When you're a hammer, etc.

This surprises anyone? I think the left hates him as much as conservatives now, though for widely different reasons. And I for one am glad of that. Defiance towards the desires of the people you were elected to lead is never a good idea.

He also said "jobs" 23 times and "work" 40 times. It's a commie plot!

I like the fact that he picked Holocaust Memorial Day for his speech but seems to have forgotten to mention it.

Seems a klutz thing to do. You know, like all those Bush word slip ups that NO ONE EVER remarked about. I blame the teleprompter.

On another point, how many times does a Democrat President have to slander the Supreme Court in order to justify a violation of free speech before the networks leap to defend free expression?

Answer: we'll never know, because they never will.

I only watched a chunk.

my impression was "I will do what I want; the rest of you can kiss my black ass."

I spent the day enjoying my new job. It doesn't pay as much as the old one, but at least it doesn't suck. It's only 40 hours a week, and no one calls me in the middle of the night, wondering why this or that billing cycle didn't run.

This spring, whether I have a job or not, my sweety and I are biking (real cyclists pedal) the Natchez Trace. I have the best dog in the world (sorry Amy but you'll just have to live with second place) and great family and friends. No one wants to throw acid in my face just because I'm a girl and learned math.

I have a lot to be thankful for, because I live in the USA. But I know all that, even without listening to Obama's speech, and I still think he is a jug-eared dingbat.

There. Did I miss anything?

And this surprises anybody? It is the socialist 0b0z0, after all.

He also said "jobs" 23 times and "work" 40 times. It's a commie plot!

He can say it all he wants. Government cannot create jobs any more than it can create wealth.

Interesting, but not particularly meaningful unless they include similar statistics for other State of the Union addresses. I browsed through a few here - http://www.c-span.org/Transcripts/SOTU-1993.aspx - and they don't look that far off, but I admit that I didn't do an exact count.

Number of times Nancy Pelosi blinked, 4,796 times.

(blink. blink. blink....)

Brian: Government cannot, under any circumstances, take actions that creat jobs. 1. Is that your stance? 2. Is government jobs the only sense in which President Obama mentioned jobs last night? Choose away.

Jim P: nothin' but class outta you, hey buddy? Obama standing up for his attempts to do what he was elected by a majority if Americans to do = kiss my black ass?

Just checking.

> "Number of times President Obama said 'I': 105

That's a fun technique. It's like a Benford's Law for narcissistic episodes.

How about the fact ( http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/12652) that Michelle Obama is the first First Lady to have 22 personal assistants? Not counting her make-up person and hairdresser, of course.

Sorry, try that link without the added paren at the end:

http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/12652

The Obamas just make me ill.

Well, he can SAY all he wants - I'm still waiting for him to actually DO something. Something USEFUL, that is.

I won't hold my breath.

Nancy can blink? I thought Botox prevented that.

> Obama standing up for his attempts
> to do what he was elected by a
> majority if Americans to do

You've said that about seven times, but it ain't so. Apparently. You seem to translate "what he was elected to do" into "my fondest social daydreams", which is not what the rest of the electorate had in mind.

There were a lot of naive voters last year. Basically an entire generation of people had been ignoring politics for twenty years; first because of Reagan's Peace in the 90's, then because of the bell-ringing distraction of 9/11. Some of the fantasies about Obama were truly comical.... "He'll pay my rent! Everything will be fine!"

How many assistants does Michelle have? 22? That's an interesting number.

You seem to translate "what he was elected to do" into "my fondest social daydreams"

No. I translate it as implementing the policies he campaigned on.

No. I translate it as implementing the policies he campaigned on.

Which ones?

- Bipartisanship
- No increased taxes on folks making under $250,000 per year
- Closing the prison at Guantanamo Bay
- Exiting Iraq
- Not allowing lobbyists hold government positions
- Transparency in government (e.g., putting the healthcare debate on C-SPAN)

There's a lot to like about Obama. He's personable. He loves his family. He worked hard on his salute to show respect for the military.

He really wants to be remembered as a great president. But, after nearly a year in office, he's still foundering in a job that's obviously over his head.

WIth no experience in being a chief executive, he's approaching the job as if all he has to do is delegate tasks and everyone will jump to do his bidding.

Conan: I'm not saying he's been successful in what he's done. I support the man's policies, but it's clear he doesn't have the will and guts to get them implemented. He may learn on the job, but his utter failure on the health care bill, so close to getting it done, I think will tar him as a failure for the rest of his presidency. And he'll have earned it.

It's not will and guts (someone should name a tv show that). It's the ability and experience that comes with having been, at least once, the person at the top of the pyramid. He has no idea how to be a chief executive.

He acts as if he read in a leadership book that he should delegate tasks to subordinates, so he delegates. He delegates his legislative agenda as if Congress is his subordinate, rather than his equal, branch of government.

He has spent a lifetime avoiding the onus of responsibility. He was a college lecturer...but not a tenured professor. He was a lawyer...who never led a case. He was a community organizer...for someone else's agenda. He was a state legislator...who voted "present" a record number of times (129). He was a US Senator...for a year and a half.

Now, he got the job he wanted, the job he campaigned for, and he's still trying to avoid responsibility.

He didn't design the healthcare bill, so anything wrong with it is someone else's fault. The delay in passing it is not his fault, it's Congress' fault. Same with the problems with the stimulus bill. The bad economy is Wall Street's fault.

He thinks his agenda (actually Nancy's agenda) has failed so far because, despite over 500 speeches and appearances in the last year, he has not explained that agenda to the people in a way that will make them understand how wonderful it is. It's failure is the people's fault in not understanding it, not his fault in failing to listen to and address the people's concerns.

You're right. If he doesn't learn at least some leadership skills soon, he will be viewed as a failure and he will have earned it.