Posted on 01/25/2010 8:29:23 AM PST by traumer
Populist or professor? Contrite or uncompromising?
President Obama will have a chance Wednesday to reintroduce himself to the nation when he delivers his first official State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress.
The prime-time speech, which will be aired on all major TV networks and cable stations, could hardly come at a more critical time for a president grappling with double-digit unemployment, sinking poll numbers and the possible collapse of his top domestic policy priority, an overhaul of the nation's health-care system.
"As often as the president has spoken over the past year, critics on the right and left have largely defined him," says University of Notre Dame American studies professor Robert Schmuhl. "For the State of the Union, he needs to redefine himself, who he is politically and what his core principles and policies are."
In Ohio on Friday, just three days after Democrats lost the 60th Senate vote that gave them an edge in pushing their agenda through Congress, Obama struck a decidedly populist tone.
Shunning a necktie for a midday town hall-style meeting in Elyria, Obama told the crowd again and again that he'll "never stop fighting" for them on issues from health care and jobs to education and accountability.
On Wednesday, however, the setting will be decidedly different: formal and steeped in history and tradition.
When he speaks to the nation from the House of Representatives' chamber, he will take "the biggest stage the president has" to speak to the people, says Michael Gerson, White House speechwriter for George W. Bush.
How he responds to last week's message from Massachusetts voters, who gave Republican Scott Brown the seat held by Sen. Edward Kennedy for nearly five decades, could set the political course for the next year and beyond.
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he could just walk onstage and fart and the media would swoon
obama-fatigue.
This President will NOT make a comeback like the media pundits hope.
He has been exposed as an extremist and that will never be undone.
Hope he keeps his damn feet off the desk while he reviews the teleprompter’s speech.
That night is my sock drawer sorting night.
It will make me sick to watch how many times Nazi Peloser jumps out of her seat and applaud like she’s some kind of cheerleader.
Please allow me to reintroduce myself
I’m a man of wealth and taste
I’ve been around for a long, long year
Stole many a liberal) soul and faith
And I was ‘round when Hillary
Had her moment of doubt and pain
Made damn sure that Revrend Wright
Ran his mouth and sealed her fate
Pleased to meet you
Hope you guess my name
But what’s puzzling you
Is the nature of my game
I stuck around Chicago Town
When I saw it was a time for a Change
Through the word Hope around
Conservatives screamed in vain
I held back tanks
requested by general’s rank
When the Talaban raged
And the bodies stank
Pleased to meet you
Hope you guess my name, oh yeah
Ah, what’s puzzling you
Is the nature of my game, oh yeah
(woo woo, woo woo)
I bowed with glee
For your kings and queens
Turned back clocks decades
For I am the god they made
(woo woo, woo woo)
I shouted out,
“Who took the seat of the Kennedys?”
When after all
It was you and me
(who who, who who)
Let me please reintroduce myself
I’m a man of wealth and taste
And I laid traps in ObamaCare
Guess Who”ll get killed before they reach eighty
(woo woo, who who)
Pleased to meet you
Hope you guessed my name, oh yeah
(who who)
But what’s puzzling you
Is the nature of my game, oh yeah, get down, baby
(who who, who who)
Pleased to meet you
Hope you guessed my name, oh yeah
But what’s confusing you
Is just the nature of my game
(woo woo, who who)
Just as every Cambridge cop is a criminal
And all the blacks saints
As heads is tails
Just call me Lucifer
‘Cause I’m in need of Scott Brown’s restraint
(who who, who who)
So if you meet me
Have some courtesy
Have some sympathy, have some taste
(woo woo)
Use all your well-learned politesse
Or I’ll lay your (income) to waste, mmm yeah
(woo woo, woo woo)
Pleased to meet you
Hope you guessed my name, mmm yeah
(who who)
But what’s puzzling you
Is the nature of my game, mmm mean it, get down
(woo woo, woo woo)
Woo, who
Oh yeah, get on down
Oh yeah
Oh yeah!
(woo woo)
Tell me baby, what’s my name
Tell me honey, can ya guess my name
Tell me baby, what’s my name
I tell you one time, you’re to blame
Oh, who
woo, woo
Woo, who
Woo, woo
Woo, who, who
Woo, who, who
Oh, yeah
What’s my name
Tell me, baby, what’s my name
Tell me, sweetie, what’s my name
Woo, who, who
Woo, who, who
Woo, who, who
Woo, who, who
Woo, who, who
Woo, who, who
Oh, yeah
Woo woo
Woo woo
This isn’t a State-of-the-Union address. It’s a State-of-Barack-Obama address. This is all about him and his poll numbers.
They want people to put more money into retirement accounts because they plan to take them over sometime down the road.
They want people to put more money into retirement accounts because they plan to take them over sometime down the road.
Idiocracy is one of the best movies I’ve seen! The best humor is rooted in truth...
He’s going to reinvent himself while standing in front of Nancy Pelosi and Harry Ried?
This is a state of the union address. The speaker of the house and senate leader both sit behind the president. I wonder if the press will work the camera angles to ensure you don’t see them.
Lipstick on a PIG is still a PIG~~~you betcha~~~~ Palin/Brown 2012~~~~~oink oink
Obama will earn the nickname “Ovomit” Wed.
Bingo.
“158 interviews with various MSM.
411 speechs.”
And don’t forget that this is his 3rd! speech to a joint session of congress in less than a year. All televised in prime time. Jees, what as ego.
Will this “reintroduction” be done from OBAMA’s GREEK TEMPLE?
Reintroduction=new and improved lies.
Maybe he can Hugo stand next to him.
The we would all know what he stands for.
“Hi. I’m Barack Obama and I’m here for your guns, bibles, and money.”
This is his first “official” SOTU. He gave one last year too.
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