employers. Makes no sense.
Jenifer
January 27th, 2010
10:22 pm
Earlier tonight someone here said they were going to keep count of how many times Obama said “Bush”.
Who was that? Does anyone here know?
Well, anyway, I paid attention and kept track. The answer is zero, zilch, none.
F. Sinkwich
January 27th, 2010
10:22 pm
What in the world was that?
Gee, I feel sooooo much better about our economy, job creation, and the greatness that is America.
Not.
RW-(the original)
January 27th, 2010
10:23 pm
15 minutes of bombing out at the end of that speech and he finally realized it was time to end it. Lord I hope we don’t have to endure 8 years of this.
Jay
January 27th, 2010
10:23 pm
All in all, well done. I think it will echo for a while, perhaps most importantly among the Democrats in Congress.
Liberal Pariah
January 27th, 2010
10:24 pm
DG, what lie would that be? I am still trying to wade through all the ones I heard in the SOTU tonight.
Jenifer
January 27th, 2010
10:24 pm
Guys and gals, gals and guys,
Outta the ballpark!
FrankLeeDarling
January 27th, 2010
10:24 pm
nobody is talking about taxing anyone into oblivion.
hatin'on the stupid
January 27th, 2010
10:24 pm
Lord I hope we don’t have to endure 8 years of this.
Lord I hope you do, hee hee!
Mick
January 27th, 2010
10:24 pm
**Mick, it’’s not guts…it’s hubris and arrogance. Something he has lot and lots and lot and lots of.**
He must be kissin cousins with bush who I could swear was smug, cocky, arrogant and read the telepromter.
F. Sinkwich
January 27th, 2010
10:25 pm
Nope RW, he’s neutered. This was his last chance and he blew it. He’ll make it to 2012 (the Constitution and all).
He’s Jimmy Carter’s second term
TnGelding
January 27th, 2010
10:26 pm
Asian markets are up. Futures are up. Must have been a good speech. Get some much needed rest, Mr. President. Tomorrow is another working day.
GROUND AF1!
DoggoneGA
January 27th, 2010
10:26 pm
“Lord I hope we don’t have to endure 8 years of this”
Brush up on your math skills…it’s only 7 remaining
FrankLeeDarling
January 27th, 2010
10:26 pm
I hear you Doggone changes every week.
TaxPayer
January 27th, 2010
10:26 pm
Your taxes did not go up, LP.
RW-(the original)
January 27th, 2010
10:27 pm
DoggoneGA,
Brush up on your history skills. Obama said during the campaign that he expected to be President for the next 8 to 10 years.
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