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5 good reasons to blow off Obama's speech
investors.com ^ | Jan. 20, 2015 | ANDREW MALCOLM

Posted on 01/20/2015 7:10:03 AM PST by PROCON

For once, Barack Obama pays attention tonight to the Constitution, which requires that a president "from time to time give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union."

There's nothing in that sacred document about turning it into a pie-in-the-sky, political wish list, criticizing Supreme Court justices to their faces or going on for over an hour on prime-time TV and pre-empting some of our most popular shows. There's not even any mention of a president delivering the required information in person or verbally -- very verbally.

Obama's State of the Union Addresses have been among the longest in modern history, averaging nearly 65 minutes. Not as long as the 71-minute average of Bill Clinton, who also liked to hear himself talk. But way surpassing the 37 minutes of Ronald Reagan, who was more interested in communicating.**

For most of the presidents from No. 3 Thomas Jefferson to No. 28 Woodrow Wilson, courier was a satisfactory means of meeting their Constitutional obligation. But when first, radio and then TV arrived, a personal appearance before a joint session of Congress became irresistible.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: obama; sotu
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To: PROCON

Congress already probably knows more than Obama about what’s really going on, & the rest of us in TV land have already heard more than enough of his prevarications.....so what’s the point of him being on the air & upsetting programming of greater value than his speech?


41 posted on 01/20/2015 7:43:51 AM PST by oldtech
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To: PROCON

Short version: Republicans want you dead because they won’t give me a $2 trillion blank check to fix crumbling infrastructure and provide free education. You didn’t build that but Jose is in the audience tonight who built a gardening empire all by himself. Vote for Lizzie in 2016.


42 posted on 01/20/2015 7:45:08 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: PROCON

I will not watch it or have any channel on with him on it.


43 posted on 01/20/2015 7:47:32 AM PST by I want the USA back (Media: completely irresponsible. Complicit in the destruction of this country.)
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To: jetson

For obama, the SOTU speech would be more appropriately called the STFU speech ... he truly has nothing to say.


44 posted on 01/20/2015 7:48:46 AM PST by glennaro
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To: PROCON

..where you're not sure what I should say just put in an extra 'ah', 'uh' or 'you know'.

45 posted on 01/20/2015 7:49:50 AM PST by JPG (The GOPe will always find a way to surrender)
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To: Slyfox

LOL! You have the best ideas! Time to pass that tradition on to the grandchildren!


46 posted on 01/20/2015 7:49:55 AM PST by CAluvdubya (<------- has now left CA for NV, where God and guns have not been outlawed! Molon Labe)
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To: PROCON

The primetime programming that will be sidelined will be fiction,too,but at least it might be entertaining.


47 posted on 01/20/2015 7:50:07 AM PST by oldtech
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To: PROCON

After Jonathan Gruber, the smoking gun, why listen to these people — they lie.


48 posted on 01/20/2015 8:00:06 AM PST by 4Liberty (Prejudice and generalizations. That's how Collectivists roll......)
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To: PROCON
And most of the mainstream media has and will go along with him. You won't hear many whistles blown tonight or tomorrow. The lame duck's tired old proposals will be treated as brand-new, as if they just came out of Valerie Jarrett's brilliant mind.

I'm sensing that the MSM is rethinking its propensity to back Obama up. He is literally destroying the Democratic Party, and in 700 days he'll be gone, and the media will still be there, either tainted irreparably by their sycophancy, or in full damage control.

I think I'm seeing signs that damage control is where they're headed. The NYT will never change, but the Washington Post has already begun a change in tone, from what I see. Leading leftist pundits have published not-so-glowing assessments of Obama, I believe they feel they must, in order to save the Donkey party.

It's either him or them, and the reaction to this speech will tell us which the media have chosen.

49 posted on 01/20/2015 8:03:29 AM PST by wayoverontheright
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To: PROCON

His speeches remind me of used car ad on TV in the 60’s.
A beauty
One owner
Low miles
Super clean
Won’t last long


50 posted on 01/20/2015 8:04:17 AM PST by Vaduz
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To: PROCON

Another Ratings Flop


51 posted on 01/20/2015 8:07:11 AM PST by molson209 (Blank)
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To: PROCON

Five reasons for skipping Barack Obama’s SOTU Speech

1) Barack Obama is giving the speech.
2) The speech is being given by Barack Obama.
3) It is Barack Obama who will be giving the speech.
4) Giving the speech will be Barack Obama.
5) Barack Obama, the speech, will be giving.


52 posted on 01/20/2015 8:07:33 AM PST by WayneS (Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos.)
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To: fivecatsandadog

Sort 2 buckets of rusty nuts,bolts & screws; and your bous reason.


53 posted on 01/20/2015 8:08:50 AM PST by justrepublican (Screaming like a "Vexatious requester" at a Wellstone memorial...........)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

Good post. You are correct.

I don’t listen to dog and pony.

They are made up news, and sadly, the media will be full of their analysis of this crap for a week afterwards.

You almost wish the “mistress who blackened Harry’s eye” story would hit tomorrow morning and be far more interesting to the media crowd.


54 posted on 01/20/2015 8:09:58 AM PST by xzins ( Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Those who truly support our troops pray for victory!)
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To: fivecatsandadog

Good call.

You want to be able to concentrate on the jobs at hand so as not to get any of the tasks mixed up.


55 posted on 01/20/2015 8:10:08 AM PST by WayneS (Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos.)
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To: PROCON

I’m scheduled to be reloading some .357 magnum rounds tonight.


56 posted on 01/20/2015 8:11:16 AM PST by WayneS (Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos.)
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To: PROCON
Reasons to not watch the SoTU:

#1 - Obama will be speaking
#2 - See #1

57 posted on 01/20/2015 8:12:52 AM PST by DesertSapper (Becoming more libertarian (small 'l') by the day)
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To: TomGuy

Justified is back!!!, but unfortunately it’s the last season.


58 posted on 01/20/2015 8:13:10 AM PST by mykroar ("Never believe anything until it has been officially denied." - Otto von Bismarck)
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To: xzins
-I don’t listen to dog and pony-.


59 posted on 01/20/2015 8:17:49 AM PST by JPG (The GOPe will always find a way to surrender)
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To: PROCON

That speech is tonight? Dang, I’d almost forgotten. My tradition (dating back to the ‘90s, revived in 2008 after an 8-year haitus) is a trip to the indoor pistol range.


60 posted on 01/20/2015 8:21:35 AM PST by Charles Martel (Endeavor to persevere...)
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