SOTU 2012
[Posted by Karl]
As Brendan Nyhan put it last year: “It’s the most overcovered event in politics relative to the amount of the news that’s made.” It will have no lasting effect on the Obama presidency. However, as it’s an election year, Obama will use this State of the Union address to preview his election themes:
Building off of the themes of the Kansas speech, the State of the Union will lay out a “Blueprint for an America built to last.” The Blueprint will be supported by four pillars: 1) American Manufacturing; 2) American Energy; 3) Skills for American Workers and 4) American Values.
As you may recall, the Kansas speech was about the joys of crony capitalism and regulatory capture.
So what about American Manufacturing?
It is certainly true that employment in manufacturing has fallen in recent decades. The council’s report observes that in 1980, manufacturing accounted for about 20 percent of American jobs, whereas the comparable figure today is about 9 percent. At the same time, manufacturing’s share of total production has remained roughly stable and, in fact, the United States and China are the only countries to have gained significant world share in manufacturing in recent years. The line that connects and explains these two dots of strong manufacturing and manufacturing job loss is the rapid increase in labor productivity, the result of innovation, and global competitive pressures.
Heritage’s J.D. Foster seemed to be at a loss to explain the administration’s emphasis here, but this will be Obama’s pander to Big Labor and swing states in the Rust Belt.
As for American Energy, Obama will (again) propose “an economy fueled by homegrown and alternative energy sources that will be designed and produced by American workers.” Of course, it must be “homegrown” and “alternative” lest someone point out the jobs Obama is killing in the energy sector. Instead, we should continue to pour tax money down the rathole of renewable energy in an orgy of crony capitalism, to prevent people from noticing the Luddites backing the Democrats. If the American Manufacturing plank is meant to placate Big Labor and the Rust Belt, the American Energy plank is intended to placate Greens, upper tier New Class crony capitalists and mushy upscale voters in the Mountain West. Give Obama this much: It takes cojones to pull this after praising scandal-ridden Solydra during the 2010 SOTU.
When it comes to Skills for American Workers, the White House promises “new ideas for how we’ll make sure our students and workers get the education and training they need so that we have a workforce ready to take on the jobs of today and tomorrow.” Anyone believe that? The Occupy movement is largely a function of the fact that jobs are drying up for the social workers, virtuecrats, and the regulatory class. The higher education bubble is the product of decades of progressive education policy. If anyone out there thinks a president beholden to teachers’ unions and tenured leftists is going to propose a radical overhaul of our dysfunctional education system, Obama may have some infrastructure to sell you. Among the president’s living props tonight will be Sara Ferguson, who teaches in the Chester Upland School District — which stands accused by the Pennsylvania Department of Education of financial mismanagement.
If you had any doubt that Obama’s rhetoric on American Values will be a heaping helping of class warfare, fear not: the First Lady has invited Warren Buffett’s secretary to serve as another human prop. BTW, I see Twitter chatter asking why it’s okay to call her a “secretary,” when the obvious answer is bacause it’s a liberal doing it. Expect a lot of gab about “shared responsibility,” when Obama is not blaming others for the failures of Big Government.
Also among the presidential guests tonight: Steve Jobs’ widow, Laurene Powell Jobs. Maybe Obama will recall the time that the Apple co-founder complained to him about over-regulation driving factories overseas and teachers’ unions crippling our schools. The story would tie in to at least two of Obama’s themes tonight.
–Karl
Ding!
Karl (8cdbad) — 1/24/2012 @ 4:50 pmHit ‘im again, hit ‘im again, harder… HARDER!!!!
Colonel Haiku (b486eb) — 1/24/2012 @ 4:52 pmOn Twitter:
Jake Tapper: Obama seeking to be “Reaganesque,” a voice of optimism, at #SOTU
Ace of Spades: I love an assh*le with so little confidence in the message he’s trying to send he has to tip the media, “I’m going for ‘optimistic.'”
Karl (8cdbad) — 1/24/2012 @ 4:59 pmAs in last year’s speech, look for a lot of WTF moments.
daleyrocks (bf33e9) — 1/24/2012 @ 5:00 pmObama tried to hide his agenda in 2008 but it’s much harder to hide now, and even the media will have a hard time selling it — especially in the Midwest, the South, and Southwest. What an election this will be.
DRJ (a83b8b) — 1/24/2012 @ 5:26 pmObama is to Reagan as now is to never.
Kevin M (563f77) — 1/24/2012 @ 5:34 pmWhen he last made this speech in Kansas, he was being Teddy Rooseveltish. Obama sure makes his rounds inhabiting the zombie bodies of our former presidents.
MayBee (081489) — 1/24/2012 @ 5:36 pmSo true Kevin. There are a great many things Obama will never be. “Reaganesque” heads that list.
elissa (e3d8ab) — 1/24/2012 @ 5:38 pmIncome disparity: As Maggie Thatcher put it: Obama would “rather the poor were poorer, as long as the rich were less rich.”
[note: released from moderation. –Stashiu]
Kevin M (563f77) — 1/24/2012 @ 5:39 pmMayBee – that was prolly racist.
JD (318f81) — 1/24/2012 @ 5:40 pmPurdue vs Michigan is not a waste of your time. SOTU2012 is. Take a picture and send it to Barcky.
JD (318f81) — 1/24/2012 @ 5:41 pmObama sure makes his rounds inhabiting the zombie bodies of our former presidents.
He does Carter rather well. With respect to Iran, he’s doing a fine James Buchanan.
Kevin M (563f77) — 1/24/2012 @ 5:41 pmPay your fair share, h8rs.
JD (318f81) — 1/24/2012 @ 5:43 pmMaybee, I don’t know if there is a particular place in the afterlife where past US presidents congregate and chat. But if there is, I can’t imagine any of them are too thrilled when Obama tries to compare himself to them. (And I am including the Democrats.)
elissa (e3d8ab) — 1/24/2012 @ 5:43 pmThat is a very funny thing to picture, elissa!
MayBee (081489) — 1/24/2012 @ 5:48 pmI’m looking forward to Mr. Mitch
happyfeet (3c92a1) — 1/24/2012 @ 5:49 pmWill Nanski Pelosi surpass her record number of jumps to her feet? Probably not. She’s a few years older and, thankfully, no longer Speaker.
Colonel Haiku (b486eb) — 1/24/2012 @ 6:05 pmfeets!
I’ll like Mitch, but when he’s telling me how fracked we all are, I’ll remind myself he chose to sit out the race.
Karl (8cdbad) — 1/24/2012 @ 6:08 pmEither my Sony TV’s color is out of adjustment, or Obama has dipped into some of Boehner’s Orange ManTan.
Colonel Haiku (b486eb) — 1/24/2012 @ 6:09 pmWill Obama whine about how Charlie Rangel pay too much in taxes?
DohBiden (ef98f0) — 1/24/2012 @ 6:11 pmyes I blame his wife she’s very flighty
happyfeet (3c92a1) — 1/24/2012 @ 6:13 pmI cannot wait for him to lie about how Mitt pays a lower tax rate than Warren Buffet’s secretary, since it is a dishonest comparison of income tax to capital gains tax rates, and ironically even his own capital gains tax cuts would not alleviate said douchey imbalance. And even funnier is his millionaire and billionaire I hate you tax proposal is a tax on income, not cap gains, so it would not rectify. He counts on the MFM to continue to provide cover for hi,.
JD (318f81) — 1/24/2012 @ 6:15 pmfood stamps are the American Dream you can buy tasty cheeses from France
happyfeet (3c92a1) — 1/24/2012 @ 6:16 pmHe is still blaming Bush.. WTF.
JD (318f81) — 1/24/2012 @ 6:17 pmWhat you expected something different, like water falling upwards.
narciso (87e966) — 1/24/2012 @ 6:19 pmhe’s a coward and a job-raper
happyfeet (3c92a1) — 1/24/2012 @ 6:20 pmI can drives crappy car built by piggy piggy American autoworker union whores?
yay that’s very exciting I’ll get right on that
happyfeet (3c92a1) — 1/24/2012 @ 6:21 pmWhy doesn’t Buffet give his help stock options, profit participation rights, or somesuch, so that they, too, can pay cap gains rates. Bill gates was famous for making millionaires like that.
Cheapskate.
Kevin M (563f77) — 1/24/2012 @ 6:22 pmBribing Americqn businesses
JD (318f81) — 1/24/2012 @ 6:23 pmCareful. Have a fire extinguisher handy, feets!
elissa (e3d8ab) — 1/24/2012 @ 6:23 pmyes I blame his wife she’s very flighty
yes, and that’s why he’ll never be Newt’s VP.
Kevin M (563f77) — 1/24/2012 @ 6:25 pmFROTUS is nothing if not predictable.
JD (318f81) — 1/24/2012 @ 6:26 pmHe is still blaming Bush.. WTF.
Do you suppose Carter will speak at the DNC?
Kevin M (563f77) — 1/24/2012 @ 6:26 pmmore inspections yay!!!
I’ve been so worried
happyfeet (3c92a1) — 1/24/2012 @ 6:27 pmBarcky agrees with SOPA, going via regulation since they couldn’t screw everyone by Congress.
JD (318f81) — 1/24/2012 @ 6:27 pmWell… I’m sold. Where do I sign?
Colonel haiku (b486eb) — 1/24/2012 @ 6:28 pmObama doesn’t know that when labor gets expensive in China, it’s time for slave labor.
Colonel haiku (b486eb) — 1/24/2012 @ 6:29 pmThe SOPA appeal for $$$ from Hollywood for Team Obama.
The China-bashing more Rust Belt pandering.
Karl (8cdbad) — 1/24/2012 @ 6:29 pmI love how Obama blames Bush and he says he is cleaning up the economy but you never hear any Republican blaming the left for the economic mess they inherited.
Too bad his useful idiot sycophants believe it.
DohBiden (ef98f0) — 1/24/2012 @ 6:29 pmBiden looks like he ate a bad burrito for lunch.
Colonel haiku (b486eb) — 1/24/2012 @ 6:30 pmmechanics, teachers… where’s the firefighter?
Colonel Haiku (b486eb) — 1/24/2012 @ 6:33 pmIMO Biden looks better than Obama. Obama typically looks good but recently his make-up has made him look jaundiced, and the orange tie doesn’t help.
DRJ (a83b8b) — 1/24/2012 @ 6:33 pmhe’s a creepy fascist he reminds me of that Hitler guy how he wants the state to run industry
happyfeet (3c92a1) — 1/24/2012 @ 6:33 pmDoes he look orange? Or is my TV just racist?
Colonel Haiku (b486eb) — 1/24/2012 @ 6:34 pmhe might have the hepatitis from back when he was a hardcore drug user Mr. Colonel
happyfeet (3c92a1) — 1/24/2012 @ 6:35 pmOld & Busted: Social promotion. The New Hotness: Social Graduation!
Also glad O is so economically illiterate as to miss the link btwn the subsidizing of education and its rising cost.
Karl (8cdbad) — 1/24/2012 @ 6:36 pmwe should support everyone who’s willing to work
work shall set you free!!
happyfeet (3c92a1) — 1/24/2012 @ 6:37 pmMakeup tips from Fred Armisen?
elissa (e3d8ab) — 1/24/2012 @ 6:39 pmObama Claiming Credit for Energy Gains Angers Industry
happyfeet (3c92a1) — 1/24/2012 @ 6:40 pmwe should support everyone who’s willing to work
Except pipeline workers. And small business. And job creators. And the successful.
JD (318f81) — 1/24/2012 @ 6:40 pmDoes anybody here know if a homeowner policy normally covers replacement of a TV that has suffered a hit from a thrown shoe?
Colonel Haiku (b486eb) — 1/24/2012 @ 6:41 pmAmericans are too feeble to do anything without government help is the takeaway here
happyfeet (3c92a1) — 1/24/2012 @ 6:41 pmOffshore drilling?
Someone’s a very desperate liar.
Karl (8cdbad) — 1/24/2012 @ 6:42 pmSpeaking of pipeline workers, where is the head of Pipefitters Local 69, Milhouse, tonight?
Colonel Haiku (b486eb) — 1/24/2012 @ 6:43 pmhis Administration is still trying to rape the holy hell out of transocean – who’s gonna drill these wells?
happyfeet (3c92a1) — 1/24/2012 @ 6:43 pmWould like to make a more cogent comment but decided to play the ‘straw man drinking game’. Quickly losing consciousness … http://bit.ly/qVdDUt
ombdz (2a81ef) — 1/24/2012 @ 6:44 pmI guess we need a federal Department of Innovation to get those creative juices flowing. And then require every company have an Innovation officer to help workers be creative.
Kevin M (563f77) — 1/24/2012 @ 6:45 pmDid he really claim success in energy, and even more remarkable, green energy?
JD (318f81) — 1/24/2012 @ 6:45 pm“I will not walk away from the promise of bankrupt, scandal-ridden, crony capitalism.”
Karl (8cdbad) — 1/24/2012 @ 6:45 pmJaysus, things are so rosy, he must be the President of the United States of WonderLand.
Colonel Haiku (b486eb) — 1/24/2012 @ 6:46 pmI thought I was joking when I wrote Obama had some infrastructure to sell us.
Karl (8cdbad) — 1/24/2012 @ 6:47 pmChina is excited to loan us more money for Obama’s protectionist solar energy plan I bet
happyfeet (3c92a1) — 1/24/2012 @ 6:47 pmI think he’s been watching too many of those You Tube angry Adolf Hitler takeoffs. Seriously. The way he delivered the part about the oil company subsidies needing to stop was downtight scary.
elissa (e3d8ab) — 1/24/2012 @ 6:48 pmGreen success? He be bumpin’ the green subsidies up a notch.
Colonel Haiku (b486eb) — 1/24/2012 @ 6:48 pmHey, let’s spend half of the imaginary budget cuts I claimed from leaving Iraq!
Karl (8cdbad) — 1/24/2012 @ 6:49 pmIf you want a trip down memory lane, here‘s what I said about the SOTU last year.
Only starting to listen to this one, so I will let you know what I think later.
Oh, and click on my name to get a link to the novel i wrote.
Aaron Worthing (73a7ea) — 1/24/2012 @ 6:49 pmAndy Levy: “An America built to last insists on responsibility from everybody, especially Republicans whose fault all this is.”
Karl (8cdbad) — 1/24/2012 @ 6:51 pmwho’s gonna “pay the bills” when this pathetic has-been ass-crack of a country fails I wonder
happyfeet (3c92a1) — 1/24/2012 @ 6:52 pmThis is just surreal…*shakes head in disbelief*
Dana (4eca6e) — 1/24/2012 @ 6:53 pmA new unit under Holder!!!!
elissa (e3d8ab) — 1/24/2012 @ 6:53 pmelissa,
Someone has to create jobs shipping guns to the Mexican drug cartels…
Karl (8cdbad) — 1/24/2012 @ 6:54 pmI don’t need your tax welfare I won’t be a good little whore for you Obama
happyfeet (3c92a1) — 1/24/2012 @ 6:54 pmWarren’s secretary makes a LOT of money under the table is what I heard
happyfeet (3c92a1) — 1/24/2012 @ 6:55 pmSo do I.
Liar.
JD (318f81) — 1/24/2012 @ 6:56 pmHe brings up Buffet’s secty, but why not Buffet himself benefiting from POTUS’ rejection of Keystone?
Dana (4eca6e) — 1/24/2012 @ 6:56 pmJohn Tabin: Today, Americans have a Constitutionally-dubious watchdog in Richard Cordray…
Karl (8cdbad) — 1/24/2012 @ 6:57 pmmichellemalkin Obama mocks overzealous eco-regulations. This from the guy whose DOJ raided Gibson Guitars. #sotu
Colonel Haiku (b486eb) — 1/24/2012 @ 6:57 pmPay our fair share. Economic illiteracy on display. Proudly.
JD (318f81) — 1/24/2012 @ 6:57 pmomg he wants to rape the entire stock market?
he’s the most ambitious rapist since… since that Hitler guy I think
happyfeet (3c92a1) — 1/24/2012 @ 6:57 pmKirsten Powers(!): I’m sorry, I’m still hung up on Obama saying there will be no more bailouts when he was defending the auto bailout about 30 minutes ago.
Karl (8cdbad) — 1/24/2012 @ 6:57 pmWe don’t begrudge financial success in this country.
JD (318f81) — 1/24/2012 @ 6:58 pmHe is the one who has been prattling on about this class warfare! Now, he’s saying it’s common sense?!
Dana (4eca6e) — 1/24/2012 @ 6:58 pmI don’t need your whore payroll tax cut
I got a job
happyfeet (3c92a1) — 1/24/2012 @ 6:58 pmBuffet paid waaaaaaaaaay more than his secretaryin taxes.
Shared responsibility?!?! What a douchenozzle.
JD (318f81) — 1/24/2012 @ 6:59 pmA tax increase that would account for less than 5% of the deficit. The leadership is staggering.
Karl (8cdbad) — 1/24/2012 @ 6:59 pmJonahNRO Why won’t he intervene in California to kill the condom mandate to keep good American porn jobs from being shipped overseas?
Colonel Haiku (b486eb) — 1/24/2012 @ 6:59 pmjimgeraghty “Crumbling roads and bridges…” DRINK! By the way, I thought the stimulus was supposed to fix that stuff.
Colonel Haiku (b486eb) — 1/24/2012 @ 7:00 pmStill feel like sitting out the election or voting Third Party in November, folks?
Simon Jester (dcdb8e) — 1/24/2012 @ 7:00 pmHe lies effortlessy.
JD (318f81) — 1/24/2012 @ 7:00 pmObama declares Washington is broken, avoids Senate Dems’ failure to pass budget for 1000 days.
Karl (8cdbad) — 1/24/2012 @ 7:01 pmwhy don’t we send him a bill that forbids moo cow supreme court justices with conflicts of interest from raping our health cares
happyfeet (3c92a1) — 1/24/2012 @ 7:01 pm#85..now that’s funny.
Dana (4eca6e) — 1/24/2012 @ 7:01 pmRT @McCormackJohn: Solyndra is dead. Long live Solyndra!
Colonel Haiku (b486eb) — 1/24/2012 @ 7:01 pmhere’s a thought… why don’t you bob up and down on George Soros for the next 90 days instead
happyfeet (3c92a1) — 1/24/2012 @ 7:02 pmAt least he still thinks he needs authority given to him by Congress… sometimes,anyway.
Dana (4eca6e) — 1/24/2012 @ 7:02 pmIf you inherited a bloated government from Bush you wouldn’t seek to make it bigger.
DohBiden (ef98f0) — 1/24/2012 @ 7:02 pmRamesh Ponnuru: A simple up or down vote that Obama frequently refused to grant when he was in the Senate.
Karl (8cdbad) — 1/24/2012 @ 7:03 pmit’s so horrific – we have this rapey fascist lording over us and all Team R can produce is Wall Street Romney and Newt and his tacky slut harem?
God hates America.
happyfeet (3c92a1) — 1/24/2012 @ 7:04 pmGuy Benson: “Let’s lower the temperature in this town.” (Man over his right shoulder said GOP opposition to Stimulus II = aiding “rape and murder”).
Karl (8cdbad) — 1/24/2012 @ 7:04 pmFighting against Obama is bad unless it’s from the left.
Let’s drink.
DohBiden (ef98f0) — 1/24/2012 @ 7:05 pmthey say the neon lights are bright … on broadway
they say there’s always magic in the air
happyfeet (3c92a1) — 1/24/2012 @ 7:06 pmWhere is Joe Wilson? He’s missed a few cues this evening.
elissa (e3d8ab) — 1/24/2012 @ 7:06 pmSimon – it is much more comforting to drive the car off the cliff, slower.
JD (318f81) — 1/24/2012 @ 7:06 pmPhilip Klein: It really is astonishing that he’s not even attempting to make a case for Obamacare beyond a passing mention.
Karl (8cdbad) — 1/24/2012 @ 7:06 pm“Perpetual campaign of mutual destruction.”
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Colonel Haiku (b486eb) — 1/24/2012 @ 7:07 pmMontgomery BurnsBarack ObamaIn 48 years he will blame Bush as he makes the government bigger.
DohBiden (ef98f0) — 1/24/2012 @ 7:07 pmJonahNRO This American is thinking right now: “Oh, man. Justified is about to start.”
Colonel Haiku (b486eb) — 1/24/2012 @ 7:09 pmOpinions of America? Wasn’t he the one telling Americans that we’ve gotten lazy?
Dana (4eca6e) — 1/24/2012 @ 7:10 pmJustified is way better.
JD (318f81) — 1/24/2012 @ 7:10 pmOK, so I blew off democratic protesters trying to liberalize Iran…but I did support the Muslim Brotherhood’s rise to power in Egypt! Yay!
Karl (8cdbad) — 1/24/2012 @ 7:10 pmObama talks about siding with Israel…………..Let’s drink.
Obama is educated? Only because he is a democrap.
DohBiden (ef98f0) — 1/24/2012 @ 7:10 pmAmerica is barely in the top ten anymore in the index of economic freedom
I blame Obama’s fascist tendencies
happyfeet (3c92a1) — 1/24/2012 @ 7:11 pm“End tax breaks for millionaires.” Drink #stfu
Colonel Haiku (b486eb) — 1/24/2012 @ 7:12 pmAbsolutely, JD.
Dana (4eca6e) — 1/24/2012 @ 7:12 pmwhat does this little rapey guy know about being in battle exactly?
happyfeet (3c92a1) — 1/24/2012 @ 7:13 pmI thought spending on our military consumed our budget?
Silly me that is only when Repubs do it.
DohBiden (ef98f0) — 1/24/2012 @ 7:14 pmhe just lost the audience with his unceasing humping of bin laden’s corpse I think
it’s just obscene
happyfeet (3c92a1) — 1/24/2012 @ 7:14 pmHe knows to shoot when you see the eyes of the whites, happy.
Colonel Haiku (b486eb) — 1/24/2012 @ 7:14 pm“America is back, anyone who tells you different doesn’t know what they’re talking about”.
Americans ave gotten lazy
JD (318f81) — 1/24/2012 @ 7:14 pm“Today, our alliances in Asia are stronger than ever.”
Really, try peddling that line to India, the world’s largest democracy who has been kicked to the curb as we chase the approval of China.
“From Berlin to Capetown to [wherever], America is held in higher regard than ever.”
Oh yeah? How about in Prague, or Budapest — who we are busy selling out — or in Moscow, where our attempts at “reset” have made us a laughingstock? How about even in London and Paris? Does Obama really think that our European allies are happy watching us wreck our economy knowing that it will drag down their own broken economic systems?
JVW (2c873a) — 1/24/2012 @ 7:15 pmJonahNRO “Staying one step ahead” of your adversaries is one way to describe “running away.”
Colonel Haiku (b486eb) — 1/24/2012 @ 7:15 pmoh my goodness Mr. colonel that’s supposed to be a bubble thought
happyfeet (3c92a1) — 1/24/2012 @ 7:15 pmEnd tax breaks for millonaires.
Charlie Rangel-THIS IS AN OUTRAGE.
Barack Obama-This doesn’t effect you.
DohBiden (ef98f0) — 1/24/2012 @ 7:16 pmthe state of our union is ass I think
happyfeet (3c92a1) — 1/24/2012 @ 7:16 pmBarack Obama-I inherited this bloated government from Bush but I will expand it.
DohBiden (ef98f0) — 1/24/2012 @ 7:17 pmmichellemalkin RT @alanagoodman: RT @benshapiro: Obama actually citing Iran as a victory for him? This is so Orwellian it is almost hilarious.
Colonel Haiku (b486eb) — 1/24/2012 @ 7:17 pmok where is Mr. Mitch to play Churchill to Obama’s Hitler
happyfeet (3c92a1) — 1/24/2012 @ 7:18 pmBarack Obama-I support the military I have raised money for the VA.
Barack Obama-We need to make Public Transportation an imperative but that does not mean I will use it to mingle with you peons.
DohBiden (ef98f0) — 1/24/2012 @ 7:19 pmColonel Haiku, stunning of him, too, considering his silence when there was actually a chance for something incredible to happen during a recent summer.
Dana (4eca6e) — 1/24/2012 @ 7:19 pmAnyone that is willing to listen to Obama will believe his drivel as he stabs them in the back and sends them to the gulags.
DohBiden (ef98f0) — 1/24/2012 @ 7:20 pmdid y’all see where that hoochie what sh*t in the sink got nominated for an Academy Award?
don’t that just beat all you just never know
happyfeet (3c92a1) — 1/24/2012 @ 7:21 pmIndeed, Dana, indeed. Just shows to go ya how disconnected from reality a narcissist like him can be.
Colonel Haiku (b486eb) — 1/24/2012 @ 7:22 pmHe was being held back by the obstructionist republicans since 2009.
Obama-Um ah Um ah Um ah Um Ah Um Ah JFK was a right wing extremist.
But keep on mocking Bush’s way of speaking.
DohBiden (ef98f0) — 1/24/2012 @ 7:22 pmColonel, it just makes me sick.
Dana (4eca6e) — 1/24/2012 @ 7:23 pmDemocraps are willing to meet half-way with Repubs to stab America in the back.
Any other time such as with the Keystone Pipeline they aren’t.
DohBiden (ef98f0) — 1/24/2012 @ 7:24 pmso tired of this Boehner douchebag
happyfeet (3c92a1) — 1/24/2012 @ 7:24 pmDemocraps never have to agree with Republicans no matter when they appease him.
DohBiden (ef98f0) — 1/24/2012 @ 7:24 pmthem*
DohBiden (ef98f0) — 1/24/2012 @ 7:24 pmeff the presidency it’s a cowardly whore magnet anymore
happyfeet (3c92a1) — 1/24/2012 @ 7:28 pmSo Mitch took a veiled shot at someone who bothered to run for President. Classy.
Karl (8cdbad) — 1/24/2012 @ 7:30 pmMitch: Could be our last chance to restore America. Good luck from here in Indiana!
Karl (8cdbad) — 1/24/2012 @ 7:32 pmshoot I missed the veiled shot
happyfeet (3c92a1) — 1/24/2012 @ 7:32 pmhe’s wasting this opportunity though
yawn
happyfeet (3c92a1) — 1/24/2012 @ 7:32 pmIf he was going to bring up Jobs, why couldn’t he mention why Jobs told Obama the jobs weren’t going to come back?
Dana (4eca6e) — 1/24/2012 @ 7:33 pmsomeone should have put (sound angry for this part) in key places in his speech
happyfeet (3c92a1) — 1/24/2012 @ 7:33 pmfeets:
The status of ‘loyal opposition’ imposes on those out of power some serious responsibilities: to show respect for the Presidency and its occupant, to express agreement where it exists. Republicans tonight salute our President, for instance, for his aggressive pursuit of the murderers of 9/11, and for bravely backing long overdue changes in public education. I personally would add to that list admiration for the strong family commitment that he and the First Lady have displayed to a nation sorely needing such examples.
Karl (8cdbad) — 1/24/2012 @ 7:34 pmI’m not gonna unite with my own mother to “save the safety net” sorry Mitch you can go back to your flighty horse-faced wife now
happyfeet (3c92a1) — 1/24/2012 @ 7:35 pmomg that was tacky Mr. Karl – he’s completely squandered his moment
happyfeet (3c92a1) — 1/24/2012 @ 7:36 pmConn Carroll: watching Mitch Daniels give this speech is like watching a super hot chick you had a crush on in high school become a nun.
Karl (8cdbad) — 1/24/2012 @ 7:36 pmWhy did his wife let him out of the house?
sickofrinos (44de53) — 1/24/2012 @ 7:36 pmthat’s very apt, about the nunification
happyfeet (3c92a1) — 1/24/2012 @ 7:37 pmNate Silver: Daniels could unite the Jon Huntsman and Tim Pawlenty coalitions into an unstoppable 7% of the Republican vote.
Karl (8cdbad) — 1/24/2012 @ 7:38 pmObama speaks smarter than Bush…………except when he lacks a teleprompter.
DohBiden (ef98f0) — 1/24/2012 @ 7:38 pmHe said we need reformations you demented twisted c*nt.
DohBiden (ef98f0) — 1/24/2012 @ 7:39 pmdid he not practice this speech even a little?
he’s really letting a lot of people down
happyfeet (3c92a1) — 1/24/2012 @ 7:39 pmAnd the establishment republicans fall in love with this dope.
sickofrinos (44de53) — 1/24/2012 @ 7:43 pmAllahpundit: Mitch needs to do a guest shot on “Special Report” and totally go after Juan Williams.
Karl (8cdbad) — 1/24/2012 @ 7:43 pmExcept for his sycophants.
Isn’t mining harmful to the environment leftys?
DohBiden (ef98f0) — 1/24/2012 @ 7:44 pmsickofrinos,
Daniels is not a dope. His record as governor is really solid, even on the social issues (“truce” talk notwithstanding). I just don’t care to hear about how it’s America’s last chance from someone who refused to get into the arena.
Karl (8cdbad) — 1/24/2012 @ 7:46 pmpoor Mitch – not as career-ending as Jindal’s waddle – but he’s definitely clearly communicated that he is not a man for this moment
happyfeet (3c92a1) — 1/24/2012 @ 7:46 pmand btw he could have gotten away with the truce talk fine no problem if he understood the concept of inflection
happyfeet (3c92a1) — 1/24/2012 @ 7:50 pmIt’s good that some facts enter the picture, but the reason is why is Obama doing and saying these
narciso (87e966) — 1/24/2012 @ 7:50 pmthings, it’s because he wants to take us down a peg or two, It’s not he’s ‘out of his league’ or he is
simply mistaken,
i have to go to work tomorrow and mr. soggy nilla wafer is the guy on my team?
that’s just lame
happyfeet (3c92a1) — 1/24/2012 @ 7:51 pmI’m just gonna say I didn’t watch the speech at all
happyfeet (3c92a1) — 1/24/2012 @ 7:51 pmBoyd Crowder has more integrity than FROTUS
JD (318f81) — 1/24/2012 @ 7:51 pmMe? I liked the Mitch speech and his attitude a lot. By concentrating on the debt and need for entitlement and tax reform and saying everything else can pretty much wait, he made all the president’s stupid little task forces, green subsidies and $3000 mortgage gifts look petty and pandery.
elissa (e3d8ab) — 1/24/2012 @ 7:53 pmHe may lead Indiana, but he couldn’t lead the U.S.A.
sickofrinos (44de53) — 1/24/2012 @ 7:55 pmgreat speech Mitch kthxbye
happyfeet (3c92a1) — 1/24/2012 @ 7:57 pmGreat speech by Daniels!
Colonel Haiku (b486eb) — 1/24/2012 @ 8:02 pm______________________________________________
Another illustration of the beauty and nobleness of limousine liberalism…
Mark (411533) — 1/24/2012 @ 8:04 pmThe guy isn’t a photogenic fellow, but what was there not to like about what he said?
Colonel Haiku (b486eb) — 1/24/2012 @ 8:06 pmCarla Gugino is lots of good.
JD (318f81) — 1/24/2012 @ 8:06 pm______________________________________________
The beauty and nobleness of limousine liberalism (Part 2):
Poor, rich, and middle class conservatives all gave more than their liberal counterparts.
Mark (411533) — 1/24/2012 @ 8:14 pmI think Mitch wants to be VP.
DRJ (a83b8b) — 1/24/2012 @ 8:15 pmjimgeraghty “Hey, here’s all the hard truths the guy before me didn’t want you to hear, know, think about, or respond to.”
Colonel Haiku (b486eb) — 1/24/2012 @ 8:16 pmThe right to marry is not in any state’s constitution.
DohBiden (ef98f0) — 1/24/2012 @ 8:18 pmthe first rule of VP club is… not Mitch
happyfeet (3c92a1) — 1/24/2012 @ 8:18 pmHe will have to fight Mcdonnell for the v.p.
sickofrinos (44de53) — 1/24/2012 @ 8:18 pmWow for once I’m in complete agreement with Haiku.
DohBiden (ef98f0) — 1/24/2012 @ 8:18 pmMitch did not come out swinging, discernibly. He looked like one of those paintings of ancestors what hang on haunted house walls.
happyfeet (3c92a1) — 1/24/2012 @ 8:19 pmPELOSI THREAT: NEWT WON’T BE PRESIDENT
‘THERE IS SOMETHING I KNOW’
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2012/01/24/pelosi_on_a_gingrich_presidency_that_will_never_happen.html
I wonder if this might be that juicy thing Bill Clinton (of all the sad sacks) was intimating a few months back?
Colonel Haiku (b486eb) — 1/24/2012 @ 8:22 pmGood Daniels lines on difference between Dems and Repubs – Americans need to remember that the government is here to serve us, not supervise us.
daleyrocks (bf33e9) — 1/24/2012 @ 8:24 pmthat would have been a good line in the mouth of someone what was awake
happyfeet (3c92a1) — 1/24/2012 @ 8:29 pmGood video comparing Obama’s 2012 SOTU with prior years.
DRJ (a83b8b) — 1/24/2012 @ 8:32 pmWe need actual education reform.
Privatize the schools this does not mean they have to be religious.
DohBiden (ef98f0) — 1/24/2012 @ 8:32 pmThat’s what I took away, daley. He said a few nice things about the prez and then proceeded to tear him and the Democrats a new one. He laid out the lines of definition and I took what he said about working with those who will join us in trying to save the republic as a complete bypassing of the president and obstructionist Democrats.
Colonel Haiku (b486eb) — 1/24/2012 @ 8:32 pmpro-poverty policies… he shoots, he scores.
Colonel Haiku (b486eb) — 1/24/2012 @ 8:33 pm“that would have been a good line in the mouth of someone what was awake”
Mr. Feets – I could not see if he was awake on my car radio.
daleyrocks (bf33e9) — 1/24/2012 @ 8:34 pmhe blinked twice for yes
happyfeet (3c92a1) — 1/24/2012 @ 8:35 pmSpeaking of eyes… he looked like he was experiencing a power surge in his pants every 30 seconds or so. His eyes got big and you could almost keep time by it.
Colonel Haiku (b486eb) — 1/24/2012 @ 8:36 pmjust a tic, I guess.
Colonel Haiku (b486eb) — 1/24/2012 @ 8:38 pmPaulturd atheists love to throw the nazi card around.
DohBiden (ef98f0) — 1/24/2012 @ 8:38 pmObama-I inherited this economy and bloated government from Bush……..but to seek to expand it thus destroying the economy.
Republican president-Does nothing but try to clean up the economy.
DohBiden (ef98f0) — 1/24/2012 @ 8:43 pmMad Cow Disease is extremely rare.
DohBiden (ef98f0) — 1/24/2012 @ 8:48 pmso is mandatory high school graduation
among free people anyway
happyfeet (3c92a1) — 1/24/2012 @ 8:51 pmMandatory HS graduation. The need for more unionized teachers will be enormous.
elissa (e3d8ab) — 1/24/2012 @ 8:55 pmGood one crappyfeet.
DohBiden (ef98f0) — 1/24/2012 @ 9:02 pmSurprised he didn’t blame the Nanking massacre on Bush.
Even though it was committed by Japanese Marxists.
DohBiden (ef98f0) — 1/24/2012 @ 9:06 pmThat observation is bolstered very effectively by DRJ’s video showing how a lot of Obama’s remarks are just for show.
My respect for Mitch remains high, but then, I see that he doesn’t have the pizzazz I never cared about, but this primary seems to demand.
Would just record and agenda (Which I consider superior to Perry’s) have overcome the inevitable attacks on his family and the inevitable ‘he’s not conservative because of the truce’ attack? I can hear Bachmann delivering it to thunderous applause.
Even if Mitch only had a slim chance of prevailing, he should have gone for it. The problems justify the attempt.
VP? Sure… why not? But I suspect we’ll see someone a little more camera friendly, with no baggage to speak of, instead of a choice rooted in performance. Color me jaded.
Dustin (7362cd) — 1/24/2012 @ 9:09 pmthat he took a shot at Newt is depressing to no end Mr. Dustin
that was so not his job
happyfeet (3c92a1) — 1/24/2012 @ 9:15 pmWho doesn’t have baggage, by your generous definition, we see what they tried with Rubio,
narciso (87e966) — 1/24/2012 @ 9:32 pmeven though he’s already taken himself out of contention, how they tore down Cain, of course
there is the obvious example, that I won’t refer to, because it shopworn already.
it shore is
happyfeet (3c92a1) — 1/24/2012 @ 9:39 pmOf course. I’m not concerned with that, though.
Dustin (7362cd) — 1/24/2012 @ 9:41 pmYes, Narciso, who doesn’t have baggage?
If a tree falls in the woods and there’s no one to hear it, does it make a sound?
The people with no baggage are those for whom their baggage is underreported. Sure, WE know about it, but the swing voters don’t.
That’s why conservative candidates seem to get rejected for minor things as voters move to other folks who were worse. They were considering what they were told to consider.
I tell ya, we’re just thirty years and a school voucher program away from all this being less of a problem. No biggie.
Dustin (7362cd) — 1/24/2012 @ 9:44 pmMr. Dustin it says that yes Virginia there is an establishment and Mitch is sitting cozy in its lap.
And that makes you wonder why it’s so important to Mitch and Co. that the cowardly and unprincipled Mitt be The Won 2.0
why not the cowardly and unprincipled Newt?
happyfeet (3c92a1) — 1/24/2012 @ 9:48 pm#88 what you’ve said about Obama’s lying skills paraphrases David Geffen from, I believe, the summer of 2007 where he said the Clintons were effortless liars. I think it was that quote that signaled to Hollywood it was okay to jump from the Clintons and led to his Presidency.
And if that’s true, Geffen is ‘all in’ with Obama having burned the bridge to the Clintons. There’s nowhere to go.
East Bay Jay (19f566) — 1/24/2012 @ 10:18 pmYou’re 100% right, Happyfeet. When I say I’m not concerned, that’s a poor way to explain myself.
That is cause for concern, but I’m basically used to it and I see the next few months as full of similar little jabs, and from unexpected directions.
The harder it is for Mitt to be nominated, the uglier it’s going to get.
One fella is already calling me “prawn of arab loins” (which is untrue, NTTAWTT), so I imagine his creativity will be challenged to fully capture the evil that is Dustin in a cogent haiku when Mitt finally loses.
Then we can all get rid of Obama together.
Dustin (7362cd) — 1/24/2012 @ 10:58 pmNewt cannot “be The Won” because he cannot beat Teh Won.
Icy (5ec1bb) — 1/25/2012 @ 12:37 amthat he took a shot at Newt is depressing to no end
Perhaps he was talking about Obama’s family versus the single-parent families one finds among the underclass. Racist.
Kevin M (563f77) — 1/25/2012 @ 1:10 amNot that I actually think that’s what it was, but I’ll bet you that is how some Dems are taking it.
Kevin M (563f77) — 1/25/2012 @ 1:11 amTeh Won has an approval rating index of -16%, which is very bad.
Newt has the ability to perform under pressure as a politician. He’s changed the inevitability tide. Last week 70% of the GOP polled said Romney would be the nominee. Today, 51%. And Newt has gained 19% of poll support in this month alone (to the top of the field).
I think it will be very hard for either Mitt or Newt to beat Obama. Obama is beating them both (Mitt’s doing better, though). I think this ugly primary needs to end, and then the GOP contender will start pandering to the middle, and while I’ll be pissed about that, he’s going to gain ground.
Amusingly, in 2008 during this time, Barack Obama was getting sneered at by democrats as unelectable. He was far behind John Mccain in the polls (11% behind). That’s more than Newt will have to gain on the SCOAMF.
It’s not only doable, it’s what happened last time.
I think the primary is distorting things very wildly. PPP claims Obama is beating Newt in Texas, which is absurd. But we’re pretty divided and pissed off right now, with a lot of attacks at both front runners directed at Republicans not supporting them.
Dustin (7362cd) — 1/25/2012 @ 1:14 amA common sense post:
He’s not saying what I’m saying, though. His premise is that the economy is going to keep sucking real real bad.
So go ahead and vote for whoever your favorite candidate is. This ‘he’s not electable, but of course he is’ canard has proven wrong repeatedly anyway.
Dustin (7362cd) — 1/25/2012 @ 1:20 amDaniels\Romney or Romney\Daniels
sickofrinos (44de53) — 1/25/2012 @ 2:28 amWhat a grand old party.
Thank Christ, I don’t have to depend on republicans to grow my food.
I doubt they could get the seed out of the pack.
Sickofrinos – could you outline for us what you found to be do objectionable that Gov Daniels said?
JD (48f69a) — 1/25/2012 @ 5:17 amSheik® of Desert Sands
Colonel Haiku (b486eb) — 1/25/2012 @ 5:53 amrides the brown hare-lipped camel
holds two-for-one sale
“An economy built to last, where hard work pays off, and responsibility is rewarded.”
Besides ripping off the first part from Ford, this sounds racist by the measure used for comments by Republican candidates.
But you have to give “The Man” credit for coming up with the idea that future “means-testing” for federal programs should not be based on the money you save during you lifetime.
[note: released from moderation. –Stashiu]
Neo (d1c681) — 1/25/2012 @ 6:01 amWell insisting on that foolish ‘inherited’ trope, Obama sought the job, while the economic crises was going on, but as with the Jindal SOTU three years
narciso (87e966) — 1/25/2012 @ 6:04 amago, any semblance of reality was appreciated.
Even Minitrue isn’t buying the ‘increased chocolate rations’
http://tinyurl.com/6wbhmws
narciso (87e966) — 1/25/2012 @ 6:16 am“Prawn of Arab loins”? Well that’s a new one (to me, anyway.)
SarahW (b0e533) — 1/25/2012 @ 6:51 amIt sounds like it came from “Argument Clinic”
SarahW (b0e533) — 1/25/2012 @ 6:51 amCompulsory attendance was always a bad idea. Some teenagers would be better served and happier moving on to adulthood soon . Extended childhood has benefits but it isn’t uniformly beneficial, and makes public education problematic when young people seek independence.
And, I wonder how O feels about homeschooling and reduced need for “meatspace’ school?
SarahW (b0e533) — 1/25/2012 @ 6:57 amWall Street Romney would never have let Rubio’s filthy immigrant parents come to America just for to seek a better life so why is Rubio pretending otherwise
happyfeet (3c92a1) — 1/25/2012 @ 7:47 amI missed this last night where bitchy mitchy came out strong for means-testing social security, which is a profoundly redistributionist idea and will turn social security into nothing more than middle class food stamps
happyfeet (3c92a1) — 1/25/2012 @ 7:50 amoh and he wants to means-test medicare too so Wall Street Romney will have to work extra harder to pay for all our healthcares
chop chop Romney no time for this silly president stuff we need you to make hay while the sun shines
happyfeet (3c92a1) — 1/25/2012 @ 7:52 amyes he tells himself
Colonel Haiku (b486eb) — 1/25/2012 @ 8:16 amhistory never repeats
‘fore he goes to sleep
Team Obama… yay!
http://www.hughhewitt.com/blog/g/279222b5-d4ae-42f7-85a0-140aad89641b
Colonel Haiku (b486eb) — 1/25/2012 @ 8:23 amI missed all but the last 15 mins of President False Choice’s speech. Did he mention NASA’s Muslim outreach program? Is that program the reason he claims we are so highly regarded in the Muslim world? I always thought it was a nifty program, shame majority Muslim countries and make them feel like sh*t over their lack of scientific progress, but what do I know?
daleyrocks (bf33e9) — 1/25/2012 @ 9:33 amOne of my favorite parts:
Millionaires should pay more. On the other hand, if you are making less than $250,000/year, you shouldn’t pay more.
Is my math off, or is $250,000/year not a millionaire?
MayBee (081489) — 1/25/2012 @ 9:38 amMayBee – those between 250K and a million will get screwed too. 250k earners are millionaires and billionaires for purposes of their rhetoric.
JD (318f81) — 1/25/2012 @ 9:42 amIt is pythonesque.
Some folks, if you don’t respond to them, get upset and ramp it up. And if you engage them, they actually dial it down and act like sober concerned Republicans who just lament (insert smear). It’s like they want attention more than persuasion.
New Math. You need reeducation.
What I find amusing about this tax return mess is that Mitt clearly did not want to release them, even though they reveal so much charity. The charity was sincere, not a political stunt. A stark contrast between him and Obama. If only his record was closer to me ideologically…
Dustin (7362cd) — 1/25/2012 @ 11:32 amI don’t like Gingrich’s attacks on Romney’s wealth or how he made his money. As long as it’s legal, I support almost any way of making money. (I can’t think of any legal form of employment I oppose but there’s probably something, so I’m adding the “almost any” qualification.) Part of capitalism is letting the market decide what works and what doesn’t work, and part of letting the market work is leaving legal businesses alone.
Having said that, I’m not a libertarian so I also believe there is a role for government in our lives — although not the big government liberals love. That’s why I also object to attacks on Newt’s willingness to speculate about ideas and solutions. Some will fail and some will work, and most will fall somewhere in between, but I most fear politicians who think there is only one solution to every problem.
DRJ (a83b8b) — 1/25/2012 @ 12:20 pmI want to put in here a lot opf thouyghtsd I hjad about that address.
First, I noticed this thing that Jonah Goldberg points out too.
President Obama both opened and closed his speech – he was so impressed with this rhetroucal devioce – idea – with the idea that just as the military works together,so should the President and Congress. If anybody took his rhetoric seriously, it would be an argument for fascism. But they don’t.
Jonah Goldberg, who wrote the book “Liberal fascism” did pick up on it:
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/289461/united-states-sparta-jonah-goldberg
AND
http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/289402/obama-s-vision-spartan-america-jonah-goldberg
Sammy Finkelman (d3daeb) — 1/27/2012 @ 1:14 pm