State of the Union Address

[B-Man]

"So Mr. President, I don’t oppose your plans because I want to protect the rich. I oppose your plans because I want to protect my neighbors."

 

 

Senator Rubio gave a fine speech. If you have to focus on the water, that might be confirmation.

 

 

The problem with the response to the SOTU is it always looks smaller — no matter how much bigger the man.

 

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[Gugny]

1. One would have to be a moron to think Rubio's speech was "fine."

2. Am I the only one who thinks Pelosi is kind of hot?

[3rdnlng]

1. One would have to be a moron to think Rubio's speech was "fine."

2. Am I the only one who thinks Pelosi is kind of hot?

 

 

You should stick to the Shoutbox where your antics are only laughed at. If you are looking to take over the PPP clown position you need to do better than this post. If you want to discuss this seriously, why don't you state the reasons why Rubio's speech was so bad. You could also tell us why you are the only person in the world who thinks Pelosi is hot.

[meazza]

You should stick to the Shoutbox where your antics are only laughed at. If you are looking to take over the PPP clown position you need to do better than this post. If you want to discuss this seriously, why don't you state the reasons why Rubio's speech was so bad. You could also tell us why you are the only person in the world who thinks Pelosi is hot.

 

Please don't encourage him to post. This place is bad enough as is.

[3rdnlng]

 

 

Please don't encourage him to post. This place is bad enough as is.

 

But, but I miss Conner and Ducky. Don't you like cannon fodder?

[meazza]

 

 

But, but I miss Conner and Ducky. Don't you like cannon fodder?

 

No at all.

[Rob's House]

This was my favorite of his addresses. My TV was muted.

[RkFast]

Anyone catch the last line about legal status having no bearing on one being a citizen?

 

Beautiful.

[B-Man]

In his State of the Union address, President Barack Obama failed to mention the late Ambassador Christopher Stevens and the three other Americans who died on Sep. 11, 2012 in the terror attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi.

 

He mentioned the victims of the massacre in Newtown, CT in December, and invited the families of victims of other violent gun crimes to watch from the gallery. But the Benghazi victims' families were not present at all.

 

Instead of offering even the slightest word of tribute for the fallen, for Chris Stevens's amazing career or for the bravery of the diplomatic and security personnel who fought the enemy alone for several hours, President Obama boasted of his administration's success in the fight against Al Qaeda.

 

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Peace/2013/02/12/SOTU-Chris-Stevens-Was-Not-Even-Remembered

 

 

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[Keukasmallies]

1. One would have to be a moron to think Rubio's speech was "fine."

2. Am I the only one who thinks Pelosi is kind of hot?

 

Pelosi is kind of a dog...but this from a "moron" who thinks there are points of view other than Dear Leader Barack.

[Gugny]

Please don't encourage him to post. This place is bad enough as is.

Don't worry, Meazza, I'll keep it brief.

 

I just went back and read the transcript of Sen. Rubio's entire speech. I must admit, he put some real ideas for real solutions on the table.

 

That was actually refreshing. While watching last night, I couldn't get past how much time and effort was put into criticizing the 2nd term President who poses zero threat to any GOP contender in the next general election.

 

I'd like to see Washington get past the blame game and start working together on solutions to problems that were created by both Democrats and Republicans.

 

I am interested to hear more of what Sen. Rubio has to say and more about his proposed solutions. I would like to hear less Obama bashing - whether it's deserved or not, what is it accomplishing?

 

I don't want to hear anymore about his $100K student loans, or his bartender dad and maid mom.

 

As an American with HIspanic heritage, I am interested to hear more about his immigration ideas.

 

I have an open mind. I want people in office who are committed to doing the right thing by the citizens of our country.

 

If Sen. Rubio proves to be that person, I'll support him all the way.

 

Peace.

[3rdnlng]

Don't worry, Meazza, I'll keep it brief.

 

I just went back and read the transcript of Sen. Rubio's entire speech. I must admit, he put some real ideas for real solutions on the table.

 

That was actually refreshing. While watching last night, I couldn't get past how much time and effort was put into criticizing the 2nd term President who poses zero threat to any GOP contender in the next general election.

 

I'd like to see Washington get past the blame game and start working together on solutions to problems that were created by both Democrats and Republicans.

 

I am interested to hear more of what Sen. Rubio has to say and more about his proposed solutions. I would like to hear less Obama bashing - whether it's deserved or not, what is it accomplishing?

 

I don't want to hear anymore about his $100K student loans, or his bartender dad and maid mom.

 

As an American with HIspanic heritage, I am interested to hear more about his immigration ideas.

 

I have an open mind. I want people in office who are committed to doing the right thing by the citizens of our country.

 

If Sen. Rubio proves to be that person, I'll support him all the way.

 

Peace.

 

 

Google is your friend.

[3rdnlng]

Uh Oh, fact check time:

 

 

http://news.msn.com/politics/fact-checking-obamas-state-of-the-union

 

 

The president spins his accomplishments on jobs, health care and deficit reduction in annual address.

 

 

President Obama put a rosy spin on several accomplishments of his administration in his 2013 State of the Union address.

 

The president claimed that "both parties have worked together to reduce the deficit by more than $2.5 trillion." But that's only an estimate of deficit reduction through fiscal year 2022, and it would be lower if the White House used a different starting point.

Obama touted the growth of 500,000 manufacturing jobs over the past three years, but there has been a net loss of 600,000 manufacturing jobs since he took office. The recent growth also has stalled since July 2012.

He claimed that "we have doubled the distance our cars will go on a gallon of gas." Actual mileage is improving, but Obama's "doubled" claim refers to a desired miles-per-gallon average for model year 2025.

Obama said the Affordable Care Act "is helping to slow the growth of health care costs." It may be helping, but the slower growth for health care spending began in 2009, before the law was enacted, and is due at least partly to the down economy.

The president also made an exaggerated claim of bipartisanship. He said that Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney agreed with him that the minimum wage should be tied to the cost of living. But Romney backed off that view during the campaign.

 

Analysis

 

President Barack Obama gave his State of the Union address to Congress on Tuesday, laying out his legislative agenda for the coming year and achievements of his time in office. But Obama puffed up his record.

 

Deficit Reduction

 

Obama said the administration and Congress "have worked together to reduce the deficit by more than $2.5 trillion." A bipartisan group called the estimate "very reasonable." But it is only an estimate — and a debatable one at that — for deficit reduction from budgets through fiscal year 2022. Exactly how much will be cut will be up to future Congresses.

 

And, even if Congress meets those deficit-reduction goals, deficit spending will continue and the federal debt will grow larger — unless much more is done.

 

Obama: Over the last few years, both parties have worked together to reduce the deficit by more than $2.5 trillion — mostly through spending cuts, but also by raising tax rates on the wealthiest 1 percent of Americans. As a result, we are more than halfway towards the goal of $4 trillion in deficit reduction that economists say we need to stabilize our finances.

 

Obama has cited the $2.5 trillion figure on numerous occasions, including at a Jan. 14 news conference. It is based largely on two pieces of legislation: the Budget Control Act of 2011, which placed caps on discretionary spending beginning in 2012, and the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012, which prevented tax hikes on most Americans in 2013 but allowed rates to go up on the top 1 percent of taxpayers. There was some additional savings from reductions in discretionary spending in the fiscal 2011 appropriations bills.

 

Republicans challenge the $2.5 trillion figure with some justification, because the amount of savings depends heavily on the baseline — that is, the starting point of comparison. The White House told us it used the Office of Management and Budget's January 2011 baseline.

 

 

[IDBillzFan]

Uh Oh, fact check time:

 

No one who pays any attention to SOTU addresses needs a fact check to know the speaker is talking out their ass. That anyone would take the time to fact check a Barack Obama speech is even more amusing.

[Rob's House]

Does anyone else find it annoying, lame, & pathetic the way the congress jumps up to applaud whenever the President says something they agree with? If you can't shout "you lie" is it too much to ask that you sit down & STFU and applaud after the damn thing is over?

 

I can't tell if I'm watching sycophantic idiots eagerly driven by the passions of their prejudice to hoot loudly for their views, or it they're all dutifully playing politics.

[3rdnlng]

 

 

No one who pays any attention to SOTU addresses needs a fact check to know the speaker is talking out their ass. That anyone would take the time to fact check a Barack Obama speech is even more amusing.

 

You and I know that but that was posted on MSN making it interesting.

[dayman]

Rubio's speech...lol...Rubio sucks he's never once done anything to suggest otherwise. Gop needs to get someone else in mind before next potus run b/c he'll get destroyed by Hillary. Better of running a Bush...

[RkFast]

Rubio's speech...lol...Rubio sucks he's never once done anything to suggest otherwise. Gop needs to get someone else in mind before next potus run b/c he'll get destroyed by Hillary. Better of running a Bush...

 

Thats some quality critique right there.

 

Please....continue.

[meazza]

Rubio's speech...lol...Rubio sucks he's never once done anything to suggest otherwise. Gop needs to get someone else in mind before next potus run b/c he'll get destroyed by Hillary. Better of running a Bush...

 

I had no idea you were such a racist.

[B-Man]

FTA:

 

In reality, the state of our union is this: The United States is today $6 trillion deeper in debt than it was before Barack Obama was first sworn in as president. That represents an increase of 57 percent in just four years. Put another way: Out of every dollar the country owes in government debt, 36 cents was acquired under the Obama administration.

 

The state of our union is this: Today there are more than 4 million fewer Americans working than there were when Barack Obama was first sworn in as president — not including those who have retired. The work-force-participation rate is at a historic low. Never before have so many Americans simply abandoned the hope of a job.

 

The state of our union is this: Economic growth is weaker than it has been during any recovery in recent memory; in fact, the economy shrank in the last quarter. Those figures may be revised, but in any case growth is so weak that the difference between what President Obama calls a recovery and what economists fear is the beginning of a new recession is within the margin of measurement error.

 

The state of our union is this: Incomes are lower today than they were when Barack Obama was first sworn in as president. True, he became president during a recession, and incomes dropped 2.6 percent during the recession. Since the end of the recession, they have dropped another 4.8 percent — which is to say, incomes have fallen almost twice as fast during President Obama’s so-called recovery than they fell during what he (inaccurately) called “the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression.”

 

 

How strange, then, that the president declared during his annual address: “A growing economy that creates good, middle-class jobs — that must be the North Star that guides our efforts. Every day, we should ask ourselves three questions as a nation: How do we attract more jobs to our shores? How do we equip our people with the skills needed to do those jobs? And how do we make sure that hard work leads to a decent living?” That is a remarkably brass-faced assertion for a president whose policies have neither achieved strong growth nor attracted more jobs to our shores nor improved the ability of workers to secure high-skilled jobs nor strengthened the relationship between hard work and a decent living. Barack Obama is incapable of grappling with his own record.

 

 

He further promised that his policies would not add “a single dime” to the national debt when he already has added some 60 trillion dimes to it, and while the Congressional Budget Office estimates that the president’s 2013 spending blueprint would add another 64 trillion dimes to the deficit in the coming years. That on top of the tax increases he already has demanded and secured.

 

But there is more to the state of our union than the feeble state of our economy. The president boasted that a decade of war is coming to an end. It is, and a new decade of war is beginning. He boasted that al-Qaeda is decimated, but that news has not reached Bengazi or most of North Africa. So the state of our union also is this: North Korea sets off nuclear weapons with impunity. Iran seeks them without fear. Islamists slaughter our diplomatic personnel while the president’s national-defense team keeps bankers’ hours. Our allies are unsure, our enemies are emboldened. Our troops may be coming home, but it is not clear that we have secured the objectives for which we dispatched them. It is even less clear that President Obama has any intention of doing so.

 

The president’s confrontational, hectoring, and highly ideological speech ought to be a wake-up call to the country. The Republican majority in the House is the only real check on his power. Supplementing that check with a Republican majority in the Senate is imperative. Even through all of President Obama’s obfuscations, that much is clear.

 

 

http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/340557/broke-retreating-state-our-union-editors

 

 

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