Watch how he deals with the thorn in his side, The Affordable Care Act, Obama Care
Watch how he deals with hot issues: immigration, unemployment insurance, deficit (bad management or boogey man, who is really to blame?), Al Qaeda (terrorists), Gun Control (is this a dead horse issue? Why is it still relevant?), same sex marriage, marijuana (Hemp), the Economy, jobs, Afghanistan and we are not of Iraq yet,
Watch clapping and standing ovations
Watch the face of the Speaker of the House--John Bohner
Watch how they are seated, are they mixed or not: 535 members of congress (House is 435, Senate 100), Supreme Court justices are in front row--9
Watch who the guests are upstairs in the balcony--soldier, unemployed, maybe someone with a small business,
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"Getting at Obama's State of the Union"
ReplyDeleteWell. I think he did what I expected him to do. He has very good speech writers and he is quite an elegant and effective orator.
That being said, I personally was hoping for more. More passion, more directness, a more defiant and respectfully "in your face" message. I see the President as someone who had his heart in the right place both times he ran for office but someone who had an uphill battle since day one, for several different reasons. And Race was definitely one. I think he hit on all the areas everybody thought he would, but there wasn't enough details in each area to make the case. If we look at any one of the issues he mentioned, they all have a valid need to be addressed. But, take gun control for example, with all the tragedy that has happened and is happening every day, I think he could have not only mentioned where they happened but why and how they happened, and what "good, bipartisan, common sense", ways to deal with this problem.
Watching the partisan reactions to the speech lets me know that nothing is likely to change until he is gone. Or at the very least until there is a House, Senate and President all under the same party. Which is unfortunately terrible for our country. He is a President, not a King or Dictator. Contrary to what some GOP hate mongers want to characterize him as. Which means the party of "NO" is going to do nothing but obstruct as they have for the last 5 years. He doesn't seem to be a big practitioner of the Executive Order or he would use it more. Even though they can be cancelled or over written by the next president, who's going to have the balls to do it if it's in place and working for millions of people, i.e. the Affordable Care Act, also negatively referred to as "Obama Care" by the GOP.
Finally, as far as the Republican rebuttal goes. I didn't see them all, of which there were four(4), which shows, in my opinion, that they don't speak with one(1) voice even within they're own party, there's fragmentation and disagreement, and we're supposed to follow or believe in them??? The "official" response was also a dish of the same old thing, just toned down. "We have a better plan, a better way", but if they do why haven't they brought those ideas to the table and worked on making things better for the people they claim now they want to help. US, the middle class and even less fortunate. I hope my dissatisfaction with the whole process is coming through LOUD AND CLEAR.
First of all, I am not really familiar with those faces that I’ve seen during the speech except for Obama himself and of course, Michelle. I have no idea who they are. So I will just say what I believe I understand. He talks more about unemployment, education, immigration, guns and violence, using of natural gas, ending the war in Afghanistan, encouraging companies to concentrate in America for more job opportunities, helping other countries especially in Asia Pacific. The Obama care which helps millions of Americans. He brought up the deficit was half compared 5 years ago. Help americans get more from their taxes to help them move forward.
ReplyDeleteHe had a very strong point that americans should work together. Have initiative so we can change our life and it should be right now. Be vigilant. Be aggressive. Help one another. We have to do it first. Government cannot do everything for us.
The speech is good, if it will be implemented and everybody is willing to give it a try. It may sound simple but that is the only thing I can say. We’ve been hearing all of this almost every year. Not only in this country but almost all of the countries in the world. But we know that not everybody will agree so we better prepare ourselves for more arguments. We will just wait of what will come up.
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