the single most dramatic moment of his always dramatic sotu was his call to republicans---if anyone has a better approach, let me know, let me know, let me know
msnbc this morning promo'd they'd be showing this presidential pajama party, but it turns out they're only showing PORTIONS, interspersed with animated commentary from keith, rachel and chrissy
LOL!
paul ryan: you raised discretionary spending 84% in your 2010 budget
obama: the vast majority of govt spending has been adjustments mandated by expansions of medicare, social security and unemployment
chrissy matthews: the charm, the poetry, the prose, but i think he pulled a fast one, there, ryan who's really smart about these things was talking about the part of the budget that can be controlled and the president tried to shift it to the part that can't be controlled, i think he pulled a fast one
chrissy, continued: is he trying to stimulate the economy or depress the economy, cuz everyone knows what a spending freeze at times like these will do, he seems to want to say what sounds good at the moment
jason chaffetz: you said CSPAN, you said no lobbyists, you said you'd go line by line thru health care, you don't return our letters
obama: the truth of the matter is committees WERE on cspan, my "kick off" was on cspan, the merge was a messy process, it's true, i take responsibility, it's cuz there were so many meetings in so many places, logistically harder than it sounds, get em in one place and film
obama (continued): earmarks---none in the recovery act, they were in the omnibus (LOL!), i'm not the only guy responsible for this, some earmarks are perfectly good, the problem is no light of day
continued: i can state unequivocally, my administration been tougher making sure lobbyists do not have influence than any administration that's come before, i've been very consistent
never mind AIG, SEIU, Phrma
obama, continued: there have been a handful of waivers...
marsha blackburn: thankyou for acknowledging republican ideas on health care, pre existing conditions, ending rescission, portability, expanded access, frivolous law suits, buying across state lines, personal savings accounts, reduce bureaucracy, reduce govt
obama: i've gotten your ideas (how responsible of him), some of your ideas i've embraced, it's not that they're unworkable, the trouble is they're not making things better, my plan is pretty centrist
i have to go to the experts, he continues, he reads one sentence of the gop agenda mike pence gave him at the start, then complains about lack of specifics
i have to hold myself accountable, but it can't be all or nothing (tell it to reid)
to jeb hensarling, the final questioner: i hope there's a question in there somewhere cuz you're using up the time and there's a whole lot of assertions you're making, half of which i disagree with, and i'm just having to stand here
the poor thing, how does he think his 150 listeners feel when he goes on and on?
what ensued can only be described as combative, nothing but blaming bush for 5 minutes
we know, mr president, we know
we've heard it a million times
he calls jeb, "jim," 3 times after being corrected
your stage star sings like roseanne barr
grab-your-crotch-and-spit politics
he's committing suicide, WAY TOO MUCH obama, no one can wear like that
the arrogance, presumption, self involvement, ego, narcissism, napoleonic delusions
when people look at roseanne barr, they see something, they see pathologies
obama's starting to show a number of those, as well