Pres. Obama's first line for the SoTU ...

[Motown_Johnny]

The state of our union is.....



strong and getting stronger???

weak but getting stronger???

FUBAR but getting less FUBARed???




Just WTF can be said?


This isn't going to be pretty.

[Arkana]

1. "Sup y'all?! B-rock in da hizzouse!"

[Broke In Jersey]

2. oh yea!!!!!

His approval would go back to 70% if he opened with that line!!!! hahahahaahaha

[rcrush]

4. "I know everyones shit is emotional right now..."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYpfHBicjQk

[WI_DEM]

3. Gerald Ford actually in '75 in his sotu address said this:

I must say to you that the state of the Union is not good: Millions of Americans are out of work. Recession and inflation are eroding the money of millions more. Prices are too high, and sales are too slow. This year's Federal deficit will be about $30 billion; next year's probably $45 billion. The national debt will rise to over $500 billion. Our plant capacity and productivity are not increasing fast enough. We depend on others for essential energy. Some people question their Government's ability to make hard decisions and stick with them; they expect Washington politics as usual.

http://www.ford.utexas.edu/LIBRARY/SPEECHES/750028.htm

[Motown_Johnny]

6. $500 billion debt, those were the good old days.

plant capacity and productivity? Well outsourcing has dealt with that. Depending on others for essential energy, check. Government's ability to make hard decisions and stick with them, politics as usual, check.



If the state of the Union then was not good, just what is it now?

[Myrina]

5. "I'm sorry I hired Rahm Emmanuel and Tim Geithner"

... would be a good place to start.