[Apple Pan Dowdy]

"...his article is as agenda driven as..."

AGENDA DRIVEN??? I am agenda driven too! My agenda

• Not only protecting America from invasion by Muslim terrorists, but also the infiltration and take over of America by illegal aliens
• stopping the promotion of socialism in America
• keeping a healthy economy as well as keeping such a huge portion of our income being turned over to the IRS and our grandkids from having to suffer the consequences of our years and years of unbalanced federal budgets
• stopping the promotion of immoral behavior and values (such as allowing the murder of unborn babies)

I could go on and on, my point is, yes the author of this article has an agenda..... but it does not sound like a "liberal" one to me!

[RiflemanSharpe]

If a dem president had followed the domestic agenda that Bush hah, the people on this board would be screaming. But just because he has a R by his name they give him a pass.

[prairiebreeze]

See my post #256

Also, "socialism" is rather broad and since I have limited time, I'll only have the time to address a small aspect of this complaint. In the SOTU the President made it clear he promotes competition-driven health care. That represents capitalism not socialism.

In the SOTU he also states he can reduce the deficit by half in 4 years. I'd like to hear more specifics about that plan, but he's clearly thinking about and mindful of the deficit.

The ban of partial-birth abortion is the biggest anti-abortion step made by ANY President. We can all agree that more needs to be done, but why forget or minimize the important of this (hopefully) first big step?

I am unable to address your comment on illegal aliens. I have been traveling and am just not sufficiently versed in the subject and need to find some reading time. I WILL say that the President clearly stated in the SOTU that he is AGAINST amnesty. He supports a work-related program (my words here) that he made distinctions about.

I am skeptical of the authors motives for writing this article. To me it appears to be a "Let's see who we can stir up on FR (or other conservative venues)" stink piece. Reading it made me feel like Jonah was trying to catch and reel in fish. I struck me real wrong.

Prairie