Compared to his State of the Union speech a year ago, President Obama seemed almost humble, polite, somewhat bipartisan and he in stealth fashion switched some of his positions nearly 180 degrees. He should also be congratulated on not insulting the visiting members of the Supreme Court. But that's a pretty low bar all the way around when you consider it. And honestly, what else could he do?
What you saw was a presidential mea culpa, at least as strong of one as you will get from the current administration, and that wasn't all bad.
His best moment came early on: "What comes of this moment is up to us. What comes of this moment will be determined not by whether we can sit together tonight, but whether we can work together tomorrow."
The devil will be in the details on most of what the president had to say tonight, but there is no denying the need for Americans to work together. What many may feel however is that we will need to work against the inclination to spend more
His most hypocritical: "Thanks to the tax cuts we passed, Americans’ paychecks are a little bigger today."
wow he finally gets it, wind and solar can't and won't be effective on their own. but how much you wanna bet tht he continues focusing on wind and solar.
His most surprising: "Some folks want wind and solar. Others want nuclear, clean coal, and natural gas. To meet this goal, we will need them all – and I urge Democrats and Republicans to work together to make it happen."
since i didn't see him live up to any of his promises in the last state of the union i really don't have any high expectations at this point, but will wait and see what transpires.
bumper sticker - honk if you will pay my mortgage
"The problem with Socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money." attributed to Margaret Thatcher
"A wise and frugal government, which shall leave men free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned - this is the sum of good government." Thomas Jefferson
mtntrekker wrote: since i didn't see him live up to any of his promises in the last state of the union i really don't have any high expectations at this point, but will wait and see what transpires.
Huge difference. Last year he had congress and thought he had a mandate. Now he knows better.
If he wants to remain relevant let alone have a chance at reelection, he will have to tack.
Yeah, last year he thought he had a majority of Democrats and he could pass what the American voter put him in there for; a public option, rolling back tax cuts for millionaires, leashing the big banks and multi-nationals and building tje economy. He got schooled about who really runs the government, and that no one in Congress on either side is going to risk lucrative campaign contributions. He took yet another step right, so now he falls just very slightly left of Reagan. Of course it's not his skin color that prevents those on the right from seeing how centist he's been all along now, is it?
