91% approve SOTU AND Obama?

denner · Jan 25, 2012

Quote from pspr:

Since it was a campaign speech and not really a SOTU for Congress it had to be dumbed down for the commoners to understand. Viewership was down 12% from last year, though. I won't give Obama a grade since I think everyone here can guess what it would be.

Viewership down, market volume down, voter turnout will more than likely be down as well.

Realistically, people are falling out of the system at an ever greater pace, regardless of all the hooplah and manufactured "feel good" data that we are bombarded with daily.

futurecurrents · Jan 25, 2012

Quote from pspr:

Since it was a campaign speech and not really a SOTU for Congress it had to be dumbed down for the commoners to understand. Viewership was down 12% from last year, though. I won't give Obama a grade since I think everyone here can guess what it would be.

I'm curious, what specifically did you not like about it? Did you even watch it?

I thought it was a very good speech with many good ideas. I can't find fault anything he said. I know it's not cool to admit such a thing. I would have thought his ideas to consolidate the gov and reduce unnecessary regulations for instance would make some on the right happy.

I suspect many on the right could not even bring themselves to watch. They might have to think twice.

pspr · Jan 25, 2012

Quote from futurecurrents:

I'm curious, what specifically did you not like about it? Did you even watch it?

I thought it was a very good speech with many good ideas. I can't find fault anything he said. I know it's not cool to admit such a thing. I would have thought his ideas to consolidate the gov and reduce unnecessary regulations for instance would make some on the right happy.

I suspect many on the right could not even bring themselves to watch. They might have to think twice.

No, I didn't watch much of it but I did review the relevant parts of it after the fact and skimmed the transcript.

There isn't much Obama says that I do like. He doesn't offer specifics and just repeats the same tired rhetoric in an attempt to be grandiose.

I didn't even watch the Republican rebuttal.

Lucrum · Jan 25, 2012

Quote from futurecurrents:

I thought it was a very good speech with many good ideas. I can't find fault anything he said. I know it's not cool to admit such a thing. I would have thought his ideas to consolidate the gov and reduce unnecessary regulations for instance would make some on the right happy.

It would make me happy. IF he actually did it. Considering his propensity for lying however I'm not holding my breath.
If he's serious, what took him 3 + years to start it?

Spike Trader · Jan 26, 2012

Seems as though you don't have the faintest idea of how government works. . . . Luke.

Lucrum · Jan 26, 2012

Quote from Spiker:

Seems as though you don't have the faintest idea of how government works. . . . Luke.

I know there is a lot more to it that just you getting your welfare check, at my expense.

denner · Jan 26, 2012

Quote from futurecurrents:

I'm curious, what specifically did you not like about it? Did you even watch it?

I thought it was a very good speech with many good ideas. I can't find fault anything he said. I know it's not cool to admit such a thing. I would have thought his ideas to consolidate the gov and reduce unnecessary regulations for instance would make some on the right happy.

I suspect many on the right could not even bring themselves to watch. They might have to think twice.

Wow. You mean you still haven't figured out that he'll say whatever the hell need be said to get re-elected? Heck, even some of the biggest "hopium" addicts from the 2008 campaign have expressed their "disappointment".

All you have to do is look at his home state of Illinois to see just how ludicrous this notion is that he would ever "consolidate the government".

I figure that you must be a naive kid to actually believe any of his tired rhetoric.

Spike Trader · Jan 26, 2012

Quote from Lucrum:

I know there is a lot more to it that just you getting your welfare check, at my expense.

If you think im on welfare, you're dumber than you appear here.

Tsing Tao · Jan 26, 2012

READ THE ACTUAL POLL.

Some interesting commentary...

Overall, 91% of speech watchers approve of the proposals the President made in his speech.Just 9% disapprove â typical of the high support a president generally receives among thosewho choose to watch the State of the Union.

As is often the case, those who watched the speech were more likely to be from the Presidentâsparty

And this one, telling you all you need to know about the stupidity of the folks voting in this poll:

Expect Congressional Democrats and Republicans to Work Together More Now?
Yes 62% No 38%

Spike Trader · Jan 26, 2012

Quote from Tsing Tao:

READ THE ACTUAL POLL.

Some interesting commentary...

And this one, telling you all you need to know about the stupidity of the folks voting in this poll:

Loll . . . . is the Emperor calling the voting people stupid.

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