A right-leaning disgruntled Republican comments on the news of the day and any other thing he damn-well pleases.
Text of Obama's State of the Union address
"I'm a Democrat. But I believe what Republican Abraham Lincoln believed: That Government should do for people only what they cannot do better by themselves, and no more."
This was deserving of applause. I just wish I believed that he really believes it.
Text of Obama's State of the Union address
"We gather tonight knowing that this generation of heroes has made the United States safer and more respected around the world. For the first time in nine years, there are no Americans fighting in Iraq. For the first time in two decades, Osama bin Laden is not a threat to this country. Most of al-Qaida's top lieutenants have been defeated. The Taliban's momentum has been broken, and some troops in Afghanistan have begun to come home."
This is worthy of applause. For the killing of Osama bin Laden, give credit where credit is due.
Text of Obama's State of the Union address
"Let there be no doubt: America is determined to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon, and I will take no options off the table to achieve that goal."
This is worthy of bipartisan applause. I hope he means it.
Text of Obama's State of the Union address
"There is no question that some regulations are outdated, unnecessary, or too costly. In fact, I've approved fewer regulations in the first three years of my presidency than my Republican predecessor did in his. I've ordered every federal agency to eliminate rules that don't make sense. We've already announced over 500 reforms, and just a fraction of them will save business and citizens more than $10 billion over the next five years. We got rid of one rule from 40 years ago that could have forced some dairy farmers to spend $10,000 a year proving that they could contain a spill— because milk was somehow classified as an oil. With a rule like that, I guess it was worth crying over spilled milk.
I'm confident a farmer can contain a milk spill without a federal agency looking over his shoulder."
Even a blind pig finds and acorn every now and then.
I don't often agree with Arianna Huffington of the Huffington Post, but I agree with her analysis of the Presidents State of the Union address.
The president, we were told, spent a good deal of time in the days leading up to his State of the Union address, going over it with a fine-toothed comb, making changes and additions in longhand.
But judging from the speech, he also spent a lot of time going over the results of focus groups and polls. Indeed, the speech, despite its charm, humor, and occasionally impassioned rhetoric, had the feel of being focus-grouped within an inch of its life. There was a decidedly paint-by-poll-numbers air about it. (link)
In the State of Union address President Obama said he opposes earmarks, the influence of lobbyist, deficit spending, partisanship, and he advocates transparency in government.
By Michelle Malkin • January 19, 2010 05:53 PM (link)
President Obama will deliver his State of the Union address on January 27 at 9pm Eastern before a joint session of Congress. I think it’s obvious who should deliver the response for Republicans: Scott Brown.
Former Senator Rick Santorum posted on Twitter that Scott Brown should give the GOP’s televised response to President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address.
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