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Tuesday, January 24, 2012

SOTUesday


Blog the State of the Union with me

54 Comments:

Blogger CitizenPatriot said...

Tom Vilsack, secretary of Agriculture, won't be there tonight

7:39 PM

 
Anonymous Eitan Troyansky said...

wait, it's public which one won't be there? on this blog i can't tell if you're kidding or not... meanwhile, i found my original constitution!! and my dad refused to let me watch the SOTU...

8:04 PM

 
Anonymous Eitan Troyansky said...

ok he changed his mind. RED TIE!

8:05 PM

 
Blogger Kath Andres said...

Red tie! Way to go Mr. Elbaum!

8:07 PM

 
Blogger CitizenPatriot said...

Let's see if the President recognizes Senator Kirk from our home state

8:10 PM

 
Anonymous Ted W said...

Red Tie!!!!

8:11 PM

 
Anonymous Shaayed said...

Obama got reelected as soon as he got Osama

8:13 PM

 
Anonymous Alton said...

Props to Mr. Elbaum---red tie

8:16 PM

 
Blogger CitizenPatriot said...

Theme of this speech will be FAIRNESS (shot at Mitt's tax return?)

8:16 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Bad Economy = Obama is a 1 term president.

Ron Paul for President!

8:19 PM

 
Blogger Brian Kim said...

I'd like to hear specifics about those accomplishments he just listed. I would hate to have keep standing up. So far sounds like one big campaign ad.

8:21 PM

 
Anonymous Tim Wilson said...

Brian, SOTUs during elections years usually are

"American Auto Industry is back"...been to Detroit lately? Not pretty

8:22 PM

 
Anonymous Eitan Troyansky said...

first off, i hate that he's stealing Santorum's tax cut thunder. second, i loved eric cantor's face just now

8:26 PM

 
Blogger Brian Kim said...

What a bold statement to make

8:27 PM

 
Anonymous Ivan T. said...

Eitan,

He looked like he was trying to shoot lasers through is eyes!

8:28 PM

 
Anonymous Ivan T. said...

Jackie Bray, your life has just changed dramatically in 25 seconds

8:29 PM

 
Blogger Brian Kim said...

anytime i hear a leader go join me and... i can't help but think of darth vader ahaha

8:30 PM

 
Anonymous Eitan Troyansky said...

exactly my point. the only thing that would have made that funnier is him interrupting the face and screaming "you lie!"

8:31 PM

 
Blogger CitizenPatriot said...

President coming on strong regarding making college cheaper

8:37 PM

 
Anonymous Political Paul said...

Boehner looks bored

8:37 PM

 
Blogger Kath Andres said...

Cheaper college sounds like an excellent idea to me!

8:39 PM

 
Blogger Thomas McKenna said...

He isn't choosing sides today... We want off shore oil drilling, BUT we also want alternative fuels. Keeping everyone happy!

8:42 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Seniors---WE GET TO VOTE IN NOVEMBER 2012-----SO COOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

8:42 PM

 
Blogger Jared said...

annnnd my mom's clapping

8:42 PM

 
Anonymous Sarah said...

Jared--- is there a "state of the family" address going on at your house?

8:44 PM

 
Blogger Sal said...

How many more standing Os will he get from the whole chamber? I only count 2 so far - Osama and energy. Predictions? What will they be for?

8:45 PM

 
Blogger Jared said...

cheaper college sounds great...also, i like the "stay in high school until age 18" rule. more educated people means better flowing economy... better flowing economy means a prospering country. i think Obama's ideas about what to do with the economy are smart. i'm going to cut him some slack and say... isn't the majority of the House of Reps republican? doesn't that make it harder for Obama to pass laws?

8:45 PM

 
Blogger Thomas McKenna said...

The clapping its like clockwork... Clap for precisely 9.8 seconds then be seated

8:45 PM

 
Blogger Jared said...

no haha no State of the family address going on here. i actually convinced my parents to turn it on and watch haha

8:46 PM

 
Blogger CitizenPatriot said...

Sal, What are your thoughts on mandating high school graduation (changing drop out age to 18)?

8:48 PM

 
Anonymous Alton said...

Atta boy Jared! I did the same

8:49 PM

 
Blogger Brian Kim said...

at least he acknowledged how awful that pun was

8:50 PM

 
Blogger Sal said...

@CitPatriot I don't know how you mandate that.

8:53 PM

 
Blogger Sal said...

It's like Stevenson mandating that Travellers get there in 8 min

8:54 PM

 
Anonymous Eitan Troyansky said...

more government units? great.....

8:54 PM

 
Blogger Sal said...

I like the idea though.

8:56 PM

 
Blogger Sal said...

smack at you Mitt!

8:56 PM

 
Anonymous Ron Paul 4 Prez said...

@ Sal

Rich people hire poor people---raise taxes on the rich and less jobs for the poor

8:57 PM

 
Anonymous Burke said...

Elbaum u were right!! Red Tie.

8:59 PM

 
Anonymous Ron Paul 4 Prez said...

DO nothing Congress

9:04 PM

 
Blogger Sal said...

Hey Ron Paul, I didn't say I agree or disagree with the taxes, I'm just saying it was a swipe at Mitt.

9:04 PM

 
Blogger Thomas McKenna said...

We can make change but I need your help.... So reelect me... Wink wink nudge nudge

9:06 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

For sure Thomas...one, big, election speech

9:10 PM

 
Blogger Sal said...

Maybe he's taking a shot at Thomas Friedman?! :-)

9:11 PM

 
Blogger Sal said...

Hey Citizen Patriot - are you puting the kid to bed or what?

9:11 PM

 
Blogger CitizenPatriot said...

@Sal

Maddie's upset because she predicted a BLUE tie. I tried to tell her...

9:15 PM

 
Blogger Sal said...

BUt I bet she liked his milk reference :-)

9:20 PM

 
Blogger Sal said...

No mention of our Senator Kirk :-( but it was not really that type of speech. I don't think he called out to Congresswoman Giffords either.

9:22 PM

 
Anonymous Evan Helchen said...

Seeing Ruth was the hilight, but Obama has been calling for the same thing for years and nothing has happened. We need more open minded people in Congress.

9:23 PM

 
Blogger Sal said...

Any chance that Mitch Daniels throws his hat into the ring during the rebuttal speech?

9:24 PM

 
Blogger Thomas McKenna said...

What's up with mitch's lapel pin?

9:33 PM

 
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