Enero 25, 2011

Here's where I blog everything about the State of the Union address that doesn't involve the text.

I've already blogged the text. That's done! No more fretting over typing out what the Prez is saying in real time. Been there. Done that. This post is for everything else. What are they wearing? Who's falling asleep? What was that funny look? Where did he stumble over the text? All style and no substance, except to the extent that style is substance, baby.

UPDATE: Thanks for keeping this going in the comments. I don't have much to say about the visuals. The House fixtures looked surprisingly shabby on HDtv. Obama spoke slowly, had some gray hair, and made stabbing gestures with the pinched-together fingers of his left had. The mixing of the Democrats and Republicans in the audience really did — as critics warned — have the effect of making it look as though everyone supported him, but perhaps the demonstrations of support were a bit more toned down than they would have been if the parties had kept separated.

UPDATE 2: Instapundit has a grim screen capture. Was O's suit that blue?!

AND: As for that look, I think that's the Boris Karloff look.

CONFESSION: I slept through parts of it.

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Hindi-nagpakilala ayon kay ...

I'd like to see Boehner doing a sudoku.

And then, to kick it up a notch, slam it down when he realizes he's f-ed it up.

That would be cool.

mesquito ayon kay ...

If I go to bed right now I'll be able to sleep 7 and 1/2 hours.

Revenant ayon kay ...

The text is usually all I'm exposed to. On the west coast I'm usually still at work when the SOTU starts.

Plus, I prefer to text over audio and video anyway. It lets me focus on content instead of style.

Chennaul ayon kay ...

Do we get to vote for:

Cutest Couple in the audience?

How about Unlikeliest.

Most Likely to Succeed.

Shanna ayon kay ...

I was about to say I can't watch because I canceled my cable and don't have any tv, but apparently you can watch this stuff live on hulu...you can even pick your news channel! And watch the pre game. Cool!

That said, I doubt I can deal with the actual SOTU.

Lem Vibe Bandit ayon kay ...

I see Roberts is there..

virgil xenophon ayon kay ...

I've got it muted with text on--can't STAND to hear sound of his voice..


wV: stfart---LOL

Shanna ayon kay ...

Apparently all the ladies are forced to wear red jackets (but no red suits).

Hindi-nagpakilala ayon kay ...

Lots of familiar faces in the SOTU crowd. A real collection of human garbage.

Tea Party at Perrysburg ayon kay ...

OMG, Michelle's dress. I swear I saw her SPANX when she hugged that lady. Horrifying. That is one wide load.

I'm Full of Soup ayon kay ...

The Ensign or the Chief Justice?


wv= mingl [have they turned the lights down low?]

Hindi-nagpakilala ayon kay ...

Oh, there he is! The Jive Turkey!

Hindi-nagpakilala ayon kay ...

Prof. Thanks for your blogging. Things are good in Chicago. We are helping the next Mayor (Rahm). He will be the POTUS in 2020 after many years as the Mayor.

Hindi-nagpakilala ayon kay ...

I also want to see Joe Wilson yell, "STFU you POS" at the POTUS during the SOTU.

Lem Vibe Bandit ayon kay ...

I dont see Gifford's husband next to Michelle..

All the lib judges there.. including Kennedy.

Tea Party at Perrysburg ayon kay ...

OMG the Sotomayor hair from behind is a NIGHTMARE. The Kagan hair. Balding. I don't think I can survive this, just on style alone.

virgil xenophon ayon kay ...

I STILL think it bad form for EITHER the JCS or the SCOTUS to EVER attend what is a political event.

Hindi-nagpakilala ayon kay ...

I was kind of hoping Cantor would saunter up to Pelosi and punch her back twice as hard.

Alas, Cantor appears to be a pussy.

Tea Party at Perrysburg ayon kay ...

I see Boehner's wearing a lilac tie in memory of Pelosi's purple victory suit.

MayBee ayon kay ...

Wolf Blitzer was just trying to sell the idea that Obama's tie (purple) is symbolic and chosen carefully. Yes, Obama's tie represents the political parties, but Michelle's red dress did not represent the political party of her guest.

The Musket ayon kay ...

lots of gray in his hair tonight, daughter 4 noticed he hasn't said 'um' yet, daughter 3 thinks he said we were a democracy and that Boehner looks bored.

Hindi-nagpakilala ayon kay ...

Enough already. Bring on Michelle Bachmann.

Unknown ayon kay ...

I wonder if Pelosi Galore and Lurch will bring their real faces.

Hindi-nagpakilala ayon kay ...

Boehner looks ill.

The Musket ayon kay ...

daughter 3 is on a roll --
our paychecks aren't bigger - we're just able to keep more of it, lol

twp ayon kay ...

He's trying so hard to be inspirational and falling flat.

BJM ayon kay ...

Pap.

I must sort my sock drawer...I'm out.

Bob Ellison ayon kay ...

Well, about fifteen minutes in, all Obama has to say is how we voters sent him and the rest to Washington to do stuff to enable us to succeed.

No, O. We sent lots of people in 2010 just to get you jerks out of the way.

coketown ayon kay ...

You can also watch the speech with supplementary charts and graphs here: http://www.whitehouse.gov/state-of-the-union-2011

Because you're too fucking stupid to watch a speech without visual aids.

Tea Party at Perrysburg ayon kay ...

Blinky blinky. Finger pointy.Hands fluttering.
"Vacant store fronts, shuttered windows." How about DESERTED OIL RIGS?
Fishing boats sitting in the dock?
Coal mines silent??
Light bulb factories shut down?
How bout that, HUH?
Another pull on the bottle is appropriate.

Lem Vibe Bandit ayon kay ...
Naalis ng may-ari ang komentong ito.
Hindi-nagpakilala ayon kay ...

...I know things are tough out there, but please be assured that Michelle and I are having a great time.

MayBee ayon kay ...

He's using a new concerned cadence I hadn't heard before.

"We're the home of the worlds _best_ colleges and universities"

Hindi-nagpakilala ayon kay ...

"Bring on Michelle Bachmann."

Yea, baby!

Let's hope she fires at these fuckers with both barrels and remains on target long enough to strike a blow for Tea Partiers across all battle lines, demolishing all opposition in her path.

And does so in a stylish dress and coquettish demeanor.

Lem Vibe Bandit ayon kay ...

Obama sounds hollow..

I'm Full of Soup ayon kay ...

Lem:

You did not get my Ensign Roberts joke!

Hindi-nagpakilala ayon kay ...

I can't stop watching Obama's eyes shift between the teleprompter and the audience.

Tea Party at Perrysburg ayon kay ...

Glowering look. Eyes meeting the teleprompter. Hey, this is mah moment!
This is mah time!
This is mah inspiration for y'all!
EW, what's wrong with Gary Locke's eye? EW! It's all bloody!

coketown ayon kay ...

"The future is ours to win."

Manifest Destiny--to the future! He's sounding pretty jingoistic with all this talk about kicking every other country's ass. It's so Bushian.

q12345q6789 ayon kay ...

@ May Bee

I noticed this seemingly labored new enunciation style.

Lem Vibe Bandit ayon kay ...

Obama sounds defeated

Hindi-nagpakilala ayon kay ...

Oh, he thinks JFK invented wishful thinking. And now he can, too.

Hindi-nagpakilala ayon kay ...

"I can't stop watching Obama's eyes shift ..."

Yeah, they're kinda shifty, ain't they?

I'm Full of Soup ayon kay ...

"We're the home of the worlds _best_ colleges and universities"

That's true. Schools like Harvard & Yale have sent thousands of misguided grads to our Capitol where they work hard at wrecking the country.

And for that, the rest of the world is thankful and so they rank those colleges among the best!

Hindi-nagpakilala ayon kay ...

THAT'S IT! Solar shingles!

Lem Vibe Bandit ayon kay ...

You did not get my Ensign Roberts joke!

Sorry. too obscure for me ;)

michaele ayon kay ...

He's also dipping down into his "husky" register to express real caring. Michelle did this in her in person pitch in Copenhagen to get the Olympics and it sounded so phony.

Hindi-nagpakilala ayon kay ...

And Utopian vehicles!

Tyrone Slothrop ayon kay ...

Every time I see the acronym for State of the Union I think STFU. Why is that?

Chennaul ayon kay ...

Yesterday's energy...

Obama you are it!

David ayon kay ...

Is Os hair gray, or not gray?

(I'm not watching because I dislike seeing our elected representatives jump up and down at applause lines like trained seals.

If they learned to toss beach balls back and forth with their noses, I would watch.)

Lem Vibe Bandit ayon kay ...

That "clean energy" pitch fell flat.

Did he just say "think about it"?

coketown ayon kay ...

He's confusing college degrees with education...

Tea Party at Perrysburg ayon kay ...

Let me sum up the speech in the words of the inimitable Buzz Lightyear.

To infinity and beyond.

Peachy ayon kay ...

We need more taxes, regulations, and 2000+ page legislative bills passed. That will save us.

virgil xenophon ayon kay ...

AJ/

Education??

"We are in a race between education and disaster." *

---Dewey

*Put 2 dollars on disaster..

coketown ayon kay ...

Replacing No Child Left Behind?! Is that any way to honor Ted Kennedy?

I actually do like what I'm hearing about education policy.

The Musket ayon kay ...

Public education stinks so instead of just dumping more money, we're going to dump money and add regulation -- yah - that will work. He's holding his hands as if he's holding all those students and schools in his hands - as they race to the top.

homeschoolers -- no government help - there's a reason those kids are generally better educated.

Lem Vibe Bandit ayon kay ...

Hillary looks like she just got out of the shower.

Hindi-nagpakilala ayon kay ...

"Obama sounds defeated ... "

No he doesn't.

You know what he sounds like? He sounds like a man who has run out of ideas. Who has, after two short years, exhausted his repertoire of Saul Alinsky's trite tricks.

Anybody who believes that Facebook represents the best of what America can produce is a fucking buffoon - bereft of any knowledge of our history or any respect for our capabilities.

He knows he is surrounded now by his own people ... devoted to the singular purpose of ensuring that his political career is finished ... not because he is black, or because he was a bad person, but because his ideas are fucking moronic.

He surrounded himself with the people who brought him to power and they fucked it up for him, and now he's throwing every single one of them under a bus.

But he has nowhere to go.

Nowhere to hide.

He'll limp out the next two years passing proclamations.

He should save us the trouble and leave a winner.

q12345q6789 ayon kay ...

@ David:

1. "I'm not watching because I dislike seeing our elected representatives jump up and down at applause lines like trained seals."

Actually it's a really sedate affair, the vibe could be described as "Benedryl Cocktail Hour".

2. Also, Hair = Peppery-Salt in color

Lem Vibe Bandit ayon kay ...

This is the quietest SOTU ever!!

twp ayon kay ...

False enthusiasm falling flat.
Phoney, phoney, phoney.

Where's the beef?

David ayon kay ...

You did not get my Ensign Roberts joke!

Mistah Roberts, He Dead.

Hindi-nagpakilala ayon kay ...

Oral defecation.

Hindi-nagpakilala ayon kay ...

"Hillary looks like she just got out of the shower."

Hillary looks like she hasn't taken a shower in quite some time.

Bob Ellison ayon kay ...

I give up (about 25 minutes in). This speech is like Postum. He's not saying anything substantial. Maybe he'll get to that late in the speech, when only the liberals are left watching and listening.

Peachy ayon kay ...

I'll take democrats seriously on education when they agree to abolish the teachers union and allow competition and choice.

jrberg3 ayon kay ...

Is he going to start singing a Bruce Springsteen song shortly?

David ayon kay ...

q12345q6789 said...
@ David:
Actually it's a really sedate affair, the vibe could be described as "Benedryl Cocktail Hour".


Let me know if they start throwing beachballs with their noses.

Mary Beth ayon kay ...

Everyone is wearing the Tuscon shooting black and white ribbon.

Revenant ayon kay ...

The reason.com liveblog had a great comment about the speech: "this is like a Bruce Springsteen b-side".

I like Bruce, but -- yeah.

coketown ayon kay ...

There is no reason to spend money on college degrees for 50+ year-olds. It is a drain, it puts upward pressure on tuition, and diverts scholarship money away from young struggling students and gives it to bored housewives whose husbands don't want to finance their latest whim.

The Musket ayon kay ...

There ARE a lot of red blazers out there -- solidarity with Michelle O's state dinner dress perhaps?

Biden looks like he still can't believe the dems were able to pull it off and get the white house and that he's vp.

Kerry looks ill

wv: snersh -- Kerry looks snershed

Hindi-nagpakilala ayon kay ...

Poor Obama - he so badly wants to rule and do so much good, but he was outwitted ab initio by a bunch of dead white males

MayBee ayon kay ...

AJ Lynch- I didn't mean to comment on the substance. I was trying to find a way to write out his new cadence. He gets kinda breathy on a word or two every sentence.

I'm Full of Soup ayon kay ...

I heard today that Obama has not spoken to six of his Cabinet heads in his first two years in office.

Therefore, I suggest those six departments be dissolved and their budgets be zeroed out ASAP.

jrberg3 ayon kay ...

We are going to ride that high speed rail right out of this recession!!

prairie wind ayon kay ...

Facebook? I've heard of it... sounds familiar... Yeah! Now I remember. Sarah Palin has a li'l ol' Facebook page.

Hindi-nagpakilala ayon kay ...

If Boehner has any balls, he'll reach down and slap that jive turkey upside the head.

We'll see.

Lem Vibe Bandit ayon kay ...

The speach is a rippoff of Bill Clintons bridge to the 21st century..

q12345q6789 ayon kay ...

Obama makes a joke about avoiding TSA pat-downs on hi-speed rail.

YOU LIE!

Hindi-nagpakilala ayon kay ...

"I'll take democrats seriously on education when they agree to abolish the teachers union and allow competition and choice."

I'll take them seriously when they stop raping our children.

http://antimisandry.com/female-pedophiles/big-list-female-predator-teachers-students-3668.html

Ritmo Re-Animated ayon kay ...

Dead white males opposed everything Obama has proposed!! Starting with this!:

In July, 1798, Congress passed, and President John Adams signed into law “An Act for the Relief of Sick and Disabled Seamen,” authorizing the creation of a marine hospital service, and mandating privately employed sailors to purchase health care insurance.
This legislation also created America’s first payroll tax, as a ship’s owner was required to deduct 20 cents from each sailor’s monthly pay and forward those receipts to the service, which in turn provided injured sailors hospital care. Failure to pay or account properly was discouraged by requiring a law violating owner or ship’s captain to pay a 100 dollar fine.


What does Obama not get about Founding Father Factlessness and Fetishism that all the ignorati do?

coketown ayon kay ...

Obama. Get with the program. We don't have money to spend on infrastructure. In fact, we spent $250 billion in 2006 on infrastructure.

This high speed rail--

OH SNAP! JAB AT THE TSA!!!

--emphasis is a total non-starter. We don't need fast trains. The northeast corridor wants high speed rail. The rest of us don't care.

The Musket ayon kay ...

Hey - Iowa and Alabama. I grew up in one and live in the other. Don't worry Obama - even though you mentioned us in the SOTU, we still don't like you.

Hindi-nagpakilala ayon kay ...

"Obama makes a joke about avoiding TSA pat-downs on hi-speed rail."

This is a signal to the terrorist what the next target should be. He's actually telling them where our security is weakest.

This guy isn't just a buffoon ... he's dangerous and puts American lives at risk with this sort of stupid fucking comment.

Chennaul ayon kay ...

Oh gawd he made the

without the patdown ...

Bribe -slash -lie.

Anyone over the age of fifteen should remember or know about the bombings in London and Madrid.

Sorry to harp on this but holy PollyAnna.

Did a twenty year old write this speech?

David ayon kay ...

And You May Ask Yourself
What Is That Beautiful House?
And You May Ask Yourself
Where Does That Highway Go?
And You May Ask Yourself
Am I Right?...Am I Wrong?
And You May Tell Yourself
MY GOD!...WHAT HAVE I DONE?

Hindi-nagpakilala ayon kay ...

Someone wake up Althouse.

coketown ayon kay ...

So he said a few minutes ago he was going to take $4 billion from the oil industry and give it to the clean energy industry, and now he's complaining about our tax code favoring some industries over the other.

Lem Vibe Bandit ayon kay ...

Obama has not said what the state of the union is.. 45 minutes in

Ritmo Re-Animated ayon kay ...

The Golden Spike was the first step in bringing Marxism to America.

David ayon kay ...

"Did a twenty year old write this speech?"

Obama's principal speechwriter will turn 29 this year.

Chennaul ayon kay ...

Terrorists don't need a heads up from Obama on this.

They've been bombing trains for decades-just ask India.

This is more of the same from Democrats-they have their heads buried in the sand.

Peachy ayon kay ...

We need government "investments" to do everything. We are blind and helpless with out government "investments".

David ayon kay ...

Lem said...
Obama has not said what the state of the union is..

He's showing, not telling.

Hindi-nagpakilala ayon kay ...

Obama has not said what the state of the union is..

We are now a banana republic.

Hindi-nagpakilala ayon kay ...

...pre-Mugabe, stage one.

I'm Full of Soup ayon kay ...

That is funnny. Althouse may have fallen asleep.

Lem Vibe Bandit ayon kay ...

Iraq and Afghanistan.. what happened?

What debt?

coketown ayon kay ...

I'm done. So boring. Lots of empty seats. And no close-ups of Rand Paul. He's such a dreamboat.

Ritmo Re-Animated ayon kay ...

Obama should propose that public servants get paid to do NOTHING! That is the way the Founders wanted it. Public salary, do nothing! If the government does anything it will kill our freedoms!1!1!!! FOREVER11!!!!!!!!

Chennaul ayon kay ...

David-

Obama's principal speechwriter will turn 29 this year..

Well they need to fire the kid or some "adult" beside Obama should have to read it before it hits the teleprompter.

coketown ayon kay ...

I'm also curious why the TSA wouldn't be in charge of any government-run high speed rail system. There's no guarantee they wouldn't be there, checking bags, giving handjobs, and making like generally miserable.

Hindi-nagpakilala ayon kay ...

Enough with the opening act. We want...

Bachmann! Bachmann! Bach...

Peachy ayon kay ...

Obamacare - Hey “Anything can be improved”! Then why did they shove it down our thoats? The mess is clearly untenable.

Chennaul ayon kay ...

And,

what the hell is his Asian fixation?

China might have high speed rail but a large portion of the country doesn't have a pot to piss in-quite literally.

[wv:jacks]

q12345q6789 ayon kay ...

The Car in the ditch is now the plane without an engine.

Ritmo Re-Animated ayon kay ...

Money that goes to tax breaks is not really money. It's FREEDOM! (For China).

Chennaul ayon kay ...

How about when China-all of it- gets indoor plumbing-then and only then we'll match them on the high speed rail.

Ritmo Re-Animated ayon kay ...

Better yet: When China gets freedom and democracy then they can get our money.

Hindi-nagpakilala ayon kay ...

"The Car in the ditch is now the plane without an engine."

But he thinks that the way to lighten the load is to take all the oil out of the engine, and tie the propellers down with red tape.

And how will the plane fly then, Mr. President?

MayBee ayon kay ...

madawaskan- yeah, I was just thinking someone should have taken him to a public toilet while he was in China.

Peachy ayon kay ...

Freeze domestic spending for five years? Piss off. That's not a cut nor is it savings. The democrat's trillions and trillions of dollars in debt cannot simply be "frozen".

Known Unknown ayon kay ...

Too busy watching Ohio State put the smackdown on Purdue.

The Musket ayon kay ...

Boehner looks like he's bored to tears - like he's having to sit through a beginner violin recital.

Fair Tax - YES!

Ritmo Re-Animated ayon kay ...

EVERY.WORD.THAT.COMES.OUT.OF.OBAMA'S.MOUTH.IS.A.LIE.

Quick! He just used a conjunction! Get him, boys!

Lem Vibe Bandit ayon kay ...

Wow Obama made a marijuana joke..

This is the president we got people.

jrberg3 ayon kay ...

i will veto it...and this time i'm serious!

Hindi-nagpakilala ayon kay ...

All the wisdom of a street-corner jive turkey..

Bachmann. Bachmann. Bach...

Ritmo Re-Animated ayon kay ...

WORST STATE OF THE UNION EVAR!!1!

Ritmo Re-Animated ayon kay ...

BOooh! Obama is bad!11!

Irene ayon kay ...

The line about things getting complicated when the salmon gets smoked was pretty funny.

Ritmo Re-Animated ayon kay ...

(Throws spitballs).

q12345q6789 ayon kay ...

"smoked salmon"
That was the most awkward joke delivery / audience response EVAR!

I know I'm being snarky, but snark is all that is keeping this interesting.

Did Republicans made too much of "earmarks"? Obama's gonna veto 'em ALL NOW! Sooo... Congress will start calling them something else now?

Lem Vibe Bandit ayon kay ...

It took a while for the general to realise he was praising the soldiers

Peachy ayon kay ...

Obama and the dems are going to further reduce our healthcare costs. LOL. With trillions and trillions of new unfunded mandates, more red tape, never ending government agencies, and punitive tax rates on the already bled-dry private sector.

You go, Obama!

Irene ayon kay ...

"That was the most awkward joke delivery / audience response EVAR!"

That's because it reminded everyone that Obama still smokes.

And salmon is controversial among the New Agers and Greenies.

Oh! He just said, "Ta-LEEH-bahn."

Ritmo Re-Animated ayon kay ...

Obama is boring us. Like a teacher assigned to a special needs class, he needs to make this more interesting and participatory. Involve the audience more, somehow. Stop making this government thing so removed from us! We want participation. And lobbying! LET US IN! LORD OF THE FLIES RULES YOU SNOBBY ELITIST INTELLECTUAL!

Known Unknown ayon kay ...

Ritmo is really bringing the clever tonight.

Ritmo Re-Animated ayon kay ...

When Obama proposes sensible ideas, it just makes us inferior for not having thought of them. What an asshole.

Who is he to tell us that life isn't perfect? Who is he to tell us that there are national problems worth addressing? Jerk.

Lem Vibe Bandit ayon kay ...

hey Obama got his gray back..

wasaup with that?

q12345q6789 ayon kay ...

This is less a "State of the Union" than a "State of The Last Year of My Speeches Greatest Hits".

Except that apparently if China has 90% extreme poverty but also has more high-speed rail - We should be more like China.

/snark.

Lem Vibe Bandit ayon kay ...

Obama got gray.. but no groove

Tunisia?.. is that a lost aunt?

wv slump..

I'm Full of Soup ayon kay ...

Three Obama SOTU speeches down and only one to go!

Hindi-nagpakilala ayon kay ...

And what about all those pat-downs, red-light cameras, and wild car chases, sucka!

Eleven cops down in 24hrs. Seems like folks are a tad on edge. Sucka.

Unknown ayon kay ...

Mary Beth said...

Everyone is wearing the Tuscon shooting black and white ribbon.

It's Civility Chic.

AJ Lynch said...

That is funnny. Althouse may have fallen asleep.

She's so bored she and Meade went upstairs to proclaim the state of their union.

Ritmo Re-Animated ayon kay ...

How dare Obama praise China for doing anything worth learning from? They are a poor country run by communists and therefore CAN'T DO ANYTHING WELL. AT. ALL.

They can't even use utensils. Obama is stupid.

Scott M ayon kay ...

@Conservatives 4 Better Dental Hygiene

One can usually spot a moby not by the words they write, but by the amount of caps they use to make their point.

q12345q6789 ayon kay ...

I think that more people would support R&D expenditures, Big Infrastructure Revitalization efforts, etc., etc. - IF we still had *any* faith in the political class and it's hand-maiden bureaucracy and special interest crony-corruption.

Hindi-nagpakilala ayon kay ...

OMG, he's s-t-i-l-l talking!

Hindi-nagpakilala ayon kay ...

@Conservatives 4 Better Dental Hygiene

You've made a tremendous point with your posts;

which is that you got nothing.

Unknown ayon kay ...

"The future is ours to win."

Somewhere in the background Michelle is singing, "Que sera, sera".

WV "gunke" (no kidding) And so appropriate.

Ritmo Re-Animated ayon kay ...

Quiet Scott. Obama is stupid and you know it. He is praising the feats of a country that can't. even. use utensils.

What a tool. What an imbecile.

q12345q6789 ayon kay ...

@ Quayle

it is a troll.

do not feed the trolls.

Lem Vibe Bandit ayon kay ...

The best line he might have saved it for last.

American exceptionalism.

Obama is running for president again.

Hindi-nagpakilala ayon kay ...

STFU!

Bachmann. Bachmann. Bach...

Ritmo Re-Animated ayon kay ...

Don't get me wrong. I was so impressed with Scott and Quayle's reasoning skills that I thought of going the non-satire route. But it didn't make the point as well.

So I am just trying to see things their way.

michaele ayon kay ...

The way Obama says "Tali-bahn", I always think that would be a good name for a Bollywood dance group.

q12345q6789 ayon kay ...

Keep it together Boehner!
Hold it in... You can do it!
Oh.. is he? uhh...

No!!
Didn't cry!
Good job, my man.

Hindi-nagpakilala ayon kay ...

Do not feed trolls.

Ah, yes, sorry.

I'm Full of Soup ayon kay ...

Althouse: Jeez it's 10:10 and the president is still at it- did he start speaking at 9PM sharp?

Scott M ayon kay ...

"The future is ours to win"

Well, aside from the fact that we had already won it and decided to parcel it out while mainlining progressive pablum, doesn't "winning" the future denote exceptionalism and competition?

I mean...how can we be one on this Spaceship Earth if WE beat the living shit out of everyone else trying for it? Doesn't the very concept of winning cut against the liberal gib?

Lem Vibe Bandit ayon kay ...

3 or 4 hour day..

That's overtime for Obama ;)

Ritmo Re-Animated ayon kay ...

Right. So much less credible a character than someone who calls "himself" "123456789"!

LOL.

Lem Vibe Bandit ayon kay ...

The state of our union is strong..

lame..

Ritmo Re-Animated ayon kay ...

My name is 109234748539849573458897345 and I am here to say that there are people here, who don't go by mere numbers alone in referring to themselves, who should just NOT be taken seriously.

Only the number-people are serious. 1203973547309034508350945494

coketown ayon kay ...

There were several moments when it was abundantly clear that he was holding in a fart. That was the most riveting part of the speech.

q12345q6789 ayon kay ...

"We do big things!"
Smallest round of applause thus far.

"The State of our Union is Strong."
Phew! I was worried.
I wish he'd just said that at the beginning. And saved me some time.

Ritmo Re-Animated ayon kay ...

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Calypso Facto ayon kay ...

First post-SOTU media question: how did the mixed seating "sell" at home?

Wow. That's all you got?

Peachy ayon kay ...

The future is ours to tax and spend, and create all sorts of new government agencies that will lower your healthcare costs.

David ayon kay ...

Llllllllllllllooooooooooooooooonnnnnnnnnnn gggggggggggggggggg speech.

Das ayon kay ...

moving forward going forward into the future going forward freeze high speed freeze oil companies bad don't add to the deficit but spend and move forward frivolous tax codes veto ears and pets moving forward as one into the future our courages men and women in uniform moving forward into a strong future as one

888 ayon kay ...

Dr. Kutner is on at the white house

Ritmo Re-Animated ayon kay ...

You are using irony! You MOBY!

I am on to you and this irony thing of yours! Your attempts to point out the inconsistencies in my reasoning will. not. work!

I am entitled to make no sense at all and don't you forget it. MOBY!!!!

Unknown ayon kay ...

Am I the only that thinks that "future" line may turn into his WIN button?

Or that business about shared leadership (or whatever it was) was him saying, "I lost"?

The only thing he didn't say was, "Try to say something good about America".

David ayon kay ...

Since LBJ, State of Union speeches over one hour:

LBJ: 1
Clinton: 7
Obama: 2

All others: 0

DADvocate ayon kay ...
Naalis ng may-ari ang komentong ito.
DADvocate ayon kay ...

I saw by the picture at Instapundit that John Boehner not only has a better tan than Biden, he's darker than Obama. Obama's sporting the gray hair again, too.

Ritmo Re-Animated ayon kay ...

So are we agreed?

Obama is stupid, boring and useless. And his hair is sooooo not like Ronald Reagan's.

His Brylcreem is not conservative enough.

The Musket ayon kay ...

Did he say anything - or did he just ramble?

wv: berneure --- what Obama just dumped on us.

Ritmo Re-Animated ayon kay ...

Instead of wasting his time going on and on about transportation, education and science, Obama should have just lowered his head and blasted a big ray of Brylcreem onto the audience, and through the video cameras. That would have brought America back on track. And scared the Muslim Communists, too.

Ritmo Re-Animated ayon kay ...

Paul Ryan's hair is just soooo much better than Obama's.

That's how I know he's a better politician.

q12345q6789 ayon kay ...

Paul Ryan's up.
GO!

Ritmo Re-Animated ayon kay ...

Wave that coif over me, Paul!

Ritmo Re-Animated ayon kay ...

I am positively salivating over Paul Ryan's hairdo.

It makes me feel all economistical and stuff.

Ritmo Re-Animated ayon kay ...

That's right! Responsibility. Constitutionality. No right to commit big government atrocities like this.

Too bad the Repubs got a guy to speak that they don't listen to themselves.

Roux ayon kay ...

I missed the whole thing. We had dance practice for our Mardi Gras ball. The POTUS started as we went in and finished up his last sentence when we got back in the truck. That should tell you how long it was because 20 couples danced a routine and had to go back and practice certain parts.

What a looooooosssserrrr.

Ritmo Re-Animated ayon kay ...

Obama has trashed the ideals of the Founding Fathers.

He must be watched. very. carefully.

KCFleming ayon kay ...

I went and worked out instead. I figgered the synopsis was 'I'm gonna take yer money and spend it on green jobs grooming unicorns and you can't do a damn thing about it'.

Or along those lines. Me, i'd rather listen to Yoko sing.

Trooper York ayon kay ...

Who would watch something like this?

You guys are gluttons for punishment.

You might as well be Jets fans.

Same old Jets.

Same old Obama.

The Fashion Show is on. Why not tune in and listen to Iman mispronounce new words.

You will get a lot more out of it.

q12345q6789 ayon kay ...

Ryan's speech:

- Mostly Boilerplate. But, at least I really believe Ryan when he says he wants to tame the government debt beast... Obama, not-so-much. Bourne out by Obama's actions, not words. It's possible Ryan will fail in deeds too - we'll see.

- Republicans really do need to do a better job of viscerally explaining why they say they care about these things. As evidenced by Pres. Obama's speech: Most Americans do not understand the finer points of our economic woes. Very, very many of us don't even know what, exactly, a Trillion dollars even means numerically.

- Overall, I expect both speeches to go into the dustbin of history right about now.

Hindi-nagpakilala ayon kay ...

You guys are gluttons for punishment.

Sacrifice, the price of [limited] freedom. And getting more limited by the minute.

Hindi-nagpakilala ayon kay ...

Paul Ryan had me at "hello"...I though he did a wonderful job concisely stating a conservative philosophy and contrasting it with the presidents last two years of actions.

KCFleming ayon kay ...

WV: bumsing
Def: SOTU speech

DADvocate ayon kay ...

Obama has trashed the ideals of the Founding Fathers.

He must be watched. very. carefully.


Amen. Definitely a red doper diaper baby communist.

The worst SOTU speech I never listened to. Watching Petticoat Junction is definitely better.

Johanna Lapp ayon kay ...

The Senate GOP Caucus had an intervention with Boehner and made him quit Restasis cold turkey.

Major drug withdrawal, plus jonesing for a smoke. You'd look jumpy too.

cold pizza ayon kay ...

Wait! Petticoat Junction was on? Damn! -cp

wv: bresser: one who bresses the Hory Saclament

q12345q6789 ayon kay ...

@Althouse:

"CONFESSION: I slept through parts of it. "

A thoroughly better use of your time.

Hindi-nagpakilala ayon kay ...

Frostiest date: Weiner/King.

There won't be a second one.

Hindi-nagpakilala ayon kay ...

"Obama is stupid, boring and useless."

He's not stupid....

JorgXMcKie ayon kay ...

@PatCa, don't you just love saying "Weiner/King" though?
;->=

Methadras ayon kay ...

I am the Great Obama!!! See my powers of misdirection, persuasion, and illusion!!! I am now Ronald Reagan Lite!!! and now for my next trick...

jimspice ayon kay ...

Oh, Boehner cried alright: http://twitpic.com/3tfpyz

I'm pretty sure his hometown success story was pointed out just for that purpose. And it worked.

Das ayon kay ...

Obama reminds me of my favorite hippy line from the 60s:

'Someday tomorrow will come.'

(from the song "Someday" by Moby Grape - a cool song BTW)

q12345q6789 ayon kay ...

@jimspice

that is an... unfortunate pic for Boehner. And I saw the biographical quip moment and I thought there might be some less than noble rationales for it as well.
I saw him wavering;
but I was looking and I didn't see any actual tears. But I did watch it on a computer monitor over a webfeed via PJTV/Hulu and I could be wrong.

dave in boca ayon kay ...

Why was Boehner wearing a tie the color of the SEIU union thug indigo brigades? Biden was flaunting his plugz and flashing his toothy grin as often as possible.

This is from the instant replay as I actually fell asleep around 830PM until midnight, and was awakened by a hailstorm in boca, of all things. Looking back on parts of the speech, methinks the heavens themselves did protest this imbecility across the land.

Hindi-nagpakilala ayon kay ...

The morning after, and the jive turkey is still president.

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