| « Asymmetric response to Bob McDonnell response to SOTU | Obama takes Asymmetric advice » |
Asymmetric opinion on Obama State of the Union Speech
01/27/10
I won't comment on style, since I'm biased.
1. The president said that China and Germany have better economic plans than us. That's because he believes in top-down planning.
2. Green tech does not produce jobs if they only exist because of government subsidies. See Spain, which has 20% unemployment.
3. Obama threw a radioactive bone with nuclear and off-shore oil, "In exchange for ruining the economy with cap and trade, I'll build a plant and allow a study of off-shore drilling."
4. The federal government doesn't improve education. No evidence for that at all. But, he wants to "do something." Students have a world-class education now. That some don't want to learn is another thing.
5. What's up with the 10% student loan cap? If private industry is so important, why do we want to encourage people to enter unionized government jobs? Woops, I answered my own question.
6. "I didn't choose health care because it's good politics [I chose it because I'm a committed leftist.]."
7. Obama raises a huge straw man, "Let me see your idea that covers the uninsured," knowing that only a socialized system would guarantee coverage.
8. Obama hates political posturing.
9. "So, with that deficit, I said, 'What the heck? Let's just spend more money and blame it on Bush.'"
10. How do you "invest in people" (spend money) without increasing the debt (spending too much money)?
11. I can't believe Obama's talking about lobbyists when he gave a no-bid contract to his friends.
12. Has any other president complained about a supreme court decision in a SOTU? To their faces!
13. Transparency!
14. "Every day is election day?" Dude!
15. Let's pass everything!
16. Stop with the sanctimonious better government talk! The nation is wrenching.
17. Let's not have petty partisan attacks and schoolhouse taunts, after taun...aww, forget it.
18. Who wanted to only improve the lives of Afghan men?
19. You will support the Iraqi government without combat troops?
20. We support the freedom of Iranian dissidents? How?
21. Let's all get along by prosecuting people who don't tow the line.
22. Equal pay? That old chestnut.
23. He's going to do immigration reform.
24. Values that banned gays from serving in the military.
25. "We can do what the people want or we can do what's right." Translation: The people don't know what's good for them.
26. I usually don't like when presidents speak about specific small people. "It lives on in this eight-year old..."
27. I liked his ending. The most powerful part is when he said that Haitians were chanting "USA, USA..."
28. Wait, ruined it with his campaign-style hope and change stuff.
29. All in all, all Americans can find something to like...and hate.
1 comment
Nelson, In #16, I think you meant to say "The nation is wretching." I sure was gagging.
It is hard to watch a man who criticized his predecessor nonstop for cutting taxes and making draconian budget cuts then go out and say he is going to do the same thing. Ugh. If I actually thought he would freeze spending, it would have been one of the few things I would have liked about the speech. Unfortunately, he has put so many caveats and delays on the freeze, which will allow cost of living increases, that it will be meaningless. If it is believed by enough people it could be politically meaningful to him.
I almost thought that Justice Alito was going to pull a Joe Wilson and blurt out, "You lie!" As a law professor in a previous life, Mr. Obama had to know that the Court had not "...reversed a century of law..." They reversed McCain- Feingold (2003) and Austin v. Michigan Chamber of Commerce (1990).
I know some were taken in by him, but I was embarrassed. He tried to set up class warfare on about a dozen levels. Ugly, ugly, ugly.
He was very truthful in one thing he said (your item 25). He was basically saying, "I am listening. I heard you. You are wrong. I know better than you."
I liked the speech I wrote for him far better. Maybe my ego could match his. Naw. That's like saying you could coach better than those guys in the NFL - not going to happen.
Recently (01/28/10) ttoes wrote Bummed Out? Want to Smile? at Tom Vail's web. Check it out!
Comment feed for this post
