how many of you are going to watch or did watch.
what did you think of it? try to keep it civil please

Watching it now. So far so good. Except I need to check my last pay stub. Obama said no one's income tax was increased. I got a cola increase, yet my last net deposit was less. It was probably needed to help fund some TARP bank CEO's bonus.

Sg

I'm waiting for when he talks about hard working Union people...like the ones that work out at Hanford.

Mf

"Ok, let's post all ear-marked funds on a public website." and "Let's post all contacts that lobbyist's make, and strictly control how much they give in gratuities." (all paraphrased)

:cough: Anybody buying that?

He speaks real purdy, don't he?

There will be lots of analysis of this speech, but it will surprise the Hell out of me, if much content comes to fruition.

OTOH.....if I am amazed....it would be soooooo good.

I personally like the idea of education reform. Trying to get ahead while managing student loans on the crappy pay a lot of entry level positions offer to new grads is next to impossible and will only get worse with 14% + tuition hikes.

C'mon Hank... he coulda promised to end government spending all together and toss Nancy Pelosi into Gitmo just for good measure and you'd STILL hate him.

It's just how you roll.

This is why I didn't even bother to watch, he is so out of his element it isnt even funny.

I like how he's continuing to move farther and farther to the left...'specially when he talks about tax cuts and spending freezes.

Fish on...

Todd

What do you all think about a sitting president criticizing the Supreme Court of US in a joint session of congress?? That has to be one of the most inappropriate and distasteful things I have seen in politics.

No doubt...hopefully the SCOTUS apologizes soon.

I think he was saying..."you lie"

Big pile of sh!t is what we just got handed. Lots of spin from both sides.

I had it on and heard bits and pieces as I snoozed, even missed the rebuttal from the other side in the end. Did hear the part about getting a tax credit for hiring somebody. Seems to me you would need something for the new hire to do.

Hank,
Stretch cant make that smile diappear. To much botox....Kinda like the joker.

Seemed like he had a laundry list to me. One thing checked off after another. Sure to touch all the "key" words that would get a good response from the public. Seemed like he had a very big ego in this speach as well. A whole lot of "I" and "me" moments.

Some just off the wall stuff to become a populist as well. One of the more funny ones are the 10% of income for student loans.....great idea but how are we going to pay for that. If done, banks would stop loaning money to students for student loans. And besides, they have programs now that you can pay back these amounts any number of different ways from putting off to teired to interest only to ect...... And what, we pay for them forever or I forgot, they will be forgiven after 10 to twenty years......when he is no longer president. That wont be cheap and thus will never happen. But populist just the same and got the best marks of the speach, true or not.

As much as I like him and will still give him the benefit, the constant campaign and some of these ideas are making it tougher. I will give him one more year before I give up on him though. Go BO. Still pullin for ya to get us out of this mess.

Princess,
His education reform is not directed towards everyone. Last week when he announced the program he said this is to help minorities.

He stood in a room full LIFETIME senators and legislators and said they have done nothing for decades. Maybe he should have suggested term limits?

I thought it was good as far as state of the unions go and had some added humility as well. A far cry from the whiney podium monkey and his evil organ grinder of the last eight years.

Can one of you conservatives name ONE thing the Obama administration has done that goes AGAINST GOP policy?

I mean BESIDES being and nominating minorities to cabinet?

I mean actually put into working practice, not just talked about...

Its hard to top starting two wars in Asia and trashing the world economy.

Treating terrorist's like U.S citizens for starters.

I about spit up the wine I was drinking when the Gov giving the Republican rebuttal slammed "deficit spending." So deficit spending for eight years under Republican Bush was good, and Cheny said deficits don't count any more, but one year so far of deficit spending under Obama in response to the second greatest financial crisis the country has known is somehow unacceptable. Sure is funny how some Republicans think.

Sg