Tag: State of the Union
Posted on Tue Jan 25, 2011 at 12:03:10 PM EST
Tags: State of the Union (all tags)
ABC reports that President Obama will propose a budget freeze and ban on earmarks in his State of the Union Address tonight. The theme of the speech ,“How We Win the Future”, stresses innovation, education and infrastructure. (Note: link is safe to click on, there's no automatic video that plays, hopefully ABC is learning.)
Is Obama going to discuss anything besides the economy tonight? I hope so. BTD - Conceptually, the President's proposal has a lot in common with the Tea Party Caucus's ideas. What seems clear is that no one seems willing to step on the Third Rail of touching Social Security and Medicare and thus "austerity" will fall on the rest of the budget for the time being.
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Posted on Mon Jan 28, 2008 at 07:40:54 PM EST
Tags: State of the Union, George W. Bush (all tags)
The day has finally come for our Imperial President, George W. Bush, to deliver his final State of the Union Address. He's almost gone.
What were the worst moments of his speech? How glad are you he's on his way out?
Let's tally the most egregious policies of his Administration, ones that should forever tarnish his legacy. My list starts with the War in Iraq, Guantanamo Bay, his extremist judges and warrantless NSA electronic eavesdropping.
Attempts and failures count here too, like privatization of social security.
Neither Big Tent Democrat nor I will be live-blogging the speech, but we'll both check in later to read your comments.
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