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WH Subtly Encourages Americans to Ignore GOP State of the Union Response
The Weekly Standard ^ | January 20, 2014 | Jeryl Bier

Posted on 01/19/2015 1:43:06 PM PST by Kaslin

Throughout his presidency, Barack Obama has repeatedly said he isn't set on just implementing his own agenda -- if other people have ideas, he wants to hear them. In fact, the day after the 2014 elections when Republicans expanded their majority in the House and took control of the Senate, the president said, "I am very eager to hear Republican ideas for what they think we can do together over the next couple of years." But when it comes to the Republican response to his Tuesday State of the Union address, however, the president doesn't seem too interested in the American public hearing those Republican ideas.

Beginning with an email from Joe Biden last Friday night, the Obama administration is doing what it can to encourage viewers to eschew the traditional network broadcasts of the State of the Union and the subsequent response (this year from the new Iowa senator, Joni Ernst,) and instead view the president's speech online on the White House website. To hear the vice president tell it, watching the speech on WhiteHouse.gov is even better than hearing it on the floor of the House because online viewers get an "enhanced" speech.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; Government
KEYWORDS: demagogicparty; gop2015soturesponse; memebuilding; obama2015sotu; partisanmediashill; partisanmediashills
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1 posted on 01/19/2015 1:43:06 PM PST by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

I’m ignoring the White House.


2 posted on 01/19/2015 1:44:57 PM PST by Steely Tom (Vote GOP for A Slower Handbasket)
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To: Kaslin

I’m going to be watching basketball.


3 posted on 01/19/2015 1:45:26 PM PST by CMailBag
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To: Kaslin

She hasn’t even found out where the Senate washroom is yet and she already has them running scared! LOL


4 posted on 01/19/2015 1:45:39 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.)
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To: Steely Tom

Me too. The only past of the SOTU goat rope that I want to see or hear is Ernst’s response to the lyin’ king.


5 posted on 01/19/2015 1:50:40 PM PST by jospehm20
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To: Kaslin

Obama cheats
the GOP has deflated balls

and that’s the state of the union


6 posted on 01/19/2015 1:51:20 PM PST by ClearCase_guy (Malort, turning taste-buds into taste-foes for generations.)
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To: Kaslin

I have something else very important to do during that time. I haven’t figured out just what it is as yet but I know it will be more important than watching/listening to that jerk. It could be as simple as cleaning out email files.


7 posted on 01/19/2015 1:52:19 PM PST by Thank You Rush
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To: jospehm20

The problem is Ernst will have a hard time finding anything to castrate in the White Hut.


8 posted on 01/19/2015 1:52:41 PM PST by Pelham (WWIII. Islam vs the West)
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To: Kaslin
"online viewers get an "enhanced" speech."

If you play the speech backwards you can hear him say, "I am the prophet."
9 posted on 01/19/2015 1:53:18 PM PST by clearcarbon
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To: Kaslin

I hope Joni throws pig nuts at SantaBama.


10 posted on 01/19/2015 1:53:20 PM PST by CMailBag
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To: Kaslin

I will pass on the residents speach but will watch the responce.....


11 posted on 01/19/2015 1:56:27 PM PST by grounhog (Ss grounhog)
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To: Kaslin

Of course, 90%+ of America won’t watch either, whether its on the Internet or on TV, so this really doesn’t matter.


12 posted on 01/19/2015 1:59:56 PM PST by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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To: CMailBag
I’m going to be watching basketball.

I have to find something less trivial than an Obama speech so I'm going to a bar to play some trivia.

13 posted on 01/19/2015 2:01:10 PM PST by KarlInOhio (The IRS: either criminally irresponsible in backup procedures or criminally responsible of coverup.)
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To: Kaslin

State of the Union Address: The cure for insomnia.


14 posted on 01/19/2015 2:05:48 PM PST by getarope (Jesus is coming soon, and boy is he PISSED!)
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To: Kaslin

The Lyin’ King watches over the jungle tonight aweemaway-aweemaway-aweemaway...


15 posted on 01/19/2015 2:09:14 PM PST by broken_arrow1 (I regret that I have but one life to give for my country - Nathan Hale "Patriot")
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To: Kaslin

Obie Won, you lie!


16 posted on 01/19/2015 2:13:57 PM PST by windsorknot
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To: Kaslin

I doubt that more than 10% of the population will watch either the speech or the response. So who really care what the dear leader does with regards to it?


17 posted on 01/19/2015 2:17:02 PM PST by RKBA Democrat (The uniparty: celebrating over 150 years of oligarchy and political control!)
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To: Kaslin

How about if I ignore the State of the Union and king o.


18 posted on 01/19/2015 2:21:43 PM PST by EXCH54FE (Hurricane 416,Feisty Old Vet !!)
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To: Kaslin

Amazing what they come up with to keep the illusion of 2 parties alive.


19 posted on 01/19/2015 2:26:23 PM PST by Norm Lenhart
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To: EXCH54FE

Because, as citizens, every one of us ought to be as informed as we possibly can about the actions our government takes. That’s exactly what this “enhanced” speech does.

ROFLOL!


20 posted on 01/19/2015 2:28:54 PM PST by Excellence (Marine mom since April 11, 2014)
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