One of the excerpts from the SOTU "show".

By the time IÂ’m finished speaking tonight, more Americans will have lost their health insurance.  Millions will lose it this year.  Our deficit will grow.  Premiums will go up.  Co-pays will go up.  Patients will be denied the care they need.  Small business owners will continue to drop coverage altogether.  I will not walk away from these Americans.  And neither should the people in this chamber.

So... you're going to call for repealing Obamacare so that these things won't continue to happen? 

/btw, wasn't Obamacare supposed to solve all that?  Amazing are the revelations a mere year will bring! 

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at January 25, 2011 06:53 PM (+REjt)

Yep, and if enough Americans with more than one brain cell are watching, that's the first thing that will come to their mind.

You spent a full year on healthcare and were supposed to fix this, but didn't.  Well, I guess you lied, again.   What other falsehoods are you spewing tonight?

Posted by: Tattoo De Plane at January 25, 2011 06:57 PM (mHQ7T) +

Except sometimes you have to stop swinging and eat.

Posted by: Vic at January 25, 2011 06:56 PM (M9Ie6)

--I would not leave 1941-45 out of those.  Even with the war, America was bursting with culture, and of course she made the world an objectively better place those years.

Posted by: Vic at January 25, 2011 07:00 PM (M9Ie6)

Glad I didn't take your advice.

MKH had the best headline about Ebola's speech and Ryans response

Obama provides the pomp, Ryan explains our circumstances

Oh..and here's a big ol' fucking chunk of red meat for the crazy, whack job birthers

Posted by: Vic at January 25, 2011 07:00 PM (M9Ie6)

Yes, I noticed you left out the influenza epidemic of 1918. Thanks for that!

Will Obama say the word "inherited"?

Posted by: Barbarian at January 25, 2011 07:02 PM (EL+OC)

--I won't presume to speak for anyone else, but Bachmann and circle jerk are not mutually exclusive in these here parts.

Darn I was hoping for a Ross Perot like speech with charts and stuff, not just a verbal address.

I liked Alan Grayson's fun charts the best - really gonna miss that guy.

Nobody asked for my response, which would be an unimaginitive but heartfelt Fuck You.

Will there be t-shirts?

For the Guys.

Nobody asked for my response, which would be an unimaginitive but heartfelt Fuck You.

Posted by: USS Diversity at January 25, 2011 07:13 PM (DLxD/)

Seems like that would simplify things a great deal.  Everybody's gonna be screaming that very sentiment at their televisions, anyway.

^{Posted by: Jeff B. at January 25, 2011 07:12 PM (NjYDy)}

How do the ladies in your life feel about Ms. Bachmann?

Oh..and here's a big ol' fucking chunk of red meat for the crazy, whack job birthers

Posted by: beedubya, rotten prick at January 25, 2011 07:02 PM (AnTyA)

Mmmmmmm.  So tasty.  Nomnomnom.   Crazy and whackjob are terms of endearment when you smile like that while saying them.

^{Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at January 25, 2011 07:15 PM (+REjt)}

'Sputnik' doesn't mean something to me.

Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at January 25, 2011 07:15 PM (tvs2p)

--It's also keeping V off.  Must be a plot by the Visitors Democrats.

We ainÂ’t got no Nazis today.

Dude very g-damn republican and teabagger person are Nazis.

Posted by: phoenixgirl at January 25, 2011 07:02 PM (eOXTH)

Well, one of the Tea Party Groups anyway.   The Tea Party Express which, frankly, I'm not all that enamored with.   It was started by some Washington insiders, and they shouldn't try to speak for all Tea Partiers.   Neither should FreedomWorks, or Tea Party Nation.

Enough, Garrett.  You're good people, but enough.

Keep your skirt on.  I was serious. No harm inferred or intended. 

I much prefer her to Sarah Palin, myself.

I, for one, kinda think Bachmann has earned the right to speak her piece.  She's been doing a LOT of heavy lifting over the past couple of years.  And she does have more testicular fortitude than most of the GOP. 

Unfortunately, she also has a tendency to say some pretty stupid shit in the process.

Posted by: nevergiveup at January 25, 2011 07:21 PM (0GFWk)

I hope the adults keep a good eye on Bwarney Fwank..  I hear he can get a little handsy.

Who are the chaperones for the big dance? 

Where's Joe Wilson going to sit? 

But more important - who's Lurch Kerry going with?

How will Nancy stand not being on camera the entire time?

Keep your skirt on.  I was serious. No harm inferred or intended. 

I much prefer her to Sarah Palin, myself.

No problem.  Sorry...the whole weird thing yesterday still has me a little jumpy.

And here's a funny thing: I *definitely* prefer Palin to Bachmann.  I don't care for either (as most around here know) but, as I've said a couple times before, there are very good reasons to genuinely not trust Michele Bachmann.  She is something of a 'snake in the grass' in my opinion.  Whereas Palin is at least authentically who she says she is, for all her other faults.

So what is going to be Obambi's most repeated sound bite tonight?  You know, the one the inevitable drinking game is based on?  Any guesses?

Earlier someone mentioned "Investments"  he's always good for a few million "Let me be clear"s

There will be more than one Repub giving their opinion on Obama's speech.   Ryan's will be called one thing, Michelle's will be called one thing, and the others will be called interviews on TV.

Honestly, why the hell does anyone care?   What I care about is what the hell they do & how they vote.   That's it.   That's all the hell that matters.   Those speeches will be forgotten about in a few days when the Dems & the MFM start on some other completely ridiculous meme to smear Repubs.  

How will Nancy stand not being on camera the entire time?

Posted by: Tom Brady's hair at January 25, 2011 07:24 PM (o/WWk)

Jumpin' Jack Nancy, got no cash cash cash

Posted by: Tattoo De Plane at January 25, 2011 07:27 PM (mHQ7T)

School Dance Evolution:

'70s - Doing the Bump

'00s - Full on Dry(?) Humping

'10s - This

There will be more than one Repub giving their opinion on Obama's speech.   Ryan's will be called one thing, Michelle's will be called one thing, and the others will be called interviews on TV.

Were it simply interviews on TV, that would be fine- desireable in fact (assuming she can go 5 fucking minutes without sticking her foot in her mouth).  What she's doing here is giving the official Tea Party (Express) rebuttal in tandem with Ryan's Republican response.

It's a cheezy stunt that she shouldn't be involved in as a Republican.

Posted by: DrewM. at January 25, 2011 07:05 PM (HicGG)

This is not rocket science. A unified message is what will work best. Why do we have to screw this up?

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 25, 2011 07:27 PM (XBM1t)

My money says Gabby wins it all.  The sympathy vote is usually pretty powerful.

The Republicans aren't called the "Stupid Party" for no reason.

Posted by: dagny at January 25, 2011 07:30 PM (UwFY0)

I use it, but always save it for the most vile.   With the coke whore, it fits.

Posted by: Vic at January 25, 2011 07:34 PM (M9Ie6)

Complete and utter logic fail. You don't like Michelle Obama, Cynthia McKinney, or Maxine Waters. You obviously either hate women, black people, or black women. See what I did there?

For the record, Obama was -4 years old when Sputnik was launched.

Nyet to all the russian stuff.  I really detest the "Czar" and  "Homeland" references as well. 

Posted by: Hollowpoint at January 25, 2011 07:36 PM (SY2Kh)

Together???  How gauche! 

Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 25, 2011 07:36 PM (UOM4

I laughed Jane....to you he's your baby and to some really pretty intelligent girl somewhere that you may or may not know about....he's the greatest thing since, well, sliced bread.

thought this was our Dupnik moment.

LOL.  Any time he uses sputnik I will think dupnik!

Well wonder of wonders, the same people who hate Palin hate Bauchman as well. That leads me to the obvious conclusion that they hate one, or all, of three possibilities;

1. Don't like women
2. Don't like conservatives
3. Don't like conservative women

So which is it?

4.  Tired of defending people who keep saying and doing stupid shit just because they're fellow conservatives.

Is Scotus showing up? Just the "girls"? Do they have dates?

It's a no for Scalia but the Wise Latina and Equally Wise But Sexually Ambiguous Jew will attend as a couple.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 25, 2011 07:36 PM (UOM4

Awwwww...Happy Birthday, D'oh Boy!!  I'll hoist a bourbon and diet pepsi in your honor tonite.  Oooh Rah!!!

Posted by: curious at January 25, 2011 07:38 PM (p302b)

Does it have to be that he succumbs to decadence? 

/kidding, Mrs. D'oh! 

"Jesus Christ, this is a debacle, she's siphoning attention away from Ryan and she's liable to say or do something controversial that will draw negative media coverage."?

Are they saying this or are you saying this? Either way, anyone who thinks like this is a fucking candy ass piece of shit who should be kicked to the curb as quickly as possible.

I don't give a fuck what the fucking media says. I already know what they're going to say. We've got a country to save and if you're worried about the fucking Marxist turdsuckers in the media, go sit in the corner and let the adults sort out this mess.

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at January 25, 2011 07:36 PM (+REjt)

If one has the speech to read, why would you want to watch it? 

Even though large tracts of America and many old and famous States have not yet fallen into the grip of Obama and all the odious apparatus of Leftist rule, we shall not fight nor resist.

We shall submit in the end, we shall kowtow in DC, 
we shall yield on the seas and oceans,
we shall yield with waning confidence and growing cowardice in the air, we shall defend their odious agenda, whatever the cost may be,
we shall yield on the beaches,
we shall yield on the landing grounds,
we shall yield in the fields and in the streets,
we shall yield in the hills;
we shall ever surrender.

I hope that any of my friends and colleagues, or former colleagues, who are affected by the political reconstruction, will make allowance, all allowance, for any lack of ceremony with which it has been necessary to act. I would say to the House, as I said to those who have joined this government: "I have nothing to offer."

We have before us an ordeal of the most grievous kind. We have before us many, many long months of prostrating and of surrendering. You ask, what is our policy? I can say: It is to capitulate utterly, on sea, land and air, with all our might and with all the strength that God can give us; to capitulate utterly to a monstrous tyranny, never surpassed in the dark, lamentable catalogue of human crime. That is our policy. You ask, what is our aim?

I can answer in one word: It is submission, submission at all costs, submission in spite of all temporary successes, submission, however long and hard the road may be; for without submission, there is no purpose to the Republican party. Let that be realised; no survival for the United States, no survival for all that the United States has stood for, no survival for the urge and impulse of the ages, that mankind will move forward towards its goal. But I take up my task with non-existent spine and loose sphincter. I feel sure that our cause will not be suffered to fail among men. At this time I feel entitled to claim the aid of all, and I say, "come then, let us go forward together into the glorious socialist utopia."

It's a no for Scalia but the Wise Latina and Equally Wise But Sexually Ambiguous Jew will attend as a couple.

Posted by: Cicero at January 25, 2011 07:39 PM (QKKT0)

So who gets to wear the corsage and who wears the boutonniere?

Yeah. Right when we've lost our moon-landing technology and changed NASA's mission to making the Muslims feel good about inventing algebra.

Sorry but they didn't

If one has the speech to read, why would you want to watch it? 

21st birthday shout-out to our "baby" LCpl. D'oh Boy.  Miss him something fierce.

Sorry for the O/T, but I've been sad all day.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 25, 2011 07:36 PM (UOM4

Your son is upholding a fine tradition.  Here's to him.

Sounds good.  I got a liter of this crap (Gordon's) for $10.  Anybody who pays more for a liquor used in mixed drinks is a moron who doesn't understand his alcohol.  The high quality is almost always wasted (unless you have truly rotten, gut-turning bathtub liquor) when you combine it with something with a strong flavor (i.e. any soda -- this doesn't apply to G&Ts or the like).

It's wasted money... till the next morning when you get hit with the Cheap Booze Hangover, the worst kind.

Personally, I find the only acceptable drink mixers to be water, soda water, or tonic water.  Anything else should be reserved for college kids or chicks.

Posted by: Jeff B. at January 25, 2011 07:43 PM (NjYDy)

How do we know she is a conservative? She hasn't voted on much of anything yet so that is not a good answer.

Sorry but they didn't

Posted by: Vic at January 25, 2011 07:41 PM (M9Ie6)

Kelly Ayotte. What do I win? Your list consisted of two blowhards known for having frequent diarrhea of the mouth and yes, I hate all blowhards known for frequent diarrhea of the mouth.

But oh lemme guess: Ayotte isn't really conservative because...just cuz.

167 Michigan made vodka

Whats it called?

I drained the anti-freeze in the car today. A couple of shots of that and I won't care what Barry says.

Past the lips, over the gums, look out gullet, 'cause here it comes.

Salute to LCpl D'oh Boy on his 21st.

Saw a similar topic today at Crains Chgo Business entitled,  The End of Entrepreneurship.  Some excerpts:

http://tinyurl.com/6zkgmwu

Posted by: Jeff B. at January 25, 2011 07:43 PM (NjYDy)

How do we know she is a conservative? She hasn't voted on much of anything yet so that is not a good answer.

Posted by: Vic at January 25, 2011 07:45 PM (M9Ie6)

Of course.

It's a no for Scalia but the Wise Latina and Equally Wise But Sexually Ambiguous Jew will attend as a couple.

Posted by: Cicero at January 25, 2011 07:39 PM (QKKT0)

I prefer to think of Mizz Kagan as the Lumpy Lesbian.

So far, she hasn't put anyone any knowledge, except that she doesn't know shit about past Supreme Court decisions.

Posted by: Vic at January 25, 2011 07:34 PM (M9Ie6)

--I mainly notice how people on the right as well as the left have to be so up-front, and dismiss people who do not disdain Palin as robotic followers or members of a cult.  Please, let's save those descriptors for libtards.

These speeches mean nothing. 

The spin that the media puts on the SOTU will give Obama a temporary spike in the polls, but beyond that, who gives a sh*t?

Improving economy in 2012 = Obama win

Economy tanking in 2012 = Republican win

Obama's current rebound in the polls reflects the fact that the economy has - at least temporarily - bottomed out. 

If we start seeing states defaulting and a bond market crash, watch Obama's poll numbers.  No amount of hand holding and "bipartisanship" will save them from going in the shitter.

Posted by: Cicero at January 25, 2011 07:39 PM (QKKT0)

So who gets to wear the corsage and who wears the boutonniere strap-on?

I fixed that for ya.

And BTW, I have never seen Bauchman or Palin do anything stupid.

Of course you haven't.  Gods are infallible to their worshippers.

@60: "As I said earlier today, the only thing that would make it watchable, would be seeing Boehner smoking and sipping a Dewar's."

I'd shay I wuzh ha...halfway there, but shipping'sh for fagsh.

*burp*

Enny....ennyone wanna go get pancakesh after thish izh over?

*hic*

This is not rocket science. A unified message is what will work best. Why do we have to screw this up?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at January 25, 2011 07:35 PM

Because the Tea Party Express(which is who Bachmann is representing in this speech) needs money and is arrogant enough to think it represents the Tea Party movement.  It doesn't.  Unfortunately this speech will only solidify that idea to the rest of the viewers.  This isn't about dividing the GOP, it's about the Tea Party Express's ego.

If the gouging doesn't kill ya, a Slurpee will.

Brain freeze is not, I repeat, not fatal.

--I mainly notice how people on the right as well as the left have to be so up-front, and dismiss people who do not disdain Palin as robotic followers or members of a cult.  Please, let's save those descriptors for libtards.

The last election confirmed my suspicions that there are many who comment on AoS who are liberal trolls masqaurading as concerned conservatives.  Many of them do it very well, I might add.  But they eventually give themselves away.

Posted by: Chris Matthews at January 25, 2011 07:51 PM (QKKT0)

It's called Stage 4 colon cancer, Chris, and you've got it. I figure you've got about two months to live.

I left a message at your house and on your voicemail but hadn't heard back from you. Sorry you had to hear about it this way.

Well, Jane, I'll hug all of mine today while I can reach 'em!

My husband's deployment is back on, so I need to learn about Skype...

Posted by: nevergiveup at January 25, 2011 07:54 PM (0GFWk)

Depends if they breathe "hangover drunk breath" in your face or not.

I hate all blowhards known for frequent diarrhea of the mouth.

Posted by: Paul at January 25, 2011 07:46 PM (DsHk0)

How long have you hated yourself?

Posted by: jaimo at January 25, 2011 07:51 PM (RDgHh)

Timelines.  Who need's 'em?

Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 25, 2011 07:52 PM (UOM4

Jane, I really hope you and your husband can find/make time to go see the LCpl...I spent 18 months on Okinawa (Kadena Air Base) and I loved it.  Wish I had made time to go to mainland Japan, too. 

LCpl. D'oh Boy would love love love to see you, too...big bad Marines miss their mamas just like us mere mortals do.

And now you are just being stupid besides being a liar. You are a liar because you have NEVER defended Palin or Bauchman, at  least not here.

Wrong; I have.  Not so much recently, as I'd prefer they'd both take a lower profile, as they're currently doing more harm than good.

I'm very much glad that Bachmann won re-election as she has a pretty solid voting record, but (like Palin) she's more likely to drive people away than bring them in to the Republican fold.

But they eventually give themselves away.

Like Chi-town Jerry and JEA?

What is with this sputnik moment crap?  Does he not realize what that really means?

My reaction too.  It reminded me of when Obozo said that Daniel Pearl's beheading was "a moment that captured the world's imagination."

It's almost as if the usurper forgets which side he's on, America's or the commies and jihadists.

The last election confirmed my suspicions that there are many who comment on AoS who are liberal trolls masqaurading as concerned conservatives.  Many of them do it very well, I might add.  But they eventually give themselves away.

Posted by: Soona at January 25, 2011 07:55 PM (Azyzj)

--I don't know if I'd go that far, but nevertheless very few people I know who like Palin, worship her.  Hyperbole in every comment serves no one.

The Palin-haters protest too much, methinks.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 25, 2011 07:58 PM (UOM4

Cities of the Underworld? Don Wildman I think is host

Posted by: Hollowpoint at January 25, 2011 08:03 PM (SY2Kh)

I don't think it was anyone that likes Palin that first brought her up in this thread.   Some people just can't help bashing her though.  Says more about them than it does her.

Random eastern religion sock off

Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 25, 2011 08:04 PM (UOM4

I do have a permanant boner, if ya know what I mean

 I just don't see what some on the right fear.

Then I'll spell it out for you: another 4 years of Obama as President.

He voted for the UAE-nationalization auto "bailout," too. That's what kind of guy he is.

His vote against the stimulus was unprincipled.

Posted by: Jeff B. at January 25, 2011 07:57 PM (NjYDy)

Yes.  Sometimes I think you are.  You bring a mixed message.  For so long people have been moaning, bitching, and groaning that the repubs aren't responding to the liberal hype.  And then when a couple of steadfast conservatives decide to speak out, oh heaven help us, on the same night, it's somehow crass and uncouth, there's only a limited number of conclusions I can make.

251 Yep. It's like believing the meme about Obama being a good speaker, or McCain being viable, or McCarthy being a douchebag, or The tet offensive being a defeat. It's "accepted". OMG, the Palin-hate is a "consensus" let's bash the deniers, it's birtherism I say.

I personally don't think any woman can win yet because the playing field isn't level on how they are thought about and talked about in the media. I would rather have her as an Obi Wan directional figure. But I refuse to follow the consensus that Chi-town Jerry likes to promulgate--that she is despised by a majority of americans--it's just not true.

When she fucks up on a policy position and takes a libtard stance, then I'll decide she's harmful and not before.

His vote against the stimulus was unprincipled.

You apparently dislike him a great deal. As for the auto bailout,
I personally think he did it because of where he's from, the same as with Bachmann and her farm subsidies. In other words, politicians sometimes vote for their districts, and I will hold that against him. With regards to the other 4 votes, he's a "pick your poison" type of person, so that's how he voted. But how do those negate the entire rest of his record? You act like he sponsored ObamaCare.

Palin is great a rallying the base but not my first choice for president. Does that make me a hater?

BLASPHEMER!!!

Why do you hate Palin?  Is it because you're a RINO or because you hate women? 

Confess, and your end will be quick.  Deny, and you must be purified by pain.

I think the commentors at hot air jump on the Palin threads because Allah bashes her at every opportunity. I quit going there because his bashing of Palin, Beck, and Jesus made me so pissed I would want to make outrageous defensive statements too. The comments are crazed pro-Palin but in reaction to Allah's constant and undeserved ridicule.

Except that he (or anyone else) gets accused of "bashing" her merely for repeating a mildly negative story or accusation about her, even if it was quoted only for the purpose of defending her.  Same here on AoS.

--Oh, HA.  I never go there (why bother when it's all re-posted here? ).

Palin is great a rallying the base but not my first choice for president. Does that make me a hater?

--I hope not, since that describes me too.

Posted by: Jeff B. at January 25, 2011 08:23 PM (NjYDy)

--Yeah, I saw that the other day and thought is was more Raykon rambling.

Posted by: Hollowpoint at January 25, 2011 08:08 PM (SY2Kh)

The first comment was just a statement that the media would be sure to mention her.  Can't tell if it was a 'like' or 'dislike' statement. 

It devolved from there.   When is the last time you came into a thread without jumping into a bashfest or starting it?   You may think those that you call 'bots make Repubs look bad, but the same can be said for smartasses that think they know everything.

For the record, I'm not a 'bot.   I like her, but I'm not of the HotAir variety.   I just don't cotton to people that think she or her supporters are fair game to be maligned, because some people think they know every damn thing.

Posted by: Some dope at January 25, 2011 08:38 PM (BZEkR)

Word, homes.

To quote Forrest Gump:  "Stupid is as stupid does."

I haven't noticed Sarah Palin actually DOING a whole lot of truly stupid things.

On the other hand, Mittens, the supposed "smart" guy, has done a number of things that qualify him for full-on "Simple Jack" status. 

Seriously, Ryan is a star on this stuff. He should be the face of the GOP tonight. Not only do we not need a divided message, we don't need a whole "GOP/tea party split" storyline.

Bollocks. There are no "stars" and I have no faith in any "face of the GOP." Ryan is an establishment Republican who sold out conservatives on every major financial overreach and takeover vote for the past two years. Bachmann's voice is an essential hot poker up his and every other GOP ass, reminding them of why they're even in the majority right now and what awaits their cowardly and clueless asses if they forget. I've no doubt her message will largely buttress theirs, and even if she takes a harder more demanding line, it still cannot hurt, i.e., still sharpens the distinctions between the GOP and the Left. No downside, all upside, and the more voices the merrier.

Now that all is said and done, it is obvious that Michele Bachmannmade the best speech of the night. She had more style and substance than both President Oprah and Ryan.

Drew, you were wrong about her response being bad news. WhatÂ’s up with the Tea Party bashing anyway? Have you been bought and paid for by the Republican establishment?

302  And DeMint the best tweet "you don't put the car in cruise control when you're about to go over the cliff".

Ace and Drew are uncomfortable with wimmin-not-twentysomethings, brandishing a fistful of their $20s while writhing in their laps.

You  and !Bam, so off, so over, so done.

Posted by: oblig. at January 25, 2011 08:10 PM (x7Ao

Ryan, among Congresscritters, is a gem.  But he's a skunkworks type-don't look for leadership in the bowels of the GOP.

Reince Priebus.