*** OFFICIAL BARACK OBAMA GROUP STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS THREAD ***

[DeepModem Mom]

The President will deliver the 2010 State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday, January 27th, 2010 at 9:00PM EST. The address will be broadcast live on national television and will be streamed live on www.WhiteHouse.gov.

:dem:

[grantcart]

1. SOTU is tonight? Why didn't somebody say something?

[DeepModem Mom]

2. Good one, gc! nt

[NYC_SKP]

92. Get out. It's tomorrow, right?

:rofl:

[Born_A_Truman]

3. Thanks! I'll be here!

:kick:

[goclark]

4. This will be my homebase tonight

If I said anything else at that other location I would be arrested. :bounce:

[Born_A_Truman]

5. I won't be watching MSNBC tonight

Unless it's past Buchanan's bedtime.

[sandnsea]

6. First Lady's Box Guest List

Lots of enterprising young people, energy and technology entrepreneurs, and military. Sounds like he's going to continue with his commitment to improve education, create a new energy economy, and take care of military and their families.

http://obama-mamas.com/blog/?p=1100

[Cha]

9. It's going to be very interesting..

My first SOTU!

[sandnsea]

10. I've watched a few

I watched Bush's in 2004 when he made it clear he was going to use gay marriage as a wedge issue and didn't care one bit about the people it would hurt. I watched a few of Clinton's. Honestly, they're usually horribly long and mind-numbingly dull. It's tough to address policy and entertain at the same time, but that's what the savvy 21st Century American, with all the technology and knowledge of the world at their fingertips, has decided they've got to have. It's just all me me me and more me!!!

[Cha]

11. I think President Obama's

will be brilliantly interesting..knowing what all we know about what's he and we have gone through to even get here and what they got when handed over the keys to the White House.

[sandnsea]

12. I hope so!

I'm excited, but also trying to be realistic and not expect a campaign barnburner, know what I mean?

[Cha]

17. This will be a genuine State Of The Union~

and dissected afterwards by mediawhores..

[sandnsea]

107. Hey Cha, we got a barnburner

Woohoo! This is great.

[Arkana]

7. Damn, you beat me to this--I was just coming in to make it.

[Cha]

8. **********THANK YOU DEEPMODEM MOM***********

:kick::party::patriot::patriot::dem::party::patriot:

[CBR]

13. +1 Thank You!!!

:fistbump:

[Hekate]

14. Brought coffee. Who's got the chips?

:donut:

I'll be watching it in the kitchen with Mr. H, but I'll check back in on you folks in the BOG later. :hi:

Hekate

[Silver Gaia]

21. :::leaving yummy kettle-cooked 'tater chips for the BOG:::

[Fire1]

26. Are they sweet like the pop corn?

[sandnsea]

15. Some Excerpts In

I like this part and hope he challenges Congress all through the night.

"Despite our hardships, our union is strong. We do not give up. We do not quit. We don’t allow fear or division to break our spirit. In this new decade, it’s time the American people get a government that matches their decency; that embodies their strength. And tonight, I’d like to talk about how together, we can deliver on that promise."

http://obama-mamas.com/blog/?p=1110

[Cha]

18. Gotta love Obama..he's always

trying to get people to live up to their PO-tential.

[Fire1]

25. He's an idealist. n/t

[HopeOverFear]

16. One more hour to go...I'm getting excited now.

[Silver Gaia]

19. Thanks for the thread! I'll be checking in at some point after the speech.

[DeepModem Mom]

20. Did somebody say there's a party in here tonight?

:toast:

[Cha]

22. Countdown~

:toast:

[HopeOverFear]

23. Who would've thought that a SOTU would urge people to get together and party???

I love it! :rofl:

[SemiCharmedQuark]

24. I have half an hour to make my dinner!

Nobody start without me!

[DeepModem Mom]

28. I'm trying to do that, too!

And clothes in the dryer. (Glass of wine poured, however.)

[Fire1]

27. DAMN! I'm gonna miss Shamar Moore!! Shit! n/t

[HopeOverFear]

29. ain't you heard of Tivo?? LOL

Tape Criminal Minds, girl LOL

[Fire1]

39. Thanks but I have enough bills. lol!!

[Born_A_Truman]

30. Watching C-Span

Love to watch in HD but Wolf's yapping is too much!

[gratefultobelib]

32. Good idea. That's where I'm going, too.

[DeepModem Mom]

31. It's still hard for me to believe that that guy is in that black car --

headed to the Capitol, as President of the United States. I still believe there's greatness in him, and that we will see it, as will history.

[HopeOverFear]

33. I hear the helicopters nearby. He's on his way.

[grantcart]

34. History will also ponder why a system that produces so much mediocrity actually

took a break and elected the smartest guy in the room.

[gratefultobelib]

36. Agree and that's one thing that's so darned frustrating!!! He's under appreciated, to say the least

[Cha]

37. It was the Perfect Storm!

[Bobbie Jo]

35. Whew...I made it.

Let's Rock! :kick:

[SemiCharmedQuark]

38. Blah, just turned it on and Tweety is jabbering away.

[Cha]

42. I now have it on c-span

streaming and cbs mute.:)

[SemiCharmedQuark]

40. How many times do you think the Republicans will boo or disrupt?

I say 15.

[Cha]

44. What will the 5 on the supreme court do when

Pres Obama speaks to them about their ruling on campaign finances?

[SemiCharmedQuark]

41. I want to run back to the kitchen for something, but it's starting...can I make it?

[grantcart]

43. Rachel said that the speech is not aimed at holding the left's hand

cue gnashing of teeth in GD/GDP.

[Born_A_Truman]

48. Cue Debbie Downer music

[Born_A_Truman]

45. Love those words: "The President of the United States"

[DeepModem Mom]

47. Yes. nt

[Arkana]

71. It's nice to watch the speech without the damn dials going back and forth.

[DeepModem Mom]

46. Okay, I'll cheerlead. Michelle looks gorgeous. And what a beautiful man our Pres is. nt

[Cha]

50. And, somebody in Congress likes him too..

What a warm reception he's getting!

[HopeOverFear]

49. WHOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!

[SemiCharmedQuark]

51. lol...on MSNBC feed someone is going "yaaaaaay" right in the microphone

I don't think I've ever heard anyone say "yay" before in all seriousness.

[azmouse]

52. This brings a tear to my eye!

What a wonderful President we have!!

[grantcart]

53. Look at the GDP open thread

Clio the Leo is left doing a solo act, the comparison with this thread is remarkable.

[HopeOverFear]

54. awwwwww

[azmouse]

55. I posted in it to help out a little bit.

[treestar]

56. Stubborn resilience in the face of adversity

The POTUS is not describing the progressives of DU

[azmouse]

57. "I have never been more hopeful"

[DeepModem Mom]

58. That "hope" line -- that was "nothing to fear but fear itself." nt

[NYC_SKP]

59. "...about as popular as a root canal..."

:rofl:

[treestar]

60. POTUS hated the bank bailout too

[SemiCharmedQuark]

61. If the banks can afford bonuses, they can afford a modest fee to pay back taxpayers in their time of

need.

[azmouse]

You could who the Dems were after that line!

:)

[treestar]

63. Standing ovation for that

[Cha]

62. We rescued wall street in their time of need and now

they can pay us back! POTUS~

[SemiCharmedQuark]

64. Yep, my cuz just bought his first home because of the tax credit

(He closed January 5th, moved in a couple of weeks ago).

[azmouse]

65. Boner is such a pretty shade of orange.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

67. He reminds me of the turtle I have in Happy Aqaurium. I should name him Boehner!

[NYC Liberal]

66. LOL! Republicans weren't clapping for tax cuts!

Obama: Hey, I thought I'd at least get some applause on THAT! :rofl:

[Hansel]

68. Love how he called them out on that. nt

[Hansel]

73. self delete.

[Arkana]

69. Never knew you could snark the opposition in the SOTU.

It works, though. :)

[Bobbie Jo]

70. Yeah... That's right.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

72. That's also true. Our 401K wasn't bad news for once.

We were getting very worried there for awhile.

[azmouse]

74. FINALLY!! The Rs stand!

[SemiCharmedQuark]

77. "What? Business? I should clap!"

[Cha]

79. Wise move..instead of just sitting there on their hands.

[Bobbie Jo]

75. Lieberman=Douche

[Hansel]

76. Many of my daughter's coworkers still have jobs because of the stimulus. nt

[SemiCharmedQuark]

78. "community banks"?

Does he mean not the big banks?

[Born_A_Truman]

82. Small banks

Like my bank. Local, only three branches. Serves our community.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

80. Infrastructure! (BTW, shame on the people who tweet during the speech)

[Hansel]

Why can't working class "Independents" see how littleRepublicans care

about them? It couldn't be more stark when they sit stone-faced when he talks about giving $30 billion to small businesses.

[Cha]

81. Cracks ME UP! While we're at! ..let's

stop capital gains tax for small businesses!

[SemiCharmedQuark]

"slash tax breaks for companies that ship jobs overseas" REpublicans are STONE FACED.

[azmouse]

86. They should be ashamed.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

88. Shame is a human emotion.

[Peacetrain]

83. Thanks for thread!!.. I am loving this.. repubs are not applauding keeping jobs in country??

[SemiCharmedQuark]

84. Evidently not.

[Peacetrain]

87. I want a jobs bill on my desk... LOVE IT>>>

[azmouse]

85. Obama has a killer smile!

[SemiCharmedQuark]

89. China's not waiting. India's not waiting. Germany's not waiting. These nations aren't playing for

second place.

[Peacetrain]

90. China's not waiting... India's not waiting.. I do not accept second place for US

that is MY PRESIDENT speaking

[NYC Liberal]

91. This is an outstanding speech! And I like that the Dems have his back!

[grantcart]

93. we need a second thread DeepModem Mom

[azmouse]

102. I'm not sure she's here right now.

Please go ahead and start a new thread. This is getting too long.


Edit: Never mind. It's been done.

[grantcart]

94. Funny to watch the Republicans trying to decide when to clap or not

[SemiCharmedQuark]

96. They're all looking around at each other "Are...are...do we clap now?"

[Born_A_Truman]

100. Yes, looking over at Boehner for their cue

[Arkana]

95. A veto promise!

[treestar]

98. The GD better admit the POTUS has a spine!

I'm sick of their rantings on that subject.

[JohnnyLib2]

97. Hey--GDP is slightly more positve tonight.

So far....

[Arkana]

99. GD is awful enough for both of them.

It's where the Angry Gnomes went to watch the speech.

[Hansel]

103. I'll 2nd that. I thought I was at the Free Repugnant.

I was so glad to see this thread.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

106. I threw a few more nitwits into my Dungeon of Ignorage this evening.

I don't like Ignore, but it has its uses.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

101. NEW THREAD IS UP! (Sorry Deep Modem Mom if I stepped on toes)

[DeepModem Mom]

105. I thanked you, Semi! DeepModem Dad and I were watching...

over a hasty dinner.

[DeepModem Mom]

104. SemiCharmedQuark has opened up Thread 2 --

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=388x15081