tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776805599159893803.post3870927875326670421..comments2023-07-30T01:08:43.318-07:00Comments on Politics Plus: Obama Low-Key But Masterful in State of the Union AddressTomCathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11397335545286040472noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776805599159893803.post-12262661405189122642010-01-30T15:33:22.235-08:002010-01-30T15:33:22.235-08:00RZ, I deleted your last comment, because calling t...RZ, I deleted your last comment, because calling this blog a "Kumbay Ya camp" is disrespectful to me and the other people here. Wallpapering multiple threads with duplicate links is also disrespectful behavior. I asked you to stop it. I realize you are passionate about your anti-Obama views, and you are welcome, as are others who come here, to express your views, respectfully and on TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11397335545286040472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776805599159893803.post-67352536664200707872010-01-30T15:06:08.979-08:002010-01-30T15:06:08.979-08:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Tao Dao Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16229628652152584292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776805599159893803.post-48756279006055994772010-01-30T14:47:33.108-08:002010-01-30T14:47:33.108-08:00RZ, you have already placed both of these in other...RZ, you have already placed both of these in other threads. One you have in two other threads. Stop it, please.<br /><br />RJ, I have no objecrion to his meeting with lobbyists. I do, however object to him giving them more assecc than the progressive caucus has received.<br /><br />Dave, this goes to his misplaced attempts at bipartisanship. I fully agree with yoiur premise that they should TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11397335545286040472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776805599159893803.post-70542212865465020702010-01-30T13:52:06.614-08:002010-01-30T13:52:06.614-08:00Obama's betrayal of American values, the law, ...Obama's betrayal of American values, the law, and the Constitution, not to mention proof he is not a liberal, lies in his kid glove, "look forward" treatment of the Bush/Cheney war crimes. The corporate media are silent because they too abetted and profitted from the criminal behavior of Bush/Cheney.<br /><br />As the Reich Wingers love to say, listen to the generals.<br /><br />GenDave Dubyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03279370558997246976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776805599159893803.post-67544302709082800642010-01-30T12:09:34.776-08:002010-01-30T12:09:34.776-08:00or this? Obama Hypocrisy Watch: Obama Rips Lobbyis...or this? <a href="http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2010/01/obama-hypocrisy-watch-obama-rips-lobbyists-then-gives-them-private-briefings.html" rel="nofollow">Obama Hypocrisy Watch: Obama Rips Lobbyists, Then Gives Them Private Briefings</a> - This is what Obama said in the State of the Union address: We face a deficit of trust – deep and corrosive doubts about how Washington works that have been rjshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15681812432224138582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776805599159893803.post-27635174067503014542010-01-30T11:53:01.543-08:002010-01-30T11:53:01.543-08:00Or how about this one?
Published on Saturday, Jan...Or how about this one?<br /><br />Published on Saturday, January 30, 2010 by the Daily Telegraph/UK<br />'Nobel Peace Prize-Winner Barack Obama Ups Spending on Nuclear Weapons to Even More Than George Bush'<br /><br />by Carol Driver<br /><br /><br />Obama gives a speech, answers some questions, and the kumbay ya camp fire is on.Tao Dao Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16229628652152584292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776805599159893803.post-25581904341082714982010-01-30T11:49:42.504-08:002010-01-30T11:49:42.504-08:00Is this a stance or a fact?
"Justice Offici...Is this a stance or a fact?<br /><br /> "Justice Official Clears Bush Lawyers in Torture Memo Probe<br />Newsweek<br /><br />By Michael Isikoff and Daniel Klaidman<br /><br />For weeks, the right has heckled Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. for his plans to try the alleged 9/11 conspirators in New York City and his handling of the Christmas bombing plot suspect. Now the left is going to be Tao Dao Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16229628652152584292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776805599159893803.post-72766594790039165492010-01-30T11:32:44.215-08:002010-01-30T11:32:44.215-08:00I am too, Lisa, but consider the alternative.
Kas...I am too, Lisa, but consider the alternative.<br /><br />Kasey, Eagleright and Orion, why do right wingers usually post under blank ID's? I shall not dignify your comments with a replies.<br /><br />Ivan, his matress is stuffed with corporate cash.<br /><br />Dave, I could not have said it better.<br /><br />RZ, you seem unable or unwilling to give him credit for anything. I'm certainlyTomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11397335545286040472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776805599159893803.post-40732818664128602422010-01-29T06:21:14.479-08:002010-01-29T06:21:14.479-08:00i didnt watch the speech, but despite saying he w...i didnt watch the speech, but despite saying he wouldnt, krugman apparently did, and he alleges obama was using language "identical to widely ridiculed remarks early last year by John Boehner, the House minority leader."rjshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15681812432224138582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776805599159893803.post-84349056078238436412010-01-28T21:42:54.969-08:002010-01-28T21:42:54.969-08:00Y'know, googling "Obama SOTU home run&quo...Y'know, googling "Obama SOTU home run" doesn't get all that many hits. Many are duplicates and reposts of other posts. He of course said little to thrill his opponents (and I dread the treatment his DoJ lawyers will get next time they go before SCOTUS!) but even on his side the cheers and clapping seem muted, almost <i>pro forma</i>. The election disasters over the past 3 OrionCAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13506931043292732703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776805599159893803.post-19543907116454360362010-01-28T19:36:04.486-08:002010-01-28T19:36:04.486-08:00Home run... Yes!
I love President Obama!!Home run... Yes!<br /><br />I love President Obama!!Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16583773305351498372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776805599159893803.post-22963981561781945292010-01-28T19:15:31.957-08:002010-01-28T19:15:31.957-08:00Obama's speech was classic Benito Mussolini. S...Obama's speech was classic Benito Mussolini. Spooky. Hope he doesn't suffer the same fate. See:<br />"Obama Creates Poverty, Not Jobs!"<br />http://constitutionparti.blogspot.com/Christian Prophethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10020964652943679070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776805599159893803.post-75627259904642869482010-01-28T17:01:40.879-08:002010-01-28T17:01:40.879-08:00"I respect opposing points of view."
Go..."I respect opposing points of view."<br /><br />God, I'm glad someone around here does. I thought the speech was superb - more serious in tone than a campaign speech - and the Republicans were simply rude.Leslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776805599159893803.post-78270637118366082682010-01-28T16:56:06.668-08:002010-01-28T16:56:06.668-08:00I didn't watch it.Everyone is saying it was a ...I didn't watch it.Everyone is saying it was a good speech.I read an excerpt where he lied about the need for bailouts,comparing the decision to root canal. <br /><br />Making an unpopular decision which is right is one thing, making an unpopular decision which is wrong and was known to be wrong at the time but still making that decision in order to reward financial speculators who contributedOsohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09513535195785731541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776805599159893803.post-61867540957903234932010-01-28T13:46:03.139-08:002010-01-28T13:46:03.139-08:00I thought it was a good speech, but a little too ...I thought it was a good speech, but a little too "bipartisan" sounding. I know he's trying to get everyone working together, to be responsible: but it's not going to happen. I'm glad he did point out the Repubs for their obstruction to their faces. Unfortunately, I think it's a case of too little, too late. The RW's have already made their 'NO" mantra JUDI M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10371810363877424765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776805599159893803.post-79024571546395773632010-01-28T11:03:48.149-08:002010-01-28T11:03:48.149-08:00I thought it was a good speech. My favorite parts ...I thought it was a good speech. My favorite parts were when the camera went to the GOP as they were sitting on their hands while the chamber was applauding the president. I would like to think the voters will punish them in November for not lifting a finger to help the American people, but the voters haven't been too smart lately. Congress is who we should be directing our anger towards, Not Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18303260031729868857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776805599159893803.post-52359938189854117592010-01-28T10:48:49.834-08:002010-01-28T10:48:49.834-08:00I participated in a poll that asked a few simple q...I participated in a poll that asked a few simple questions on the thoughts on Obama before the speech, then take another poll with similar questions after the speech.<br /><br />Obama won over some Republicans and Independents with the speech. In all categories, the view was more positive than before the speech.<br /><br />TC: I'll forward the email with the poll results to you.Cellophane Queenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08166797508899835493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776805599159893803.post-62748603792248217452010-01-28T10:17:57.702-08:002010-01-28T10:17:57.702-08:00Just passing by to say hi Tom.Just passing by to say hi Tom.Middle Ditchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16493665280732775898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776805599159893803.post-50685284028392384512010-01-28T10:00:59.945-08:002010-01-28T10:00:59.945-08:00I thought it was a great speech. My favorite line...I thought it was a great speech. My favorite line was: "And we haven't raised income taxes by a single dime on a single person. Not a single dime.”<br /><br />I didn't even know that myself. We've all seen so many hysterical rightwing blog posts and letters to newspapers, wailing about Obama's high taxes, "taxed enough already," yada yada yada -- I was starting Tom Harperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05610417770240609022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776805599159893803.post-30047192140255818452010-01-28T09:52:18.588-08:002010-01-28T09:52:18.588-08:00It was a good [CAMPAIGN]speech.It was a good [CAMPAIGN]speech.Tao Dao Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16229628652152584292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776805599159893803.post-22261387342716090772010-01-28T09:47:25.534-08:002010-01-28T09:47:25.534-08:00I was amused when Obama challenged the Republicans...I was amused when Obama challenged the Republicans to do more than just say "no" and take leadership responsibility with their new 41 percent "majority" in the Senate.<br /><br />Too bad most of that "liberal agenda" is forced into taking on the monumental task of fixing the damage done by the "conservative agenda".<br /><br />As any objective observer Dave Dubyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03279370558997246976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776805599159893803.post-84989863821010168302010-01-28T08:43:36.262-08:002010-01-28T08:43:36.262-08:00This speech was another attempt at spewing words t...This speech was another attempt at spewing words that have no meaning. The liberal agenda is still there and Americans see right through it. Just a Dog and Pony show. If real economic change doesn't happen soon, this bum will be out on his bum.eaglerighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03189937976553940419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776805599159893803.post-27267525888068996702010-01-28T08:14:16.804-08:002010-01-28T08:14:16.804-08:00Stunning State of the Union Address!
I could well...Stunning State of the Union Address!<br /><br />I could well be an Abyssinian watching Julius Caesar up on the rostrum.<br />I knew what President Obama was saying, but sort of going like the antique Ethiopian:<br />"Don't know what you're saying man, but I dig it!"<br /><br />I don't think even Cicero could hand a patch on Mr. Obama.<br /><br />But theres seemed to me a ivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05662075375182633162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776805599159893803.post-41694974522180559542010-01-28T07:45:18.120-08:002010-01-28T07:45:18.120-08:00What a joke. Obama masterful? His speech last nigh...What a joke. Obama masterful? His speech last night is only going to cause Americans to tighten their belt straps (even more than before) because of all of his ridiculous "policies" and "bills". I think the best way to put it would be "trickle up poverty". And to have the audacity to compare himself to Reagan and Kennedy? The ones who increased Space and Military Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14560056878561209861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776805599159893803.post-733393144986902652010-01-28T06:01:27.743-08:002010-01-28T06:01:27.743-08:00I saw the Altio clip last night. Thomas and Scali...I saw the Altio clip last night. Thomas and Scalia couldn't be bothered to attend. I'm going to read the text before I comment further. No, I didn't watch it...I'm a little pissed at Obama right now, and I like my flat screen. :)Lisa G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02909155560510148815noreply@blogger.com