littlest SOTU i've ever seen, that's one mighty small agenda
and 2/3 of that was republican
ending cap gains, drilling offshore, nukes, clean coal, middle class tax cuts, a few pennies of help for small biz
he's totally deprioritized health care
but he's still calling for his debt commission which the senate just killed 2 days ago
delusional
he's gonna force our trading partners to comply with their environmental responsibilities
when? before he meets with the leaders of THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN? or after?
before copenhagen comes apart? or subsequent?
he's gonna double our exports in 5 years
before he cuts the deficit in half or after?
before unemployment caps at 8%, or must we wait til it's 12?
his stimulus was an utter failure, so now he's gonna do ANOTHER
except he sure can't call it "stimulus," now it's a JOBS BILL
LOL!
he's gonna have a LOT of trouble getting that thru his OWN senate
he repeatedly called out the senate, contrasting the contrarians up there with his more coooperative caucus in pelosi's place
he took on health care, he says, NOT cuz it was popular
LOL!
that's sure not what he told us for a year, we were sposed to love it
stunning admissions
all the "lobbying and horse trading"
the "pet projects and political grudges"
it's "more than a deficit of dollars, it's a deficit of trust"
we've had some pretty big "political setbacks this year, some of them deserved"
(no kidding)
on so many issues, complete denial
his call for his debt commision, already dead
his pretty planet with no nukes
his 2 million jobs created/saved by stimulus
his reading of MA---"campaign fever" has come early this year
HE, of all people, bemoans the perpetual campaign
MA is just "politics" to the tone deaf president
his spending freeze---pelosi REMAINED SEATED (LOL!)
the ONLY TIME the palsied speakeress stayed parked
so many notes off key---less than half his speech was about the economy, he devoted so much time to DADT and hate crimes and what he wants to call "politics"
ie, HIS AGENDA
and even when he does discuss the numbers dearest to american hearts, he still doesn't fully get it
like tuition, for example
americans are concerned about their kids getting into college, but that's nowhere near as high priority to most of us as it is to him
health care reform will reduce our deficit he claims (LOL!)---BUT NOT ENOUGH
wow!
backwards and accelerating
"i increased the deficit to prevent a depression, i'm convinced it was the right thing to do"
but today americans are having to tighten THEIR belts, so i feel i need to COMPLETELY REVERSE COURSE
this president's got CHUTZPAH, you gotta give him that
openness---LOL!
transparency---LOL!
accountability
ending the "outsize influence of lobbyists"
concern for "the women of iran"
the condemnation of the perpetual campaign
rewarding CEO's for their failures
meanwhile, here on earth, geithner got grilled yesterday by a congress grossly angered by all the grease
and the secrets
our pivoting populist today RAISES THE DEBT CEILING TWO TRIL
spending freeze, my ass
his own party is pulverizing him over the mirandizing of mutallab and the movement of ksm to manhattan (which aint never gonna happen)
the ny fed telling AIG to keep secrets from the SEC is turning into a major scandal
presidential polling is always unique
americans' opinions about their president are VERY personal
unlike congress, unlike media, unlike issues
american presidents become extremely FAMILIAR
ie, almost part of the FAMILY
AMERICANS ARE VERY RELUCTANT TO DUMP ON THEIR PRESIDENTS
that's why when a prez gets down into the low 50's he's in big trouble
last nite's was the WEIRDEST sotu i have ever seen
also one of the longest, tho certainly not boring
the guy's got guts, he really sticks it in there
but it's all politics, his issues were almost microscopic
and his biggest items leaned much farther right than left
oh well, party on