Wednesday, January 27, 2010

State of the Union

Once again, Obama showed what a masterful and compelling speaker he is and spelled out a sane and logical way forward.
Now let's see if he follows through with his rhetoric, instead of continuing to disappoint those who elected him.

More from Think Progress:
McCain seen mouthing ‘blame it on Bush’ when Obama outlines the problems he inherited.
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And again highlighting my problem with Matthews:
Chris Matthews on Obama during SOTU: ‘You know, I forgot he was black tonight for an hour.’
(Think Progress)
And more from Huffington Post.
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And still more from Huffington Post:
WATCH: Conservative Supreme Court Justice Alito Says 'That's Not True' During Speech
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And common sense advice:
Obama Takes On Democrats: We Have A Big Majority, Don't 'Run For The Hills'
(Huffington Post)

And, showing how good Obama's speech was, the repug response was so utterly bland and lacking in any kind of substance (or reality), it was almost sad:
READ GOP'S RESPONSE
(Huffington Post)
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In most of the response, McDonnell was agreeing with Obama and when he wasn't, it was because he was lying about what Obama actually said or what reality says...