Posted on 02/11/2013 8:23:44 AM PST by Bratch
This doesnt mean it wont be overlong, enervating, and instantly disposable like the last four were, just more peevish than usual. Itll also be an occasion for O to pivot to jobs for the seventh or eighth time in his presidency, which I take it means 15-20 minutes about the middle class and the latest iteration of the Buffett Rule before he gets back to the stuff that really drives him, like banning assault weapons and creating an earned amnesty for illegals.
Emboldened by electoral victory and convinced the GOP is unwilling to cut deals, Obama plans to use his big prime-time address Tuesday night to issue another broad challenge at a Republican Party he regards as vulnerable and divided, Democrats close to Obama say
When POLITICO asked how Obama is approaching the speech compared with his previous State of the Union addresses, a person close to the process of drafting the speech replied with a 2,500-year-old quote from Chinese military strategist Sun Tzu:
Build your opponent a golden bridge to retreat across.
That strategy could be dangerous. If Obama is perceived as too partisan, hell lose some of his personal popularity, which is the source of his political capital. But congressional Democrats actually fret about the opposite scenario with several senior party aides telling POLITICO they fear Obama will fold on key issues, like entitlement cuts, if the GOP decides to bargain with him.
He wont lose popularity, or at least not because of this. One of Obamas few real rhetorical gifts is his knack for dumping on opponents stridently while not sounding strident. Hes always cultivated a cool-headed, above-the-fray, adult in the room image it was key to his post-partisan shtick circa 2008 and he does a solid job of maintaining it for the benefit of low-information voters who dont follow politics closely day to day. Therell be plenty of we are one America in this speech to cushion the Republicans are destroying America verbiage, and thatll work just fine for casual watchers. Plus, if he throws some red meat to the left, he can count on some flattering post-speech coverage no matter how dull the proceedings get. Theres already buzz in political media about him taking on climate change tomorrow night. Thatll go nowhere in Congress, but luckily the press has had a revelation about the benefits of unilateral executive action since he took office.
Heres Rand Paul previewing the tea-party rebuttal to Os speech and addressing his perceived rivalry with Rubio. Exit question: Does Obamas aggressiveness give Rubio more room for counter-aggression in the GOP response? Per Politico, With Obama signaling a more confrontational approach, Rubio has apparently scrapped his first draft and settled on a tougher tack, according to former Bush administration operative Nicolle Wallace, appearing on ABCs This Week.
I won’t be watching, either. I’m sure there will be plenty of articles later that give an efficient synopsis of all of the lies and such, without having to listen to all of the fake applause, the excessive use of “uh”, “me” and “I”, stammers, pauses, etc. that drag out what should be a 20 minute speech.
On Sunday evening, I DVR’d Downton Abbey, and this will be the perfect opportunity to watch that recording.
Why on earth spend a nano-second watching this liar?
I am sure some more productive time could be spent, oh I don’t know, sorting your sock drawer, cleaning your fingernails or in the spirit of the event, some anal bleaching. (sorry if that offends anyone but when I think of that POS that is the area of the body which immediately comes to mind)
To listen to a liar only gives his voice a sounding board. He is an American hating vermin and the sooner he is out of office along with this progressive Marxists the better. I trust he will be gone before his term as ended as if not, the damage he will do may be beyond repair.
I would not object to bulldozing the White House after his departure and rebuilding it as no amount of industrial solvent will remove the stain he has imposed on this country.
Spending the time on the toilet would be more productive than wasting one second listening to the Marxist POS.
Obama and his elite government are at war with America. We have known that since he was a Senator. Why would we expect anything less than an aggressive and divisive speech?
i don’t need this incompetent, lying, muslim-foreigner telling me how rosey the next four years will be...my dislike for this pos is unmeasurable....needless to say, Iwon’t be watching either...
When has odumbo not been a confrontational jerk? I mean really, his antics in a school situation would result in a daily a%%-whuppin’.
I’ll vote for you!
I’ll ignore this speech just as I did the previous ones. Seeing or hearing that Creep leads to sensory overloads and nausea.
It leads to high blood pressure for me. Even knowing already that he’s an evil liar, watching the evil liar in action is too much. Knowing that this wouldn’t be happening if a majority of this nation weren’t stupid selfish lazy greedy parasitical takers is stroke-inducing. All I can do is make sure that anything I produce can’t be confiscated and turned over to them. I’d rather they starved first, and that’s the truth.
PARA-MILITARY OBAMA DEMOCRATS ARE ON THE MARCH ---- A SAD RELIC OF THE CIVIL WAR Once they get a little power---the Dems go nuts.
STROLL DOWN MEMORY LANE Post-Civil War Northern carpetbaggers were prominent in Southern politics until 1875, but nearly all left under pressure from white paramilitary organizations----then-described as "the military arm of the Democratic Party"-----working openly to violently overthrow Republican rule, using intimidation and assassination to turn Republicans out of office and suppress free former-slaves from voting.
The Republican sheriff of Yazoo, Mississippi, received a brief flurry of national attention when insurgent white Democrats took over the county government and forced him to flee. (WIKI)
================================================
FREEPER ACTION MEMO In 1875, Hiram Revels, a Mississippi Republican--and the first African-American US Senator--wrote to then-Pres Ulysses S. Grant denouncing Northern invaders into the post-Civil War south for manipulating the Black vote for personal benefit, and for keeping alive wartime hatreds. (WIKI)
We need to get someone with integrity----like Cong Allen West (not reelected)----- to write letters to his colleagues, and to the media.
Cong West needs to do the following:
(1) decry the agitation and intimidation tactics being used by para-military Democrats,
(2) expose hatemongering being used for personal gain,
(3) emphasize the illegalities WRT threatening free people and businesses, and,
(4) precpitate investigations into Democrat tactics; using govt authority and govt resources fraudulently.
The self-serving progs live in a dark place----they know only (1) the govt as enforcer, and, (2) the individual to be crushed.
Whereas Conservatives are strongly united by love of country----united by a dynamic force of issue-centered groups, associations, churches, military, tea parties, prayer groups, gun pwners, the power of the internet and web sites.......
.......as well as powerful organizing issues----patriotism, gun ownership, pro-lifers, religious freedom/1st amendment.........and on, and on, and on.
Obama's forces of evil refuse to recognize constitutional freedoms. They refuse to adhere to the hallmarks of a democracy---in-place constitutional guarantees.
The Founders escaped foreign domination and endured horrendous deprivation----they structured our govt to protect the citizenry from tyrants and oppression. The safeguards are there----they merely have to be mobilized.......by we, the people.
=====================================================
NOW WHAT? We are in the best position vis a vis the Dem/Prog/Obamanations. That's why we win, they lose. Conservatives alone have the sheer manpower to conduct democratically-inspired sabotage at every point. Hold up every bill, refuse to fund anything, filibuster Reid's filibuster, investigate, and so on.
The press fell for that image because they wanted to fall for something that made him larger than life. Of course they also fell for John Edwards and every other dem no matter how creepy...
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.