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State of the Union thread - Tuesday (January 25th) at 9 PM
MKR
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Tuesday! Nine PM!
(eastern time)
Expected talking points:
* Obama's preliminary plan for the establishment of his dark reich
And probably things about turning from stabilization to recovery.
You can watch it online at whitehouse.gov: http://www.whitehouse.gov/state-of-the-union-2011
(eastern time)
Expected talking points:
* Obama's preliminary plan for the establishment of his dark reich
And probably things about turning from stabilization to recovery.
You can watch it online at whitehouse.gov: http://www.whitehouse.gov/state-of-the-union-2011
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I swear to god if he uses the word "austerity" outside of the phrase "this is not the time for" I'm done with this administration.
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There is a dude co-hosting one w/ the Houston NAACP locally... but I sadly don't think I'm going to be able to make it.
Obama will be cool, rational and collected, Democrats will trip over each other to applaud him, Republicans will heckle and sneer. At least one call of "Show us the Birth Certificate" will be heard during a pause in the speech.
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And as I was saying in the Congress thread, I cannot wait to hear Rep Ryan's well-reasoned rebuttal that will totally not at all involve putting the US in dire financial straits because OMGSPENDINGDEFICITCHINADEBTFORTHECHILDREN!
Because 9% think it's too high, and shouldn't be cut! 9% of respondents could not fully
get their arms around the question. There should be another box you can check for, "I
have utterly no idea what you're talking about. Please, God, don't ask for my input."
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At the strike of the clock, every Dem will turn to the left and stab the Pub sitting next to them?
Considering they fell right into it, I'd say they were right.
It looks like the Senate more or less embraced the idea. I think the only real standout is McConnell and he's posturing because he's afraid of getting primaried in 2014. It's been amusing over the past two days to see which Senators will attend with each other. Getting the proper date is hard.
THe House doesn't really seem to have gotten on board with the idea, though.
Seriously.
Dems - "Here's an easy chance to at least look bi-partisan."
Repubs - "Fuck that and fuck you."
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Well, Duh. It's a hell of a lot harder to scream out "you lie" when you're surrounded by people who are perfectly happy to sell you out to the press.
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Unless, of course, the Democrats still haven't learned from the last election and attempt to remove themselves from Obama even further.
I guess Obama is going to have to remove the recognition for Admiral Ackbar from the speech now.
(just to prevent a rehash of the "we don't negotiate with terrorists" talking point).
Nah, he's just sitting next to a fake Rep.
Krugman also wrote an OK column about it: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/24/opinion/24krugman.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
I don't know why I thought this was going to be on Friday. Glad this thread popped up for me.
heheheh I get control of the television mwuahahahaha.
ok, so Paul Ryan and Bachmann give rebuttals? Interesting
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Which is hilarious because the State of the Union address is not a time for people to do the whole opposition thing.
That's for 30 seconds after it's over?
That's correct. The time for a rebuttal is after the person whose points you would like to rebut is finished speaking. Which, in this case, is after the SotU is over. Is this a trick question?
These rebuttals are often completely independent from what the President actually says (they've been written long before the speech is given), and will, no matter what, be basically a florid version of "this guy is a douchebag".
Sorry, I just meant that it's always going to be (emphasis) opposition, not that I was formulating some trick question.
But it would give Andrew Sullivan an orgasm, so yay?
I know you're not being 100% serious about this but man. There are some dumb political parties. They may as well be 4th parties.
What I'm saying is nobody should interrupt someone giving a speech like this. Rebuttals can wait for after. It's rude, and just polarizes things further.
You are a socialist
/clap
The social security front, not the Sullivan orgasm front.
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That's encouraging to hear. After the roller-coaster of legislation that was this past December, my confidence is extremely shaky, so I'm interested to see what direction he's going to go. Obama's been using a lot of middling rhetoric lately, and it remains to be seen whether it's an attempt at better messaging or a sincere step to the right.
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Well, you know, there are some of us on the west coast that would like to see it too.
:wink:
Almost word for word repeat of an argument with my mother, right here.
Except the dems could say the sky was blue and that would be an attack on REAL AMERICAN VALUES