Or... The ABC's Of The State Of The Union
A is for Afghanistan ("Gays should have the right to die there.")
B is for Bailouts (" they are like a root canal.")
C is for Corporations ("They are not people, too!")
D is for Deficit Reduction ("Political cover to win independents!")
E is for Education and Energy Policy ("O...ur best defense against China.")
F is for Future Generations ("Oh, Remember them?")
G is for Geithner ("I'd rather talk about Jeremiah Wright.")
H is for Healthcare Reform ("I will not walk away.")
I is for Immigration Reform ("Let's punt. See above.")
J is for Jobs Bill ("On my desk without delay." Or Steve Jobs- (see below).
K is for K Street ("Worse than even Wall Street.")
L is for Lost Decade ("Republican Voodoo Economics.")
M is for Middle Class ("SOS. Endangered species.")
N is for Nobel Prize ("Seems like forever ago...")
O is for Obesity ("Michelle is on it, Fat Kids On Notice.")
P is for Permanent Campaign ("Crippling you cowards.")
Q is for Qaueda, Al ("On the run.")
R is for Recovery Act ("Not so bad after all." Loans Mostly Paid Back )
S is for Small Businesses ("The Engine!")
T is for Tea Baggers ("I don't quit.")
U is for Unions ("I'd rather talk about Geithner.")
V is for Values ("A Macarena to the political center")
W is for Washington ("For Shame.")
X is for Xtradition and Enhanced Interrogation Tactics ("Let's talk about root canals.")
Y is for Yes, we still can!
Z is for Zen ("Still got it.")
Obama did strategically very well with this speech. I have 2 questions though.
Can he implement? And where is the bone for the liberals-progressives who played a large roll in getting him elected? They are disillusioned. Throw them something to get excited about too.
Of course The State Of The Union was small potatoes compared to Steve Jobs Jobs Jobs announcement about Apple's new gadget.
Or
the "White President's" Speech.
Staged...where else? The Virginia location where
Jefferson Davis delivered his speech as President of the Confederacy.
Symbolism...or Irony?
You decide.
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...Of Course Field Observations Reveal we should expect business as usual.
