obama state of Union speech

by truthbetold Wed Jan 21, 2015 1:15 pm

Any comments? Did any one see it?

by Hellsangel Wed Jan 21, 2015 2:13 pm

Nope.

But some good comments here from columnists:

http://www.cnn.com/2015/01/21/opinion/opinion-state-of-the-union-roundup/ wrote:It was as if President Obama completely missed the outcome of the November election. Someone needs to tell him that his party no longer controls even one house in Congress -- let alone both, as was the case in 2009 to 2011.

In his seventh State of the Union address, Obama was as bold and audacious as ever. He spent the first part of the speech bragging about how his administration had singlehandedly saved the country from prolonged war, decaying values and economic ruin, and the second part laying out a wish list for what he believes still needs to be done in the remaining two years of his presidency to complete the salvation.

Normally, Americans might find this sort of thing refreshing -- i.e., a leader so committed to his principles that he won't waver in the policies, even in the face of growing political opposition.

Yet that's not how this drama comes across. It's not refreshing. It's ridiculous. The President has just suffered a clear repudiation of his policies, and, instead of backing up and recalibrating his strategy for getting things done in a landscape that has changed dramatically, he's doubling down on his bet. That's not leadership. It's hubris. And sadly, the latter is often incompatible with the former.

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