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Surely, you are not suggesting that it was the Obama administration's policies that precipitated the 9 million job losses. And, unless you are a believer in fairy tales, you don't believe that the President has a magic wand that he can simply wave to create jobs.
The market has been going up (not up and down) for 5 months. The economy, which is reflected in the stock market, has to revive before jobs can be created and that IS happening.
Same lies & false sense of hope we were given two years ago.
Willing to listen to us the people about the healthcare reform bill & make what changes need to be made?
Oh really?
Rewind a year ago & Palosi said it was going to pass, but she didn't know exactly what was in it.
"Fathom the odd hypocrisy that Barry Soetoro (a.k.a. Barack Hussein Obama) wants every citizen to prove they are insured, but people don't have to prove they are citizens."
The little boy that did the rebutal didn't listen either, maybe if he had he wouldn't have looked so foolish with his rebutal speech, that's what ya get when you send a rookie in to replace a experienced player.
Casper
With scare tactics, I didn't think much of him, is that the best they can do?
I was heartened to see that at least 3/4 of the time the members stood to applaud, they did so in unison over an issue both sides found commonality on.
I was also glad there was WAY less standing this time around.
John Boehner had 2 looks; "yeah, right " and "Oh G-d, how are we going to rebut this and not look like partisan idiots?"
I think the President is right that, by G-d, we need to start focusing on fixing our education system or we will soon be unable to compete in a world market. And that includes investing in R&D!
I love that he's going to be sending Congress a proposal for streamlining government departments. It will mean losing a lot of federal jobs, which will both have the conservatives around here screaming about "job losses under Obama", and the conservatives in the real world unable to lay claim to the "smaller government" line they've been lying to the public about for decades (they've grown the government every single time they've controlled it).
Did Paul Ryan even listen to the President's speech? He repeatedly called on him to do things he had clearly said he was going to do. Speaker Boehner was right to look worried about the rebuttal coming off as idiotic.
I laughed my butt off over the smoked salmon line!
Great post. I'd like to point out that the President and his Administration and Cabinet Departments have already been making HUGE strides in getting a grip on Medicare. There was an article on CNN about it yesterday, but sadly, it's not the kind of thing folks around here like to talk about.
"The federal government returned a record total of more than $2.5 billion to the Medicare program from settlements and court judgments surrounding health care fraud cases last year, according to a government report issued Monday.
An overall total of $4 billion was collected, including hundreds of millions in funds recovered for other federal agencies and payments to whistleblowers, the Justice Department said."
There is a lot to be proud about with this presidency. We're definitely on the right path.
Sanrene hated the speech? Color me shocked! Didn't you just say the same thing about his speech in Tucson? In your opinion, when did he have "good" speeches? I'm really interested to find out.
November 2012 is still too far too call - but think of the hits that Obama has endured in the last year - the oil spill, the devolution into insanity of the right, etc, etc., and his approval is STILL hovering around 50%.
Plus, the economy is picking up and still has 18 months to go.
The GOP house will likely be ineffectual (too many divergent goals there), and the party has no stars to run in 2012. Palin has turned into a massive thorn in their side.
Can't wait 'til the election! I predict a lot of exploding heads around here.
The stock market is not the only thing that drives the American economy and you know it.
How about 9 million job losses in the last two years. Guess the stock market is the ONLY positive thing you can post about.
The stock market going up and down does not help the average American who has lost their home and living in tents.
Its actually 2.8 million not 9 million, the numbers were higher after the first few months in office when he took over under conditions in which the previous administration left with losing 700,000 + jobs a month.
Seems to me, that alone is something to be thankful for.
Do I need to remind you of the sheer agony of an Al Gore (or John Kerry) speech?
The impossible sheen of John Edwards hair blazing in faux-populist fury?
The wristslitting disappointment of a W speech?
The lip quivering and touchdown for Jesus style of a Clinton speech?
The nasal twang of and tortured look of a Bush I speech?
The horror of seeing Dan Quayle go anywhere near the lectern.
Reagan? Ok, Mr. Reagan made people feel pretty good too.
And a lot of people liked it. Point is. I like it when a President can speak.
Me too, he's not boring as those in the past who made you want to change the channel, he talks directly to the people and I feel that way.
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And, unless you are a believer in fairy tales, you don't believe that the President has a magic wand that he can simply wave to create jobs.
