Obama's SOTU Versus Reality

In their State of the Union speeches, all previous presidents presented their policies in the most favorable light, but did they go so far as to distort reality? Did they use them to trash their opponents?

I don't think so. But in his last one, Obama did, and adding insult to injury, as always, he pointedly decried partisan sniping right before launching into another episode of partisan sniping. It's as though he doesn't even realize he's being hypocritical on steroids.

Obama is also the first president to have framed his SOTU speeches, in part, as high-school debate rebuttals. He must tell his speechwriters to bullet criticisms of his record and then craft a point-by-point rebuttal. If you haven't noticed, it's a formula for negativity and partisan rancor -- the very things he denounces.

In addition, no other president has presented his record so inaccurately that informed and unbrainwashed viewers must conclude that the primary target of Obama's deception is Obama himself. If he were capable of digesting how bad his record is, he surely wouldn't embarrass himself by portraying it so falsely.

Obama claimed that there are no existential threats facing this nation, that his economy is robust, that his educational record is stellar, that people who are skeptical that global warming is man-made are fools, that the United States is more respected internationally now than it was before he took office, that Obamacare has lived up to its promises, that the military is overfunded, that ISIS members are just fanatics and killers riding around in pickup trucks, that his "clean energy" programs are superior, that people who support entitlement reform are the irresponsible ones -- saying we should actually double down on these bankrupting boondoggles -- that proponents of an orderly immigration system are bigots, that Ted Cruz's pledge to aggressively pursue the Islamic State is code for deliberately bombing innocent civilians, that he himself deserves praise for reducing the deficit, that he values bipartisanship and compromise and ideas other than his own, that it's morning in America and that he's just getting warmed up and planning on engineering further transformational change at the expiration of his term.

Can you imagine having this record of failure, bragging about it and promising to deliver more misery into the indefinite future? It would be like the owner of the Chicago Cubs pledging to keep winning the World Series.

As for existential threats, try ISIS, a government-sponsored invasion of our borders by immigrants whom the left encourages not to assimilate or embrace the American idea, out-of-control entitlements, the exploding national debt and the systematic assault on the Constitution and rule of law by a renegade executive branch and cynical, activist judiciary branch.

Obama's recovery is the worst in 50 years. He insists we accept anemic 2 percent growth as the new, wonderful normal. The labor participation rate is at its lowest since the 1970s. The median household income has fallen to a 20-year low, as has homeownership. Dependency programs, including food stamps, have skyrocketed. The poverty level is soaring. And Obama is hellbent on doubling the national debt. If it weren't for some mild Republican resistance, there is no telling how much higher spending would be. He mocks responsible people who would structurally reform entitlements, which are guaranteed to become insolvent and also bankrupt the nation.

Obama touts his clean energy program but omits that government is subsidizing it and sabotaging the natural gas and coal industries. It's pretty easy to take credit for the winners when you abuse power to pick winners and losers.

Though Obama boasts that Obamacare has caused 18 million more to be insured, it has been a complete disaster. The overwhelming number of additional insured people are from Medicaid expansion. People have lost their doctors and plans in droves. Premiums and deductibles have not decreased as promised but increased enormously.

Though Obama ridicules non-joiners of the apocalyptic global warming cult, he has never explained how the draconian measures he favors, even if fully implemented, would make a dent in reducing mean global temperature over the next century.

He has made a consummate mess of foreign policy, engineering the decline of the United States as the world's sole superpower, alienating our allies and coddling our enemies. He continues to defund the military; the Army will decline by some 40,000 more soldiers in the next two years alone, and we're below strength necessary to fight in two different theaters -- always viewed as the acid test for readiness. He has grossly mistreated Israel, to which Saudi Arabia and Egypt have now had to turn because of his untrustworthiness. He claims to have ISIS contained -- though it is in 20 nations, continues to wreak havoc in the Middle East and is a significant threat in the United States and Europe in the eyes of former intelligence, military and security advisers.

Then there are things Obama didn't mention, such as his record-breaking performance in dividing the nation along racial, gender and economic lines. His commandeering of the IRS to target his political enemies. His multi-pronged assault on the Constitution. His assaults on religious liberty. His nightmarish concessions to Iran, which have emboldened its tyrannical regime to be even more defiant -- already violating the nuke deal with its ballistic missile program and lawlessly kidnapping our sailors.

Yes, folks, things are going swimmingly, and there's nothing to see here, so let's turn the volume down, OK?

This creep would be deemed insignificant in a real world and kicked off the stage when he exhibited any ambition.

He is the epitome of wrong-headed ass-wipes and has been a disaster for this nation, reducing it to pitiful status.

He has taught many of us to hate and despise the political class even as much as we hate and despise him.

Crawl off the stage you narcissistic nitwit and take your retinue, consisting of homosexuals, Muslims, communists, traitors and America-hating assorted negroes and slouch into ignominy.

You have done as much damage to this nation as several nuclear bombs would have done.

IF OBAMA were a jockey riding AMERICAN PHAROAH ......
he would come in last in every race.......

Obama is stifling America and Congress is aiding and abetting the TRAITOR
instead of IMEPACHING HIM.......

jOkeass constantly makes the choice, war or do nothing. When you take war off the table, your choices in between become limited. ObOzO seems to be asking the question “Suppose they gave a war and nobody came?”. And, the answer is coming down to you lose, since, they are coming.

Very good article.

I think it can now be said that Barack Obama is certifiably insane. All liberals require constant affirmation for their demonstrably failed beliefs...thus the existence of the mainstream media, Obama doesn’t seem to need anyone to tell him how wonderful he is, he can do that all by himself, thank you.

Nothing fazes this unshakeable belief in his own uniqueness. I suppose it’s his way of maintaining psychological equilibrium. His aura of confidence is what got him to where he is, he won’t relinquish it. He can’t.

We’ll never convince him of how reviled he is. If Barack Obama somehow ends up with consequences, well, he’ll become like those who kill their own children and deny it all the way to the ultimate punishment.

Hillary Clinton shares all the above traits with Obama. Liberalism is truly a disease.

Premiums and deductibles have not decreased as promised but increased enormously.

To this point: I have private insurance through my employer. My out of pocket deductible has skyrocketed, thanks to changes in the law driven by Obamacare and the so-called "standardization" of even private healthcare plans.

I take Lyrica for neuropathy in my feet (and now starting in my fingers.) Last year, 3 months of Lyrica on my PRIVATE, Employer semi-funded insurance was $35.

I had it filled just the other day. $537.50 out of pocket.

Tell me again Obama, just what a great job you did "reforming" healthcare.

I cannot repeat the words my fingers want to type here. One of those words starts with the letter "A" and ends in "E." I'm sure it's easy enough to guess, it's 7 characters long.

And yesterday he met with our ally King Abdullah (sp) King of Jordan for five minutes as his schedule was very full, he had to jet off to Louisiana and give his SOTU speech to an elementary school!

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