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Tuesday, January 20, 2015

State of The Union 2015 - Establishment Strikes Back

Update: You know I could have make more comments - like where the fuck is Justice Scalia, Thomas, Alito etc. And also this I Spy game I invented before President Obama comes in. 
(at first)

On January 20th Tuesday, President Barack Obama gave a State of the Union address at the House of Congress. He listed out his past achievements during presidency (like partially-ending War on Afghanistan), and talked about expanding middle class economics, making community college free, building more infrastructures, bringing more innovations, etc. He even quoted Pope Francis on the Cuban diplomacy. 

On the podium, this was the 2008 Obama we have admired long time ago. The same Obama we have all promised to - the one many conservatives scorned while many liberals cheered.

On top of that, he asked the congress to play "a better politic" without demonizing each other. He asked them to stop focusing on constant fundraising and false hysteria. No more partisanship - he asked all to spend more time lifting young people up and make worthy debate in the house. 

Unlike the State of the Union address from few years ago, he did not mentioned Citizens United. He may have mentioned "constant fundraising", but he did not mentioned what actually made the politic in Washington a 24/7 fist-fight (in War Room style) starring rejected Looney Tune characters. 

The President embraced future and hopes people can united each other in another year. He ended a speech with a fierce comeback line "I have no more campaigns to run. I know, 'cause I won both of them". 

President Obama hoped us that we could work together. Sure, we could work together. Even in this movement where we try to get dark money out of Washington - something that the President wanted to do but neglected often.
How right-wingers (and some progressives) really view him now.
Are there more? At least we have a Republican Senator from Iowa rebutted the President's address in Stepfordian language. 

Joni Ernst, ladies and gentlemen - a pin-up poster girl for 1950s conservatives. (Judging by her military background, she could be one of those machines sent from the future to kill John Connor!)

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