State of The Union

[apb]

.... It was nothing more than a look at what all we've done and how great we are speech....

They are all like that, no matter who is president. I'll have to find a transcript online as I did not watch (still don't have the digital adapter for my TV ).

Andrew

[apb]

Transcript here if anyone is interested:

http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/01/...le+Feedfetcher

Andrew

[know1]

Shouldn't the State of the Union address be given by the real leaders of the country....the lobbyists?

Surely, they are much more in the know about what's going on and what will happen.

[stratosjoe]

Shouldn't the State of the Union address be given by the real leaders of the country....the lobbyists?

Surely, they are much more in the know about what's going on and what will happen.

The real state of the union should have been in Chinese

[demodan]

Im just going to make this first comment brief; I could go deeper, but Im not...Being an independent myself...and voted for McCain & Bush... I haven't missed a State of the Union address in the past 20+ years...every word...every sentence, never left the TV for a second...gave them all a fair shake. What I heard last night was maybe the best State of the Union adresses I've ever heard in my intire life!...And to do it with no cue cards...no notes was maybe one of the most unbelievable things I've even seen. I've never seen anyting like it, or come close. I remember Presedent Ragan gave a speech that was almost as good...and both were talking about the same thing. And they will continue to say the same thing..until we can get a president that will change Washinton..and he is trying to do just that! Presedent Obama is our President...he is mine and yours; what he said last night came from his heart..And all he said about "the people" and how we feel...is exactatly how I feel, he hit it right on the nose for me!!!...All the beckering...and posturing..."what is in it for me" attitude has got to stop. He humbled himself at least 3 times...he stepped on some toes that needed it...and called a few out that didn't like it...But all in all guys...he wants Washinton to work for the people..not their own interest..not what is good for the Republicans..or Demecrats...
He left no stone unturned last night,................ if you watched it all...
I have the upmost respect for my presedent... and what he is trying to accomplish in Washington. Like I said...I didn't vote from him...I don't like the money the Dems are spending...But for me...he had to set the record strait last night...and he did that for me. Like he said last night...if anybody has better ideas...better ways we can make things improve for the people of America....jobs...health care...budget...what ever...put it on his desk, and he will take an honist and hard look at. He is trying to put us first..not the Blue Bloods in Washington....com'on man!!!!!

[bassiusmaximus]

Well to each his own but to me it was typical B.S. They have not asked nor wanted any input on anything all year and have thrown stones at the public and anyone else for that matter for letting them know what they felt about their policies. They planned to shove it down our throats bribes and all and we were suppose to say thank you to them for it. He spoke about transparency again just like he did on the campaign trail. Did we get it then? NO. So forgive me if I doubt anything he has to say on the matter. He preached about no lobbyists on the campaign trail and what did he do after getting elected? Yep appointed lobbyists. So I won't give him any credit on that subject either. He sure didn't discuss treating terrorist like U.S citizens. And he might as well not because I am not going to ever agree with their policy in that regards.
It all comes down to this for me "don't piss down my back and tell me it's raining."

[Devils Horse]

It all comes down to this for me "don't piss down my back and tell me it's raining."

That's funny right there. It holds true for politicians from both parties.

Don't sit there in DC and tell us it's a warm spring rain, we know what it is.

[Devils Horse]

Im just going to make this first comment brief; I could go deeper, but Im not...Being an independent myself...and voted for McCain & Bush... I haven't missed a State of the Union address in the past 20+ years...every word...every sentence, never left the TV for a second...gave them all a fair shake. What I heard last night was maybe the best State of the Union adresses I've ever heard in my intire life!...And to do it with no cue cards...no notes was maybe one of the most unbelievable things I've even seen. I've never seen anyting like it, or come close. I remember Presedent Ragan gave a speech that was almost as good...and both were talking about the same thing. And they will continue to say the same thing..until we can get a president that will change Washinton..and he is trying to do just that! Presedent Obama is our President...he is mine and yours; what he said last night came from his heart..And all he said about "the people" and how we feel...is exactatly how I feel, he hit it right on the nose for me!!!...All the beckering...and posturing..."what is in it for me" attitude has got to stop. He humbled himself at least 3 times...he stepped on some toes that needed it...and called a few out that didn't like it...But all in all guys...he wants Washinton to work for the people..not their own interest..not what is good for the Republicans..or Demecrats...
He left no stone unturned last night,................ if you watched it all...
I have the upmost respect for my presedent... and what he is trying to accomplish in Washington. Like I said...I didn't vote from him...I don't like the money the Dems are spending...But for me...he had to set the record strait last night...and he did that for me. Like he said last night...if anybody has better ideas...better ways we can make things improve for the people of America....jobs...health care...budget...what ever...put it on his desk, and he will take an honist and hard look at. He is trying to put us first..not the Blue Bloods in Washington....com'on man!!!!!

Are you serious or just trolling?

Mr. Obama can't make even a short speech without teleprompters, let alone one an hour and 10 minutes long. Even left winger Jon Stewart slammed him for having 2 teleprompters when he made a short speech from an elementary school classroom recently.

With all due respect brother, if you believe he made that speech straight out of his head it's no wonder you voted for Mr. Obama. If you believe it all came from his heart, you'll be voting for your president again.

Mr Reagan's message could not possibly have been more different than the President's last night.

Man oh man...whoooooeee.

[bassin_bug]

Are you serious or just trolling?

Mr. Obama can't make even a short speech without teleprompters, let alone one an hour and 10 minutes long. Even left winger Jon Stewart slammed him for having 2 teleprompters when he made a short speech from an elementary school classroom recently.

With all due respect brother, if you believe he made that speech straight out of his head it's no wonder you voted for Mr. Obama. If you believe it all came from his heart, you'll be voting for your president again.

Mr Reagan's message could not possibly have been more different than the President's last night.

Man oh man...whoooooeee.

Of course Obama was using either notes or a teleprompter; he has a speech writer. There was a stack of papers on the podium/pulpit in front of him while he was speaking; it couldn't have been Pelosi's notes.

[gkone97]

gotta get rush's open letter to the prez in here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08rx3...layer_embedded

[GeoFisher]

Im just going to make this first comment brief; I could go deeper, but Im not...Being an independent myself...and voted for McCain & Bush... I haven't missed a State of the Union address in the past 20+ years...every word...every sentence, never left the TV for a second...gave them all a fair shake. What I heard last night was maybe the best State of the Union adresses I've ever heard in my intire life!...And to do it with no cue cards...no notes was maybe one of the most unbelievable things I've even seen. I've never seen anyting like it, or come close. I remember Presedent Ragan gave a speech that was almost as good...and both were talking about the same thing. And they will continue to say the same thing..until we can get a president that will change Washinton..and he is trying to do just that! Presedent Obama is our President...he is mine and yours; what he said last night came from his heart..And all he said about "the people" and how we feel...is exactatly how I feel, he hit it right on the nose for me!!!...All the beckering...and posturing..."what is in it for me" attitude has got to stop. He humbled himself at least 3 times...he stepped on some toes that needed it...and called a few out that didn't like it...But all in all guys...he wants Washinton to work for the people..not their own interest..not what is good for the Republicans..or Demecrats...
He left no stone unturned last night,................ if you watched it all...
I have the upmost respect for my presedent... and what he is trying to accomplish in Washington. Like I said...I didn't vote from him...I don't like the money the Dems are spending...But for me...he had to set the record strait last night...and he did that for me. Like he said last night...if anybody has better ideas...better ways we can make things improve for the people of America....jobs...health care...budget...what ever...put it on his desk, and he will take an honist and hard look at. He is trying to put us first..not the Blue Bloods in Washington....com'on man!!!!!

I just PUKED all over my keyboard.........Maybe some of that stimulus money can be used for the new CASH for Computer Clunkers program, and I can get another one.

AND.......Please, NEVER, EVER..............NEVER again use Obama and Reagan in the same sentence...........NEVER.

Until Obama does something worthwhile, he will ALWAYS be known as the WORSE president in recent time.

He's had a year, a SUPER MAJORITY in the senate, and SUPER MAJORITY in the house, and has NOT accomplished CRAP.

Yes my friends........he is the WORSE so far.

Later,

Geo

[DJD]

...if anybody has better ideas...better ways we can make things improve for the people of America....jobs...health care...budget...what ever...put it on his desk, and he will take an honist and hard look at. He is trying to put us first..not the Blue Bloods in Washington....com'on man!!!!!

This statement right here is the biggest untruth and you should know that if you follow politics.

He had closed door sessions without GOP input on this Healthcare Bill. He pushed a huge stimulus bill through without taking the time to actually read and understand what the money was going to do, or how it was being spent.

Reember he was gonna take control of the terrible spendiing habits of the GOP? Well he did and surpassed them 10 times over (not sure of the amount). He is trying to cram a Healthcare Bill down out throats and who wants that? Uhh almost noone since we have to pay for years before the thing takes effect and then it's only another gubment program to throw money at and they never address the real problems with healthcare.

I don't believe you mean't what you said anyway...I think your joking. Right??