* * * OFFICIAL PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS THREAD * * *

[derby378]

Okay, here goes!

[msongs]

1. who's the media jerk mouthing off on msnbc? hmmm nt

[firedupdem]

3. Watch CSPAN,

I'm not dealing with the talking heads.

Why am I nervous like my own child is about to do something important?

[ronnykmarshall]

4. Keith ... SHUT THE FUCK UP!!

God these assholes love the sound of their own voices. You too Rachel.

[firedupdem]

7. Turn on CSPAN!

All introductions are happening now!

[DevonRex]

17. RonnyK, I just love it when you get all masterful.

:hug:

For some reason I've been handing out hugs today and you got one! :)

[eleny]

2. I've got my hankies ready

:cry:

No more "you know who"!

[DesertRat]

5. I'm watching CSPAN. SO much better without the commentary. nt

[firedupdem]

13. yes it is!

Why am I tripping!
I'm all nervous..

Hand me a pill!

[DesertRat]

36. Me too! LOL

[derby378]

6. Here comes the Supreme Court justices...

Roberts is keeping his eyes downward. Wonder why? :dunce:

[cboy4]

8. Yay Ruth!

:loveya:

[cboy4]

19. Hillary!

:bounce:

[Aloha Spirit]

9. Ginsberg getting some love from the room!

[Aloha Spirit]

22. Clinton is so beautiful...

[DevonRex]

32. She really is. Geez. I see Hillary and Michelle and I get all misty.

[Clio the Leo]

10. Dick Durbin was just announced as being on the escort committee...

.... to walk with the President as he enters the Chamber.

Man ..... you know he's gotta be proud and full of emotion.

I will never forget his voice saying.... "Ladies and gentelmen, the next Senator from the State of Illinois! Barack OBAMA!!!!!"



And now HERE we are!!!

getting choked up just typing that!

[EraOfResponsibility]

*stomps her feet* WE WANT OBAMA! WE WANT OBAMA!

[muntrv]

11. Justice Ginsberg is entering. Please bitchslap Sen. Bunning!

[stevedeshazer]

12. Clarence Thomas elbows Ginsburg out of the way!

[ShortnFiery]

45. I saw that move. What a big oaf.

:P

[missy1e23]

143. I saw that too!

I've been trying to find a clip of it online. If anyone finds one, please please please...let me know or post it here.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

14. It will be SO SWEET to NOT see Little Lord Cokespoon struttin' down the aisle...

...to paraphrase Sally Field, "he's gone...he's really gone."

:patriot:

[WinkyDink]

18. And we like it! We really LIKE it!

[Political Tiger]

15. As usual, Michelle looks stunning! n/t

[Amerigo Vespucci]

29. Off topic, but WOW...what an AVATAR. Amazing colors.

:toast:

[fadedrose]

16. I gotta stop crying every time I see Michelle Obama....nt

[DevonRex]

25. Isn't she great? I do that, too. nt

[yeswecanandwedid]

20. Here comes our cabinet!!! I'm excited!

[yeswecanandwedid]

28. Here comes Chu! One of my fav's so far!

[yeswecanandwedid]

34. Rahm looks like he could KICK YOUR ASS! nt

[derby378]

21. The new Secretary of State is beaming as she walks in (n/t)

[DesertRat]

31. She looks great! nt

[jillan]

23. Hillary!

[Politicub]

33. She is fantastic

LOVE HER!!!


:toast:

[SemiCharmedQuark]

37. Beautiful.

:loveya:

[rocktivity]

24. Michelle looks nice

She should stick with her signature simple lines and strong colors. With her height and figure, she last thing she needs are clothes that scream for attention.

:headbang:
rocktivity

[high density]

26. ABC's got George Will on there whining briefly about stimulus

What a fucking douche.

[Politicub]

27. Love seeing Nancy Pelosi, VP Biden, etc. on the podium!!

And seeing our dem cabinet is amazing. It fills me with hope.

[Aloha Spirit]

30. Anyone else feel like Hollywood celebrity is getting displaced by our political celebrities?

edit--just a little... not totally.

SNL is all political references... how do normal people follow those jokes?

[yeswecanandwedid]

35. Good point, maybe just to geeks like me. nt

[yeswecanandwedid]

See his head in the back, he looks so regal. nt

[rocktivity]

46. When Peter Jennings told Jon Stewart that The Daily Show

was the chief news source for too many young people, Jon replied, "If that were really true, they wouldn't get the jokes."

:headbang:
rocknation

[rocktivity]

50. Dupe, sorry

rocktivity

[DCBob]

38. This just awesome! I am so proud of this country!

God bless President Obama!

[Aloha Spirit]

41. The cool kid just arrived, Boehner is behind him a little, smiling?!

[DesertRat]

39. The President of the United States!!

:bounce:

[DCBob]

43. Amazing.

It is for real. We did it.

[Baikonour]

40. Who\'s the guy in the military uniform sitting next to Michelle?

[Doctor_Horrible]

42. Like we really wanna see "Boner" back there.... ugh. nt

[eleny]

44. Clapping Shelby on the shoulder!

[underpants]

47. I like seeing the two people sitting behind him for this entire speech

[yeswecanandwedid]

Lot's of old white dudes still though. LOTS. Just look at em. nt

[yeswecanandwedid]

53. My eyes just watered. Thanks Nancy! nt

[yeswecanandwedid]

57. What's in the envelopes he just pass to Nancy and Joe? nt

[DesertRat]

59. I think it's copies of the speech. nt

[yeswecanandwedid]

61. Nancy keeps drawing my attention away from O. WTF nt

[RepublicanElephant]

48. doesn't that picture of obama, biden and pelosi look beautiful!!! nt

[firedupdem]

49. He smiles and I smile right back! So proud of my President! n/t

[DCBob]

55. Me too.

i love this guy and this country!

[DesertRat]

58. I feel more patriotic than I have in years!

:)

[Clio the Leo]

51. Ha ha! He just got more cheers just from smiling! NT

[SemiCharmedQuark]

52. It seems...happy there doesn't it? Or maybe I'm just happy.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

54. YEAH! Standing "O" after "President of the United States!"

:patriot:

[high density]

56. Couric on CBS yacking up now about Obama having to redo the oath of office

after he talked over Pelosi oh so briefly. God I hate these people.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Yeah, but you've gotta admit, she IS perky...

...just kidding. She makes my skin crawl.

:patriot:

[DesertRat]

63. CSPAN is your friend

No chatter! :)

[derby378]

60. Obama's first big faux pas in the speech

He forgot to say "My fellow Americans..."

That's important.

[demokatgurrl]

62. Is Teddy Kennedy there?

[Hello_Kitty]

64. Please tell me MSNBC is NOT doing a focus group graph!

Tell me I am imagining that the ticker on the bottom of my screen of McCain and Obama voters is not there!

:banghead:

[RepublicanElephant]

65. are those mccain voters dead on that msnbc graph? nt

[Hello_Kitty]

67. No! He's actually doing better with them than Obama voters!

God help me because I'm watching it.

:banghead:

[SemiCharmedQuark]

68. That's what I thought, but they're rating Obama as highly or more highly than the Obama supporters

So the red line is overshadowing the blue line.

[jenmito]

72. No. They're higher than the Obama voters! You're looking at the 1/2 way line.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

73. WTF is up with that?

[jenmito]

84. He was talking about responsibility. Now the Obama supporters are a tiny bit higher.

[marimour]

88. thats great!

hopefully some of those will turn into Obama voters in 2012.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

66. WTF is this crap on MSNBC? McCain voters vs. Obama Supporters instant reaction?

Also...erm...McCain supporters are having a higher reaction than Obama supporters.

[yeswecanandwedid]

69. You gotta be kidding me. They must think they are CNN or something. nt

[Hello_Kitty]

71. I know! My brain tells me to switch to CSPAN but my gut is keeping me on the graph!

I'm such a graph whore. :cry:

[Clio the Leo]

76. CSPAN!!! HELLOO!!!! NT

[demokatgurrl]

81. www.whitehouse.gov it's just like C-span. n/t

[ShortnFiery]

78. Tweety said that there is a sample of 40 Obama and McCain voters ... Scientific?

:eyes:

[Milspec]

133. No, bullshit ,not Scientific polling

[derby378]

70. "Short-term gains were prized over long-term prosperity"

And we all know under whose watch that was allowed to happen...

[Clio the Leo]

74. I always crack up when he raises his hand to stop the cheering...

... as in "hold on, I got a LOT more to say!"

("and miles to go before I sleep .... and miles to go before I sleep....")

[yeswecanandwedid]

97. Nobody messes with Joe! I want that on a Tee shirt! nt

[rocktivity]

Reminds me of when Bon Jovi appeared on Oprah

I honestly thought the audience would clap and scream for the entire hour!

:headbang:
rocktivity

[RepublicanElephant]

75. that color scheme on the graph is terrible! it looks like mccain voters are dead at the switch.

bad color scheme!

[SemiCharmedQuark]

77. LOL.

[ShortnFiery]

Probably put the switch down on the "on" button before getting up to fetch a beer.

:P

[RepublicanElephant]

79. repubs are sitting on their hands when obama talks jobs. nt

[high density]

85. I wonder if they just clapped for tax cuts?

Mitch McConnell couldn't clap for college benefits.

[Soupy Liberaltarian]

80. Kerry is looking slick tonight. n/m

[PBS Poll-435]

82. Wow. There are are really few Republicans in Congress

:cry::cry::cry:



:woohoo:

[Clio the Leo]

83. The SCOTUS Justices have to sit quietly and appear neutral....

.... you know that's gotta be hard some times!

[Wetzelbill]

86. McConnell looked weird there.

[Aloha Spirit]

92. He hates college nt

[RepublicanElephant]

87. mcconnell looks like he crapped his pants. nt

[high density]

96. lol

[dascientist]

89. phony butt republicans

[hulklogan]

90. Republicans hate jobs, college, tax cuts, and unemployed people

They are pitiful.

[PBS Poll-435]

91. ...Nobody messes with Joe.

:D

[Wetzelbill]

93. McCain looks like he's still imagining himself giving the speech

Touch of hatred burning in those eyes?

[EraOfResponsibility]

94. NOBODY MESSES WITH JOE!!!!

[Clio the Leo]

98. AND YOU KNOW THIS!!!! NT

[yeswecanandwedid]

102. F you republicans, you sitting bastards. nt

[SemiCharmedQuark]

95. "Because of this plan people who have lost their jobs will have extended unemployment benefits"

What's Jindal's response here? "NUH UH"

[Wetzelbill]

100. Jindal: "Oh that's irresponsible."

[SemiCharmedQuark]

105. Jindal wants to jumpstart the economy marketing Soylent Green.

[mvd]

99. First Presidential address to Congress I've watched in a long time

Great job so far except don't be afraid of saying you don't mind big government.

[Wetzelbill]

101. It's good just to have a president who isn't an embarrassment

Feels good seeing him up there.

[mvd]

107. Absolutely!

Nice to talk about it on DU now, too! :toast: DU no longer has to be an outlet for my frustration during these things.

[demokatgurrl]

134. 9 years for me. n/t

[RepublicanElephant]

103. ha! half the repubs are standing while the other half sits on hands! nt

[SeattleGirl]

104. Did I just see Boehner stand up?

:wow:

[Clio the Leo]

106. Yup, and so did his buddies..... when they saw him doing it. NT

[yeswecanandwedid]

109. Joe Lieberman is eating food? LOL nt

[Hello_Kitty]

108. Bobby Jindal is backstage shitting blood.

I predict his response will be on a par with McCain's horrible speech in New Orleans last June. "That's not change we can believe in! Wah!"

[Clio the Leo]

112. From both ends no doubt. NT

[Clio the Leo]

110. Anyone else wishing Rahmmy would turn to the GOP and say...

... "STAND THE FUCK UP!!!!" :)

[yeswecanandwedid]

111. Yep. nt

[Clio the Leo]

113. lol @ Cantor ... he REALLY didn't want to stand up that last time. NT

[Clio the Leo]

114. lol @ that look on Nancy's face.....

... she looked at the Republicans as if to say, "eat shit and die!"

[Wetzelbill]

115. when does he get to the "Axis of Evil" part?

[yeswecanandwedid]

116. That made me laugh, nice job. Man, such a shift. No doom and gloom Bush. nt

[Wetzelbill]

117. I am here to entertain

:)

It's nice to be treated like an adult and not a little kid who is told to be scared of the boogeyman all the time.

[Clio the Leo]

118. And he hasn't said "nucyalur" once! Where'd they get this guy?

Harvard?

[Wetzelbill]

122. well I know he was born in Kenya and speaks Islam.

[Clio the Leo]

128. No no, he speaks "Muslin" get it right! NT

[harun]

144. Makes me SO happy that we don't have to see cheerleading for Imperialism.

To actually hear about education, health care and helping the middle class. The media needs to catch up with what the new agenda is and stop trying to thwart it, it isn't going anywhere.

[yeswecanandwedid]

119. Energy. Healthcare. Education. Slam dunk. nt

[Clio the Leo]

120. Anyone found Burris yet? NT

[yeswecanandwedid]

123. Nope.

[ShortnFiery]

124. Yes, the camera MSNBC panned to him at the early part of Obama's speech ...

Burris was grinning from ear to ear. He's in Heaven. :-)

[derby378]

121. Says American INVENTED solar energy, but pissed away her global lead

That's just plain inexcusable. I hope we regain the lead under Obama's watch.

[yeswecanandwedid]

126. Nancy was up fast on that one. nt

[derby378]

129. Is she hiding Mexican jumping beans in her panties?

:rofl:

[Clio the Leo]

130. Nope, it's called "Joy" ... it's a wonderful thing! NT

[Wetzelbill]

125. I might need to smoke a cigarette after this

[DesertRat]

127. At least we don't have to drink to get through it!

[bahrbearian]

138. They have an Open Bar over at the Free Republic.

[DesertRat]

131. No Repubs will stand for children's healthcare

Fuck them

[yeswecanandwedid]

132. Health care reform is coming! nt

[yeswecanandwedid]

135. Ouch, hit the drop outs hard. Nice one. nt

It's quitting on your country.

[DesertRat]

136. Read to your children!! Thank you President Obama!

OMG I love this man!

[yeswecanandwedid]

137. McCain looks so old. Ewww.. nt

[RepublicanElephant]

139. what a greatguy! nt

[mshasta]

140. lamballss!!!!

Americans love this country!!

[RepublicanElephant]

141. two thumbs up, way up!!!!!!! nt

[ronnykmarshall]

142. Amazing.

Just fantastic.

I am SO proud that he is the President.