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  1. 1.

    Dave C

    24 Oz. of Stone’s Ruination IPA better be enough to get me through this. David Gregory’s blathering is not making me too optimistic about my prospects, though.

  2. 2.

    inkadu

    I’m catching up to Chuck slowly. Should be done with Season 1 by the end of the month.

    Let us know if Adam Baldwin does his condescending grin. It’s a drink if he does.

  5. 5.

    inkadu

    CSPAN just has people milling about. Much better than the jibbering on the other networks. Oo. Gavel. Shh.

  6. 6.

    Bootlegger

    Oh noes, look at all dem white peeple.

    What did anyone expect from the first President of color?

  8. 8.

    Spork

    I’m drinking on “United” “States”, and “We”. I’m hoping to be out by halftime. It’s a simple game, you win if you have to read about the speech tomorrow to find out what it was about.

  11. 11.

    burnspbesq

    Wise move. In your condition, you don’t need to be tempted to chuck your laptop across the room.

  16. 16.

    Max

    Michelle looks beautiful. I like her new hair and her outfit is sharp.

    I love our president!

    O-bot.

  17. 17.

    fourlegsgood

    Thanks – get some rest, and yes, a nice card and a gift certificate to your nurse is a wonderful idea. And appropriate.

  18. 18.

    AkaDad

    If Obama doesn’t say exactly what I want to hear, then I’m so hopping on the Palin bandwagon.

  20. 20.

    inkadu

    @robertdsc: Did you see the little uniformed security to the First Lady’s right? She’s teeny tiny. Looks like a DC cop. Wonder what that’s about.

    Listening to this is making my palms hurt

  26. 26.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    @demkat620:

    I don’t get it, but I rarely get Tweety. But, fair’s fair, his remark to Olbermann, that the even-tempered Obama “is not you” was pretty damn funny.

  29. 29.

    Keith G

    I will forgive Obama all his sins if he becomes the Prez who discontinues the practice of introducing guests in the gallery.

  32. 32.

    burnspbesq

    C-SPAN video feed froze on Obama shaking hands with Justice Thomas. Pulling the wastebasket out from under the desk in case I have to puke.

  37. 37.

    mcd410x

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Declaring “I don’t quit,’” an embattled President Barack Obama vowed in his first State of the Union address Wednesday night to make job growth his topmost priority for the year and urged a divided Congress to come together around new stimulus spending and short-term economic relief. He said he would still pursue ambitious longer-term changes to health care, energy, education and beyond.
    “Change has not come fast enough,” Obama said before a politician-packed House chamber and a TV audience of millions. “I do not accept second-place for the United States of America. As hard as it may be, as uncomfortable and contentious as the debates may be, it’s time to get serious about fixing the problems that are hampering our growth.”

  39. 39.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    @mr. whipple:
    Hillary would have spat in his face!

    Ralph woulda noogied him bald! !

    Kucinich would have reached up and punched him in the nuts! ! !

  40. 40.

    Brian J

    Is it too late to hope he makes a high profile firing tonight of Geithner and instead proposes the Senate approves someone who will make Wall Street piss itself?

  41. 41.

    Keith G

    Wait, a Union v Confederacy CW reference? That must be a SOTU first (well in about 150 yrs, anyway).

  44. 44.

    Bootlegger

    The First Lady is standing with the cops that dropped the Terrarist, boy that gives me a stiffy….

  47. 47.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    @Max:

    He also says the reception wasn’t very warm.

    Republicans were doing that sarcastic slow clap from 1996. Dennis Miller is their comedy adviser, after all.

  50. 50.

    mcd410x

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Obama calls for repeal of don’t-ask-don’t-tell policy on gays in military.

  52. 52.

    Comrade Mary

    Amaretto fruit crisp is working nicely, but what the hell kind of pie was Tweety talking about?

  60. 60.

    Poopyman

    Hey Cole, I just came up for air after working a proposal most of the week and just read your “I’m Alive” post. Jeebus! I can’t offer anything more than my sympathies, although the closest I can come to advice is to get as much sleep as you can. It’ll help.

    Mrs. P and I are sitting here (+0, sadly) watching Joe and Nancy sagely nodding along with the speech.

    Ooops. Joe almost prematurely clapped. Must be reading ahead on the teleprompter.

  62. 62.

    vk

    watching the sotu on cnn. does obama’s makeup make him look jaundiced or it just on cnn? he doesn’t look like he normally does.

  68. 68.

    Zam

    but what the fuck is he going to do about the human-animal hybrids?

    I’m pretty certain that is why we can’t let the gays marry, you know slippery slope and all.

  78. 78.

    camchuck

    @jrg:

    what the fuck is he going to do about the human-animal hybrids

    Haha. I guess Bush came through on that one, though I’m suspicious of Usain Bolt and Michael Phelps.

  79. 79.

    McGeorge Bundy

    Ah, the teabagging Republicans can’t bother to applaud a “modest fee” on the biggest banks to get the rest of the bailout money back. True colors shown right there.

  81. 81.

    CaseyL

    I can’t watch; I’ll lose track of time and miss going off to take the census enumerator test. So thank y’all for doing the play by play.

  91. 91.

    Sentient Puddle

    Yeah, Obama taking a dig at the Republicans wasn’t a drinking word, but damn, that was too good to pass up.

  95. 95.

    JK

    For anyone seeking a good progressive critique of Obama’s SOTU check out wbai.org, kpfk.org, or kpfa.org at the conclusion of the speech and democracynow.org tomorrow morning.

  97. 97.

    AhabTRuler

    I find half of Nancy Pelosi’s head to be very creepy. I have no problem with the entirety of her head, but seeing just the “smile” is wrong.

  100. 100.

    Cain

    haha “I thought I would get some applause on that one” the look he gave them was awesome!

    cain

  108. 108.

    Corner Stone

    ***dramatic pause***

    “now, slow the tempo mr. prez”

    You’ve got them….now hit it! Up tempo! Preach it!

  110. 110.

    Comrade Mary

    Jobs bill for 2010. Okey-dokey. Aaaaaaand health …?

    (I know, I know, gin makes me impatient).

  112. 112.

    Notorious P.A.T.

    There he is, President Hopeful

    That’s his leadership style: do nothing, and hope Wall Street behaves responsibly; do nothing, and hope a dysfunctional Congress passed health care reform; do nothing, and hope the economy rights itself.

  113. 113.

    Max

    From Marc Ambinder’s Twitter feed

    A Dem e-mails: “The footage of every R sitting when Obama talked about bank tax is going into every ad we do in 2010.”

    Obama Fuck yeah!

  115. 115.

    RandomChick

    Can we juxtapose the R’s “no” vote on the job bill (you know it’s coming) with their standing O on him mentioning it?

  117. 117.

    jenniebee

    @Bootlegger: that shit’s going to go viral, Republicans sitting on their hands when Obama says that banks should pay back the money given them by taxpayers and then sitting on their hands as Obama runs down a list of tax cuts.

    Then they stand when he calls for a Jobs bill. WTF kind of optics strategy are they going for here?

  118. 118.

    Brian J

    Boy, all of these references to Ohio, Pennyslvania, and Arizona, among others. You’d think these states were important in an election or something.

  120. 120.

    SIA

    @AhabTRuler: It’s just that she’s mildly brain damaged.

    What is that fuckwad Saxby Chambliss (Asshole-GA) doing? Blackberry. Can I just say … FUCK YOU SAXBY.

    OK I feel better now.

  125. 125.

    Luthe

    …didn’t I suggest that the Dems tax the banks and loan it to small business like three months ago?

    ::wonders when the WH started reading BJ comments::

  127. 127.

    mcc

    He’s describing a bunch of plans re: loans with money from TARP, capital gains holidays etc for small businesses. How many of these were in the House “jobs bill” already passed?

  130. 130.

    Bootlegger

    @jenniebee: I dunno, but they are out of sync big time, and those creepy poker faces only remind me of some dude standing over a hole in a tearoom.

  132. 132.

    Comrade Mary

    I want to dress Republicans up in little vests and hats and make them dance. They know all about organ grinding, don’t they?

  133. 133.

    Cain

    Awesome.. finally, someone who will give tax breaks to businesses who don’t ship jobs abroad.

    cain

  135. 135.

    SIA

    @Cain: I’m mostly listening cause I’m working, but have the Pubs clapped for anything? OH, there we go, they clapped for getting rid of capital gains. Fuck them. Sorry I feel vicious tonight. ;)

  141. 141.

    Admiral_Komack

    The President is defending his record ’cause Lord knows the MSM won’t do it (Keith, Rachel, Ed, Billo, Joe Scar, Uncle Pat, I’m looking at you, bitches!)!

  142. 142.

    Cain

    @SIA:

    Jesus Doug, you and Cole have started turning into the same kind of drama queens you pick on Sully for being. I mean, come on: the “school uniform/welfare reform phase of the Obama presidency”? What the fuck, man?

    Not really, they’re just being dumb. I’m urging them to clap since Obama is hitting them with the stuff they SHOULD be clapping for.

    cain

  151. 151.

    Comrade Mary

    Oooh, is this the wind-up? “I was told I was too ambitious, plans too contentious … but how long should we wait?”

  152. 152.

    DougL (frmrly: Conservatively Liberal)

    “I want a jobs bill on my desk… without delay.”

    Shorter President Obama to Nation: “These fuckers write the bills, I only sign them. Give me something to sign.”

  155. 155.

    Just Some Fuckhead

    He should threaten to kill one Supreme Court justice per week until he gets his agenda passed.

  161. 161.

    Laura W

    @AhabTRuler: I dunno. Every time I look at her I feel like asking the Birthday Fairy for a bit of “work” for my upcoming solar return. ( Happy Bdays to fellow Aquarians, Krista and Mary. God. It’s been a year already? Has felt like 12, frankly.)

  166. 166.

    Ash Can

    This is a president who understands that the real engine of economic growth is the middle class. Hooray.

  169. 169.

    darryl

    After nearly missing The Wire by stopping 3-4 eps into it the first time, I now give shows the entire first Season. I gave chuck the entire first season, and it blew donkeys. It blew donkies aggressively. The Baldwin guy wanting to cavalierly and pointlessly kill the blonde agent? That’s the most nonsensical writing I’ve ever seen. And the theme song by Cake, whose vocals are the worst ever recorded and digitized…Don’t even get me started on the pseudo-weirdo Indian Guy and Bald Guy comedy duo’.

    While Scrubs was a geek comedy by geeks, Chuck is just Geeksploitation. The first season at least. Maybe the second season is better.

  173. 173.

    Tomlinson

    Lots and LOTS and LOTS of emphasis on what the house has done.

    He’s asked them to suck it up and do the right thing on HCR, you betcha.

  176. 176.

    jenniebee

    Eric Cantor shaking his head on small business loans. Whoops, they’re up for eliminating the capital-gains tax on small businesses.

    OMG, Obama’s going for High Speed Rail, BOB is going to be happy.

    Republicans not applauding tax breaks for companies that do not ship jobs overseas. W. T. F.

    Democratic agenda to keep us competitive with China. This man is a Framer.

  179. 179.

    robertdsc

    Send the bill back until it gets done right? Yeah, right. tell that to Tom Coburn and his guns in national parks bit that went through with the credit card reforms.

    Please.

  182. 182.

    Corner Stone

    Why do I feel like he has a Pac-Man roller ball or some shit on that podium? He keeps folding his hands over it like he’s got next for Dig-Dug or some 80’s arcade game.

  187. 187.

    Cain

    haha.. “I know that people disagree with teh overwhelming scientific evidence on global warming” Awesome!

    cain

  189. 189.

    Dave C

    “I know there are those who doubt the overwhelming scientific evidence on climate change.” Fuck yeah, Mr. President!

  193. 193.

    Corner Stone

    Pelosi is wearing those shoes featured in Seinfeld where Jimmy increases his vertical jump for basketball games.
    She is springing the fuck up with a smile.

  195. 195.

    Laura W

    North Carolina Batteries, Bitchez!(?)

    (I’m thinking I should just go catch up on last week’s Project Runway since I’d hate to be a segment behind tomorrow. I’ll never be able to follow the plot line.)

  202. 202.

    SIA

    “Overwhelming scientific evidence on climate change”. Now that’s what I’m talkin’ about.

  203. 203.

    Nicole

    “Reform export controls to fit with national security.” I liked the “uh… is this good? bad… Am I supposed to support this?” tentative half-clap. S’okay, Congress; I’m not sure what it meant either.

  211. 211.

    DougL (frmrly: Conservatively Liberal)

    The Republicans look like they all shot up a paralysis drug before shuffling in like the zombies they are.

  215. 215.

    Anne Laurie

    Effin’ CSPAN keeps freezing – skipping on me so I’ve got the Hulu stream on. Apologies, but I did not know they would be using the Fox stream. How does Chris Wallace walk down the street without getting beaten about his whiny, smirky head?

    The men of SCOTUS do not seem to be in favor of young Americans getting a good education. Even some of the Rethugs stood up for that one, John-John, Nino.

  217. 217.

    Tomlinson

    There we go again, “I urge the senate to follow the house.” Fourth time?

    That’s a message.

  219. 219.

    Admiral_Komack

    @Tomlinson

    “Lots and LOTS and LOTS of emphasis on what the house has done.”

    “He’s asked them to suck it up and do the right thing on HCR, you betcha.”

    -I think the President is also contrasting the Senate’s do-nothing whining.

  224. 224.

    Nicole

    @Laura W:

    (I’m thinking I should just go catch up on last week’s Project Runway since I’d hate to be a segment behind tomorrow. I’ll never be able to follow the plot line.)

    First, Happy B’day upcoming! Second, if you’re not already reading, the Gawker recaps of PR are an excellently snarky way to catch up.

    But yeah, burlap was a fun episode.

  228. 228.

    contessakitty

    @Dave C

    “I know there are those who doubt the overall scientific evidence on climate change.” Fuck yeah, Mr. President!

    Exactly! That is one thing I love about Obama, call me an Obot or whatever. The way he says, you can disagree or doubt but the overall scientific evidence on climate change means you decide not to believe in reality, that makes me smile. It’s been a while since I had a reason to smile…

  229. 229.

    Anne Laurie

    “In the USA, no one should go broke b/c they chose to go to college.” If Obama can get the 10% of income, forgiveness after 20 years, forgiveness for public service proposals passed, he’s got the youth vote locked up.

  230. 230.

    jenniebee

    Oh shit if he means that he’s for vouchers I am going to be seriously pissed.

    Oh good, it’s community colleges. Those are

    10K college tax credit!?! And forgiveness on loans? Halelujah

  233. 233.

    Midnight Marauder

    Olympia Snowe did not stand up and clap when Presiden Obama said “We still need to reform health care.”

    Sit down, Quasimodo’s grandmother. No clapping, not yours.

    +5

  240. 240.

    Comrade Mary

    HEALTH!

    “Now, let’s get a few things cleared up. I wasn’t looking for pubic scalps, and I know I’m getting slaughtered in media and blogs and polls. But you poor fuckers need this. We’re finally getting our thumbs out of our asses (GOP: “What do you mean, “we”?”). Preventative care … Michelle Obama rocks .. . we’d drop the deficit … complexity led to scepticism .. I fucked up in not speaking plainly, OK … and I know you’re jaded and pissed. But, dudes, we own this, and we have to deal with it. I will not walk away, and neither should this sorry bunch of dipshits. Chillax, read for a fuckin’ change, and listen up. Nurses and doctors want this. Think you can do better? Tell me about it. [Aw, fuck. THEY’VE DEMONSTRATED TIME AND AGAIN THEY DON’T HAVE A FUCKIN’ CLUE.] Congress, don’t walk away, come together, over me … [bass solo]”

    Hmmm.

  244. 244.

    jcricket

    I was watching a tiny bit of the SOTU pre-show (ha) on CNN while out with my kid at a pizza place. I almost threw up a little when CNN described their panel of ordinary citizens as scientifically selected as an equal amount of Democrats, Republicans and Independents – as if that’s what America is made out of.

    There’s probably nothing more damaging to American political discourse than this pernicious myth of the center/balance/independents as “what Americans want”. Argh.

    Well, besides the idea that the GOP is a legitimate political party and not a bunch of maniacal religious zealots who have no interest in governing and no grasp of the facts.

  250. 250.

    Dave C

    I know it’s all fleeting and it’s all just words, but fuck it. Tonight, I’m proud to be an O-bot.

    Dave C +3

  251. 251.

    Corner Stone

    What was that Alito? You got something to say you little bitch? Stop mouthing it and say it you fucking punk bitch.

  253. 253.

    KDP

    Let’s try common sense. A novel concept.

    Called out the justices on the corporate donations decision.

    That’s right, you want earmarks, put ’em online.

    I am proud that this man is our president, I tell you, proud.

    You tell ’em, Mr. O. Call them all out on obstructionism.

  255. 255.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    Kennedy, ScAlito, Thomas and Roberts get their own FU!

    Woo hoo!

    Earmark reform: have a cookie, senator McCain, would you like some more cocoa?

  265. 265.

    Spork

    @Comrade Mary:
    Yeah, that. (paraphrase) “We just did that for the last 8 years”. This is way more confrontational and assertive than I expected. Nice to see, I really really hope he means it. No matter what, it’s a nice public and plain (and best of all, soundbite-able) calling out of current players.

  269. 269.

    Sanka

    Kennedy, ScAlito, Thomas and Roberts get their own FU

    Why do liberals hate our system of judicial system so much?

  274. 274.

    inkadu

    Democrats really need to stop the divisiveness, delaying tactics, and demonization.

    Obama is never going to be remotely partisan.

  277. 277.

    Midnight Marauder

    I’m pretty sure Nancy Pelosi is ready to rumble out back with the entireSupreme Court. No backup, no help. Just fisticuffs.

    “You and me, Scalia. BRING IT ON, MOTHERFUCKER!”

  284. 284.

    Comrade Mary

    The play nice lecture.

    “I know that we wouldn’t get unicorns farting rainbows. I know I’m dealing with some recalcitrant and miserable bastards. But the perpetual campaign has to stop. Delaying or obstructing for the hell of it sucks. The confirmation of public servants shouldn’t be held hostage to the pet projects or grudges of a few senators.”

    OK, that last sentence was verbatim. Nice!

    “Democrats, stop wetting your beds. Republicans, learn to fucking count and get ready to do some heavy lifting.”

  287. 287.

    camchuck

    “Can’t live everyday day like its election day, measuring who wins and who loses… etc.”

    Guessing this won’t be the featured segment headlining Politico and the cable news networks.

  293. 293.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    @nepat:

    No you’re not, but I get the politics of saying so.

    Yup. Hamsher and Olbermann won’t, but I do too.

  295. 295.

    Just Some Fuckhead

    Wonder if he’ll try to make Republicans feel bad again next SOTU after another year of record filibustering.

  296. 296.

    Tomlinson

    jaysus.

    I know I called this guy a spineless twit.

    Um. I retract that.

    Holy. Fucking. Shit. He’s going for it.

  300. 300.

    Nicole

    I appreciate calling out the ‘Pubs on short-term politics vs. leadership. Won’t do a damn thing to change their behavior, but it was nice to hear.

  302. 302.

    Corner Stone

    “And around the world, we are torturing and imprisoning more people than we did in 2008.”

  303. 303.

    Sanka

    Another great campaign inauguration speech by POTUS.

    Too bad he’s spent the past year spending, catering to lobbysists, paying off unions, etc etc.—-everything contra to what he’s yapping about tonight

  305. 305.

    vk

    his dig on the scotus was great. alito shaking his head was fucking worth the price of admission, which is admittedly free. speech is agressive in the obama way. surely will piss off the right. i love it.

  307. 307.

    Comrade Luke

    I’m used to the usual hopey-changey stuff, but there’s more than a little bit of taking everyone out to the woodshed.

    Someone sounds fed up.

  308. 308.

    SIA

    Wow- couldn’t log on for a while.

    I am hearing SO MUCH of what I wanted to hear. This is the Obama we need. I feel so much better, thanks FSM.

  309. 309.

    Zam

    Of course the talk after will be all about how he was too tough and isn’t bipartisan enough. But damn this shit needed to be said.

  310. 310.

    TooManyJens

    …I’d feel better about the talk about not sacrificing our values for security if this administration weren’t still planning to hold detainees indefinitely without due process, and invoking “state secrets” every time anyone tries to investigate civil/human rights violations in the WOT/GSAVE.

  314. 314.

    mr. whipple

    I can’t believe he junk-punched the SCOTUS.

    Ditto. Hit ’em with the chair, couch and fridge.

  315. 315.

    rob!

    President Obama: “I came here to kick ass and chew nicorette gum. And I’m all out of nicorette gum.”

  317. 317.

    SIA

    @Comrade Luke: Yes but he keeps it civil and humorous while he does it, which pleases that stupid heartland middle amerrikin. Me personally, like to see some blood.

  319. 319.

    carlos the dwarf

    you know what’s missing that bush used to do all the time [apart from the dumbassery, I mean]? spending ten minutes blathering on about all the people he invited to the speech to be political props.

  320. 320.

    Tomlinson

    I don’t think I’ve ever seen so many people get bitch-slapped at once.

    No shit.

    Anyone in Washington he’s missed?

  323. 323.

    Spork

    This is Grade-A speechifying. I’m eating up 80% of the specifics and 100% of the attitude. Hope this translates to action from a broken system. He’s saying all the right things, I’m just not sure shame is much of a motivator these days for Gongress.

  325. 325.

    Corner Stone

    What’s the name of that damn puppet the world’s best comedian uses on stage? Damn, I can’t think of it. The cranky old puppet the dude uses?
    Biden looks just like that cranky old fucking puppet.

  327. 327.

    Brian J

    @Cain:

    That’s because if he doesn’t go at least a few times, the White House can say it held its hand out but that it was slapped back, and yet, if he does go, he’ll piss off the teabaggers. If the White House makes this as big of a deal as it could, he’s got no choice but to go and act like an adult, or he will lose big time. Obama just tried to back him into a corner.

  328. 328.

    Comrade Mary

    @rob!: Ha!

    I had thought we were going to see conciliatory Obama tonight, and even though I think he could have hit harder on health, I’m getting flashbacks. He set them up the bomb. All their base are belong to us. You have no chance to survive make your time.

  329. 329.

    Tomlinson

    President Obama: “I came here to kick ass and chew nicorette gum. And I’m all out of nicorette gum.”

    ROFL!!!!!

    After a year as Mr Rogers, your neighborhood doormat, where the fuck did this guy come from?

    Bet it’s rewrite central over at republican central right about now.

  330. 330.

    Anne Laurie

    @Midnight Marauder:

    I’m pretty sure Nancy Pelosi is ready to rumble out back with the entireSupreme Court. No backup, no help. Just fisticuffs.
    __
    “You and me, Scalia. BRING IT ON, MOTHERFUCKER!”

    Careful, Nancy, that little fvcker carries a back-up shiv in his back-up shiv. I say you demand Nino send his pet John-John in… one good punch & Roberts throws up his hands & squeals NOT THE FACE OH PLEEEEAASE HALP ME NOT MY PRETTY FACE…

  331. 331.

    Corner Stone

    Don’t fear monger dude. You just said others shouldn’t. Now you don’t either for God’s sake.

  339. 339.

    geg6

    I am gob smacked at his confrontational attitude. At every.fucking.body. Not exactly No Drama Obama. I like him tonight. I like him feisty. I can even swallow the stuff I’m not crazy about if he’d do this more often.

  344. 344.

    Tomlinson

    I can even swallow the stuff I’m not crazy about if he’d do this more often.

    Shit, man. He could do this every week and I’d buy tickets.

  352. 352.

    RandomChick

    @WereBear:
    Last year my 18 year old asked me to explain the difference between Democrats and Republicans. When I was done, he asked, “so how can anyone be a Republican?”

    Great kid. Didn’t have the heart to tell him Dad, my ex, is one.

  354. 354.

    Martin

    Earlier today I fantasized about Obama rhetorically asking SCOTUS permission to not have Osama Bin Laden not finance his own personal congressional candidate. He came pretty close.

    Rather than a drinking game, we need Jane Hamsher poutrage bingo for the following day. I think that’d be more fun, personally.

  356. 356.

    KDP

    @Zam: No, but, he promised to take the leaders of EACH party out to the woodshed once a month. What’s more bipartisan?

    Whoa! Straight out, we WILL repeal DADT. I’d heard he was not going to address that at all. Good on him.

  361. 361.

    Comrade Luke

    I can even swallow the stuff I’m not crazy about if he’d actually do what he’s claiming he’ll do more often.

    Fixed it.

    Oh, and how about that response by the Joint Chiefs wrt DADT. Guess we know where they…sit.

  363. 363.

    JGabriel

    Wow, look at the Republicans just sitting there, stone-faced and recalcitrant, at the call for providing equal rights to all our citizens.

    They really are the party of bigotry. No surprise in itself, but the willingness to so publicly embrace it, en masse, is kind of shocking.

    .

  367. 367.

    Sanka

    The previous eight years never happened”

    That’s right. It’s not like Democrats have controlled Congress for the better part of three, going on four years or anything.

  372. 372.

    Comrade Mary

    “Fuck the polls. Let’s do what’s right.”

    #dresses self as a poll and wiggles suggestively#

  373. 373.

    General Winfield Stuck

    perusing this thread, not having watched the speech, it seemed liked Obama came out fighting. Or something to that order. And it looks the usual suspect PUMA’s are scarce, save for Kidney Stone and he even sorta was pacified by it. Can we have a few days of peace without the Obama made my puppy cry?

    I am going to watch Syriana on netflix, instant. Somebody check on Cole and wipe the slobber off his face. and get him a purdy nurse.

  383. 383.

    nepat

    So how completely wrong was the conventional wisdom about this speech? Fuck you Marc Ambinder, Mark Halperin, Arianna Huffington, and the rest of you milquetoast belly-achers. Gnats!

  384. 384.

    Martin

    Aw, Obama is getting all Dawson’s Creek on us. I think he should end on a high note: “And on that notion of hope and working together, watch me now disembowel the CEO of Goldman Sachs with one of Michelle’s garden trowels.”

  385. 385.

    Keith G

    @Sanka:

    Why do liberals hate our system of judicial system so much?

    We don’t, a## hole. I have a problem with 5 SCOTUS members who said that a corporation has 100,000,000 times the right to free speech than I do – or you.

  391. 391.

    Just Some Fuckhead

    I still think he thinks he can talk Republicans into being something other than douchebags. And that makes me wonder if he’s really fucking stupid or just too embodied of goodness.

  396. 396.

    Da Bomb

    @Midnight Marauder: You were right, he was going to bring it tonight. And some people thought you were joking or delusional when you said it.

    He said everything I thought he was going to say and more.

    OBOT ALL THE WAY BABY!!

  397. 397.

    ksmiami

    See this is why I do not worry about the Republicans winning a few seats here or there; in the end, they are a party of assholes, theocrats, bigots and fear-mongers and after awhile that shit gets pretty old – and a lot of millenials feel the same way

  399. 399.

    Martin

    Well, in all seriousness, I think Obama really understands how the public feels. This may not go anywhere, but I don’t think you can argue that he’s out of touch with the public.

    And now tweety is going on about the camera work. The media we deserve…

  400. 400.

    moja31

    but i thought some congressional aide had a “growing sense” about DADT, which in the blogosphere=fact.

  401. 401.

    nepat

    Supercallifragalistic.

    Skipping the chattering classes post-game shows but really really really happy he took them to the woodshed too.

  403. 403.

    Corner Stone

    @Brian J: That was Alito. That simple bitch was clearly shaking his head and mouthing something during that part.
    I would’ve lost my shit of Obama had stopped and been like, “Alito…something to add here my man?”

  404. 404.

    sgoode

    Ok – was the actual ‘State of the Union’ ever mentioned? And, if it wasn’t, does it really count as a SOTU address? Does that prove that the birfers were right all along?

  405. 405.

    Brian J

    @Sanka:

    Hey, Einstein, the majorities weren’t as big as they are now from 2006-2008, and since the Republicans take their ball and go home whenever they get the chance, there was no chance of a veto being overridden.

    In conclusion, shut your dirty ho-bag mouth!

  408. 408.

    Martin

    @Wile E. Quixote:

    What do you want to bet he hears that all the time from Scalia before the rough sex starts?

    With Roberts huddling in the corner calling balls and strikes.

  409. 409.

    Ash

    @Just Some Fuckhead:

    I still think he thinks he can talk Republicans into being something other than douchebags.

    It’s sort of like the parents of serial killers. You can say all you want that you know that your kid is a good person on the inside, but you know that they’d disembowel someone as soon as the cuffs are off.

  413. 413.

    rootless_e

    @Just Some Fuckhead:

    I’m amazed at how hard this is for some people to figure out. He is not attempting to get Bohner to be decent, he is attempting to rob Bohner of supporters. The impulse to tell the 40% of Republican voters to go fuck themselves is an impulse that cannot produce positive results.

  414. 414.

    Sanka

    I have a problem with 5 SCOTUS members who said that a corporation has 100,000,000 times the right to free speech than I do

    Missed the part in the Constitution that says freedom of speech is limited to those with no money.

    Sorry libs, but the application of the principles of the Constitution does not waver to suit your petty politicial gripes.

  415. 415.

    Brian J

    @Just Some Fuckhead:

    I’d actually have a lot of respect for the Republicans if they allowed McDonnell to say, “And now, I shall give our response to Obama and the Democrats: FUCK. YOU. Thank you, and good night!”

  416. 416.

    Martin

    I would’ve lost my shit of Obama had stopped and been like, “Alito…something to add here my man?”

    I would have gone for more of a Bartlett approach: “Alito, you may think that corporations have unlimited speech with their money, but here, tonight, you don’t. Shut it.”

  417. 417.

    Just Some Fuckhead

    @mcd410x:

    Tampa tomorrow: Obama, Biden to announce high speed rail initiative, Tampa-to-Orlando

    Finally, someone fixing the DisneyWorld-SeaWorld-Tampa Bay Busch Gardens issue.

  419. 419.

    Martin

    “Hi, I’m Bob McDonnell, I’ve found two black people willing to stand behind me and I’m in so far over my head right now, please don’t mind if I cry a little.”

  421. 421.

    daryljfontaine

    The Republican response:

    Cut taxes.
    Reduce regulation.
    Ignore everything President Hopey McKicksyourass just said.

    Get ready for the prolonged wilderness, shitheads.

    D

  422. 422.

    Corner Stone

    This Gov isn’t Jindal-bad but nonetheless he is God-awful.
    Even with his glee club supporters.

  424. 424.

    Brian J

    @Martin:

    I actually think he’s doing pretty well. Granted, after Jindal’s swan-dive-off-a-tall-building-style speech last year, there was only one place to go, which was up, but still…

  426. 426.

    dr. bloor

    @Sanka:

    Sorry libs, but the application of the principles of the Constitution does not waver to suit your petty politicial gripes.

    What are you doing here tonight? All your friends out canvassing for the James O’Keefe Defense Fund?

  428. 428.

    demkat620

    Well he’s passed the not a clown test so far. He starts to get off cadence and blurry. This McDonnell has not impressed me as anything more than a minor leaguer playing over his head.

    ETA: He likes bumper sticker politics. Nice

  431. 431.

    rootless_e

    I’d just like to say that I’m proud of all of us who made sure we’d get a SOTU from a smart, principled, well-intentioned human being instead of a cretinous old maniac or the psycho he chose for VP.

    And to all you members of the bed-wetting poutospheric base (base of something, I’m sure), a hearty kiss-my-ass.

    thanks

  436. 436.

    Corner Stone

    @Brian J: Are we mixing up Scalia and Alito? Scalia is a fat old dude and Alito is an average size youngish dude.
    Both fucking pricks.

  437. 437.

    Sanka

    The Republican response:

    Cut taxes.

    Ignore everything President Hopey McKicksyourass just said.

    Funny, I thought I heard POTUS say he wants to cut capital gains taxes and corporate tax rates.

    Or is that just another lie a knee-jerk reaction to a Republicans sitting in Uncle Teddy’s Senate seat?

  439. 439.

    jcricket

    @Sanka: Where in the constitution, pray tell, does it say that corporations are people? And moreover, we restrict the rights of people all the time. And we treat corporations differently than people in all sorts of situations.

    This is exactly the kind of “judicial activism” conservatives are always railing against. Believe me, I understand that sometimes the law means things aren’t the way I want them to be, or that gun control laws might be unconstitutional if taken too far, etc.

    But this idea that corporations are exactly like people when it comes to giving them rights, but entirely unlike people when it comes to punishing, taxing or otherwise controlling them is FUCKING RIDICULOUS. And it will destroy our country if it’s not stopped.

  442. 442.

    Just Some Fuckhead

    Good speech by Obama, on balance. I just hope it’s enough til next year’s speech.

  443. 443.

    Mike in NC

    Too bad he’s spent the past year spending, catering to lobbysists, paying off unions, etc etc.——everything contra to what he’s yapping about tonight

    Enjoy a shit sandwich with your cup of tea, troll.

  445. 445.

    Cain

    @Just Some Fuckhead:
    Agreed. I hope it is enough. I really felt that he spoke for me and that he was reading Balloon-Juice and others and was able to send signals to Congress about how a lot of us feels.

    cain

  446. 446.

    darryl

    Sanka inadvertently picked a great moniker. Cause sanka is what you get when you take a useful substance and remove the part that makes people smarter. He named himself with the same competence as the tea baggers. Kinda takes you back to the Bush years….

  447. 447.

    Notorious P.A.T.

    Sounds like a good speech. Now let’s see if he actually DOES ANYTHING. You know, like calling the Senate and telling Lieberman “I saved your ass, how about paying me back?” or firing Geithner or something.

  449. 449.

    Notorious P.A.T.

    Jon Stewart is mentioning O’Keefe’s arrest. Wow, he is acknowledging some responsibility for swallowing O’Keefe’s bullshit about ACORN hook, line, sinker, and pole. Not a lot, but some.

  450. 450.

    Notorious P.A.T.

    perusing this thread, not having watched the speech, it seemed liked Obama came out fighting. Or something to that order.

    You don’t fight in a speech. Fighting is “if you Congressmen don’t push through a Consumer Protection Agency I won’t campaign for you”. Fighting is “Appointee X is doing a terrible job, so he’s out”.

  451. 451.

    Tax Analyst

    @Anne Laurie:

    Careful, Nancy, that little fvcker carries a back-up shiv in his back-up shiv. I say you demand Nino send his pet John-John in… one good punch & Roberts throws up his hands & squeals NOT THE FACE OH PLEEEEAASE HALP ME NOT MY PRETTY FACE…

    Yeah, between Pelosi and Roberts its easy to see which one acts worse than a frightened old woman (no offense meant to you frightened old women out there), and the name is NOT “Nancy”.

    It’s just sickening how many partisan, Republican-owned little bitches there are in the SCOTUS.

  453. 453.

    Wile E. Quixote

    @Martin:

    @Wile E. Quixote:

    What do you want to bet he hears that all the time from Scalia before the rough sex starts?

    With Roberts huddling in the corner calling balls and strikes.

    But where does that leave Clarence Thomas? Hmmm, on second thought I don’t want to know.

  454. 454.

    D-Chance.

    Didn’t see one second of it.

    Did I really miss anything important? Laying -140 on the “no”.

  455. 455.

    burnspbesq

    @Notorious P.A.T.:

    Ever seen “1000 Ways to Die”? It’s pretty good dark humor.

    Making a note of that. Thanks for the recco.

    I’m in a better mood now. Florida State made a game of it for a while, and some will continue to whine that we rely too much on Scheyer, Singler, and Smith. But a win is a win is a win. I’m ready to listen to SOTU now.

  457. 457.

    burnspbesq

    @Sanka:

    Mark the occasion, ladies and gentlemen.

    At 10:29 p.m., Eastern Standard Time, on January 27, 2010, Sanka said something that makes sense.

    This happens even less often than the appearance of Halley’s Comet, or the New York Rangers winning the Stanley Cup.

    But you can say to your grandkids, “Yes, you little buttfaces, I was there the one time that Sanka made sense.”

  458. 458.

    The Populist

    Fuck you GOP. The next time any of you punks tell me that liberal judges are “activist” go fuck yourself. Alito’s disdainful mouthing proves these fuckers lied to get appointed and they are only interested in giving their masters every judgement they ask for.

    Fuck off and I hope the term “liberal activist judges” dies and is replaced by “scum sucking, corporate liar activist judges”

  459. 459.

    The Populist

    @Sanka:

    Uhhhh, the constitution and bill of rights SAYS WE THE PEOPLE, not ALL HAIL THE MIGHTY CORPORATIONS.

    Sorry, last I checked the founding fathers were talking about actual people not fictional entities.

    I know it’s hard for your bootlicking beliefs to let down your guard and accept the truth, but if you want shove your talking points at anybody, I suggest you run along and go play with the dittoheads. You guys can all circle jerk each other by acting idiotic.

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