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Obama to reintroduce himself during State of the Union
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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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To: traumer

he could just walk onstage and fart and the media would swoon


101 posted on 01/25/2010 9:12:28 AM PST by wardaddy (Good Yankees in Massachusetts, I salute you all from bended knee in appreciation)
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To: All

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.


102 posted on 01/25/2010 9:12:28 AM PST by Maverick68
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To: traumer

Hope he keeps his damn feet off the desk while he reviews the teleprompter’s speech.

That night is my sock drawer sorting night.


103 posted on 01/25/2010 9:13:01 AM PST by exit82 (Democrats are the enemy of freedom. Sarah Palin is our Esther.)
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To: traumer

104 posted on 01/25/2010 9:13:31 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: henkster

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.


105 posted on 01/25/2010 9:14:05 AM PST by freebird5850 (O-Bomba is not the Messiah. Jesus was a carpenter and could build a cabinet!)
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To: traumer

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


106 posted on 01/25/2010 9:14:41 AM PST by dblshot (T.V. - Why do you think they call it programming?)
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To: traumer

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.


107 posted on 01/25/2010 9:15:21 AM PST by Hoodat (For the weapons of our warfare are mighty in God for pulling down strongholds.)
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To: traumer
"Reintroduce himself..."

Oh, that's OK bozo...we've MET!

We've been telepromptered by you on every subject imaginable, and then we watched how you "walk your talk"...truth is, you DON'T. LIAR is part of your protocol, your inner core, your total being...and nothing you say on Wednesday is going to change that...it'll just be more bulls**t.

How do we know that, other than your track record? Well, you've went and hired ol' Pouloffe again...propagandist extrodiaire. If you didn't mean to B.S. us, then WHY do you need him? His LIES are the LIES that got YOU elected, and we're still NOT appreciating THAT.

Like the comedian "carrot top" you started out with a big box of tricks...but now we've seen most of them, and you're running low. The "hope" trick is dead, the "change" trick is exposed for the hoax it is, and all of your other tricks don't add up mathmatically, or as common sense.

The last three GOP upsets in your "safe districts" should be the clue that folks don't like what you've been doing, and doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results is the first sign of mental illness.

You wanted to be a 'big shot'...to party on OPM (other peoples money) and soak up the spotlight for a while...well, you have. You've had a jumbo jet at your disposal, more vacations than a late night TV host, and undeserved international prize money given to you. Wow...what a run. If us normal folk had only ONE of those things happen, we would have been happy for life.

So, show up on Wednesday on your mark in the center of the Pelosi/Reid sandwich and read your teleprompter...I won't be listening or watching. I'll probably opt to watch the curling championships or "Cake Boss" or some other more exciting fare.

You're going to say the SOS anyway. I just hope someone in the chamber has the balls to call you a "liar" again, or at least a subcurrent of "Boo's"...maybe even a walkout if you get totally ridiculous.

But please...give your speech...the more you talk the lower your ratings drop...
108 posted on 01/25/2010 9:16:52 AM PST by FrankR (There will be no jobs until it is profitable for employers to hire people....PERIOD.)
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To: spectre

They want people to put more money into retirement accounts because they plan to take them over sometime down the road.


109 posted on 01/25/2010 9:17:47 AM PST by dforest (Who is the real Jim Thompson? I am.)
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To: spectre

They want people to put more money into retirement accounts because they plan to take them over sometime down the road.


110 posted on 01/25/2010 9:17:52 AM PST by dforest (Who is the real Jim Thompson? I am.)
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To: dfwgator

Idiocracy is one of the best movies I’ve seen! The best humor is rooted in truth...


111 posted on 01/25/2010 9:20:48 AM PST by Taylor (The 2nd Amendment is the "reset" button on the constitution.)
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To: ops33

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.


112 posted on 01/25/2010 9:22:04 AM PST by Brookhaven
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To: HerrBlucher

Lipstick on a PIG is still a PIG~~~you betcha~~~~ Palin/Brown 2012~~~~~oink oink


113 posted on 01/25/2010 9:22:51 AM PST by FreeperFlirt
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To: traumer

Obama will earn the nickname “Ovomit” Wed.


114 posted on 01/25/2010 9:24:19 AM PST by Balata
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To: himno hero
Louis Cypher?

Bingo.

115 posted on 01/25/2010 9:24:45 AM PST by Hoodat (For the weapons of our warfare are mighty in God for pulling down strongholds.)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

“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.


116 posted on 01/25/2010 9:27:26 AM PST by PilotDave (Anyone who can get NJ + MA to vote R, can't be all bad.)
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To: traumer

Will this “reintroduction” be done from OBAMA’s GREEK TEMPLE?

Reintroduction=new and improved lies.


117 posted on 01/25/2010 9:29:21 AM PST by Gator113 (Obama is America's First FAILED "light skinned African American [Pres-dent] with no Negro dialect..")
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To: traumer

Maybe he can Hugo stand next to him.

The we would all know what he stands for.


118 posted on 01/25/2010 9:41:33 AM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard .. Chuck DeVore - CA Senator. Believe.)
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To: traumer

“Hi. I’m Barack Obama and I’m here for your guns, bibles, and money.”


119 posted on 01/25/2010 9:43:19 AM PST by mbynack (Retired USAF SMSgt)
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To: traumer

This is his first “official” SOTU. He gave one last year too.


120 posted on 01/25/2010 9:45:20 AM PST by PghBaldy (Like the Ft Hood Killer, James Earl Ray was just stressed when he killed MLK Jr.)
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