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State of the Union reaction: Media gives Obama thumbs up
Politico ^ | 2/12/2013 | MACKENZIE WEINGER

Posted on 02/12/2013 9:00:49 PM PST by South40

President Barack Obama delivered an “effective” State of the Union address that took an emotional turn at the end with the emphasis on gun violence, members of the media said after his speech on Tuesday.

CBS’s Bob Schieffer called the speech much “better” than Obama’s inaugural address, which he said had come across as a “partisan lecture.”

“I mean, the president’s inaugural address had sort of a partisan lecture tone about it,” Schieffer said after Obama wrapped. “This was a political speech, but it was well-written, it had a beginning, a middle and an end.”

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To: South40

So the “media” have the speech a thumbs up... Was this before or after they heard it?


21 posted on 02/13/2013 1:37:34 AM PST by ScottinVA (Gun control: Steady firm grip, target within sights, squeeze the trigger slowly...)
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To: South40

The media creams themselves every time this guy speaks. I don’t get it.


22 posted on 02/13/2013 3:41:11 AM PST by dubyajam (t "Life is Hard ... It's Even Harder When you're Stupid" --- John Wayne)
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To: South40

Thumbs up? The media’s collective nose is buried DEEP into the clown’s backside. Their profession is in the sewer for the perversion of liberalism.


23 posted on 02/13/2013 4:46:14 AM PST by SoFloFreeper
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To: GeronL

Uh, Obama HAS called for them....it is wearing the cloak called Obamacare.


24 posted on 02/13/2013 4:49:29 AM PST by SoFloFreeper
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