**** President Obama Remarks on the State of the Union, Live! 9pm Eastern ****

[Clio the Leo]

Watch Online....

White House stream
http://www.whitehouse.gov/live/

CSPAN
http://www.c-span.org/Executive/State-of-the-Union.aspx

CNN
http://www.cnn.com/video/fb/comments.sotu.html?stream=stream1

(You can also watch VIPs arrive on a separate stream there)

Chris Cilizza's Twitter page...
http://twitter.com/TheHyperFix

[gateley]

1. Kick -- Thanks, Clio! nt

[jefferson_dem]

2. Thanks Clio!

:popcorn:

Twitter #sotu hashtag - http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23sotu

[Sanity Claws]

3. Thanks for the info

I was just about to ask about the best place to watch on line. You must have read my mind.

[Clio the Leo]

4. This VIP cam is fascinating.....

http://www.cnn.com/video/fb/comments.sotu.html?stream=stream1

... it's like watching the Red Carpet at the Oscars only the people walk faster, aren't dressed as well, have fewer implants and only seem to mildly care that the cameras are there.

The Vice Hottness of the United States just passed .... and guess what .... he was TALKING!!! lol

[Clio the Leo]

5. .... and there go the Senate pages....

... awwww, aren't they cute.

[Clio the Leo]

7. ... and now they've opened up the mic....

.... so you can hear the random chatter on the House floor.

Guess what, Joe, still talking! Only now he's talking, walking smiling and POINTING! ;)

[Clio the Leo]

8. and please dont tell me I'm not the ONLY one.....

... geeked out to see the various "celebrities."

Look! There's Chuck Schumer!

(another Biden point ...... we should really do a Biden -pointing drinking game.)

There's John Thune ....... BOOOOOOOO!!!!!

[crispini]

6. I'm SO NERVOUS

I hope he does good.

I hope everything goes well.

Dear God, let the Dems pull this one out. I'm so sick of bad news.

[Thrill]

9. He'll do good. But the talking heads will say other wise

You should have learned this by now

[crispini]

19. True dat! nt

[Clio the Leo]

13. You know what *I* hope.....

.... that there aren't any weird distractions. At the HCR speech and that press conference we had weird distractions (Joe Wilson and the copgate) that the media spent MOST of their time discussing the next day, ignoring the broader message.

[tigereye]

41. he's doing well - addressing lots of concerns - wonderful

[Clio the Leo]

10. FLOTUS is wearing either purple (the color of bipartisanship of course)....

... or it MIGHT be navy blue.

Appeared to be silk shantung. :)

POTUS is wearing ..... a suit.

[Clio the Leo]

11. POTUS in either a red and blue striped tie or a....

.... BLUE and red striped tie....

no doubt in answer to THIS Tweet...

http://twitter.com/Todd_Zwillich/status/8280517048 :)

[Clio the Leo]

21. Correction..... aubergine sweater, darker taffeta skirt....

.... arms covered.

[BlueIdaho]

12. All a twitter - please make us proud... nt.

[IndianaGreen]

14. MSNBC has a split screen showing what is happening on the House now

Keith and Rachel rock!

[Clio the Leo]

16. Usually, but their recent actions are causing them to lose their base. :-) NT

[Phx_Dem]

130. +1

[Clio the Leo]

15. lol Nancy just told Biden, "if everyone would just sit down we could start" :-) NT

[Clio the Leo]

17. POTUS and FLOTUS are IN the building.....

.... must be nice to be able to skip all traffic lights.

[Clio the Leo]

18. Last call for potty breaks!

Speech is supposed to go over an hour!

[Clio the Leo]

20. The Justices of the Court ...... BOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!

..... well, booo to five of them anyway.

[jefferson_dem]

24. Justices Clarence Thomas and Antonin Scalia apparently skipping tonight's State of the Union.

http://twitter.com/jonathanhsinger/statuses/8304524574

[LiberalFighter]

27. Thomas probably found his Coca-Cola with the pubic hair.

[babylonsister]

32. No SHIT! This is why...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=433x155954
Obama's Stern Rebuke To The Supreme Court

[wordpix]

137. Fat Tony had more important business to do---eat a nice fatty dinner followed by cake, ice cream &

2 double lattes.

[wordpix]

136. bwahahaha---Alito looked like he would cry out, "You Lie!" when Obama took SCOTUS to task

:rofl:

[BlueIdaho]

22. Let's get this party started!

[jefferson_dem]

23. 7,026 words

:popcorn: ... :boring: ... :popcorn: :)

[Clio the Leo]

25. Oh the hands of the little pages reached out to touch him...

...... OBAMA SUPERSTAR!!! WHO ARE YOU WHAT DO THEY SAY YOU ARE!!!! :)

.... see y'all after the talk!

[babylonsister]

28. 'the talk', 'the little chat', just him and me.

:rofl:

[Clio the Leo]

122. lol, that's a southernism....

.... when church members leave the building on Sunday morning, they tell my father, "good talk, preacher."

The whole image of Rev. Obama standing up to give a talk at what is REALLY our National Cathedral... with the choir behind him .... and rebuking the sinners .... might be a metaphor only *I* appreciate .... but gosh, I enjoy it.

And let the church say "AMEN!" ;)

[IndianaGreen]

26. Did he really have to give such a welcome to Geithner?

Geithner and Summers should be canned!

[azmouse]

29. I feel so proud of the man we elected President!

[sunnybrook]

30. Nancy looks sad

she is holding back tears

[Cha]

31. Thanks Clio for the c-span

link..I have it on and cbs muted.:)

[Hello_Kitty]

33. Republicans don't like tax cuts now? eom

[babylonsister]

34. "I thought I'd get some applause for that one." What a comedian!

:rofl:

[jenmito]

36. Even Boehner and Cantor had to smile when he said that!

:D

[davidpdx]

37. That was pretty damn funny

[davidpdx]

35. Ok, so who was the joker who was that yawned?

[babylonsister]

38. I thought it was McConnell but only saw the image very briefly. nt

[Jackeens]

40. Harry Reid.

:eyes:

[davidpdx]

42. Oh God, why doesn't that surpise me

Someone ought to grind him up in to beef. Worthless!

[wordpix]

129. WTF? I saw Reid yawning, too. Up too late, maybe?

:crazy: You'd think he would can the yawns until he got out of the chamber. Did he fart, too?

[TTUBatfan2008]

39. WTF was Cantor mouthing just then?

Anyone a good lip reader and catch what he was saying?

[wordpix]

47. "Let's not piss off our corporate masters by clapping."

[Robb]

56. DUzy! nt

[Bushstayoutofmybush]

140. What cantor was saying...

I seriously think he was saying, "That's a boatload of crap" in response to the President.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

43. I don't see my boss there (Shaun Donovan, HUD Secretary) n/t

[davidpdx]

44. I disagree with him about nuclear power and clean coal

but it's probably a necessary evil to get a clean energy bill.

[babylonsister]

49. What's an alternate option that's viable? I really don't know. nt

[davidpdx]

54. If there is enough funding for clean energy, then we can ween our way off it

But it's hard to get that passed without clean coal and other stuff that isn't as enviromentally friendly. There is no easy answer.

[IndianaGreen]

59. There is no such thing as clean coal

“Clean coal” is the industry’s attempt to “clean up” its dirty image – the industry’s greenwash buzzword. It is not a new type of coal.

“Clean coal” technology (CCT) refers to technologies intended to reduce pollution. But no coal-fired power plants are truly ‘clean’.

“Clean coal” methods only move pollutants from one waste stream to another which are then still released into the environment. Any time coal is burnt, contaminants are released and they have to go somewhere. They can be released via the fly ash, the gaseous air emissions, water outflow or the ash left at the bottom after burning. Ultimately, they still end up polluting the environment.

“Clean coal” methods only move pollutants from one waste stream to another.

http://www.greenpeace.org/seasia/en/campaigns/climate-change/climate-impacts/coal/the-clean-coal-myth

[wordpix]

131. Obama's drinking the corporate koolaid on this & Dems clapping, too

That's one statement I wouldn't have clapped about.

[davidpdx]

73. Dear Ignored

I can't see what you said and don't care.

[demwing]

112. LALALALALALALA

[wordpix]

127. Germans have subsidized solar panels on homes, businesses, public bldgs

we not US?

It's absurd the entire southeast and southwest aren't running on solar, if Germany can.

[wordpix]

50. not to mention offshore drilling - all we need are more oil spills

[wordpix]

45. "safe nukes and clean coal technology" WTF??? NO NO NO - that is backward, not forward

geesh :grr:

[IndianaGreen]

48. No such thing as clean coal

Nice kiss he threw to the industry.

[wordpix]

self delete

and teabaggers :popcorn:

[wordpix]

132. Lest he forget the coal ash pond wiping out a town, I'm here to remind him

And don't think it won't happen again

Ditto nukes and 3 Mile Island and Chernobyl

Ditto offshore oil drilling, hurricanes, loose drilling rigs and oil spills

[babylonsister]

51. What's an alternate option that's viable? I really don't know. nt

[IndianaGreen]

46. Bunch of assholes in denial there is climate change

Too bad the TV camera didn't show their faces when they reacted to Obama's remarks on green technology.

[davidpdx]

52. On Trade Deals

KFDA has not been ratified. He just mentioend South Korea.

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[Robb]

55. Bullshit. nt

[davidpdx]

57. Wow the Obama=Bush meme is getting old

[demwing]

60. Bush, Reagan, Clinton, blah blah blah

I am not hearing what I want to hear, which is populist fire. I want to know that people are more important than corporations. I want more than partisanship.

I want the hope that I voted for, not the sugar pills I'm being fed.

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[davidpdx]

71. Tone deaf

[demwing]

77. what?

did you say something?

[davidpdx]

83. Thanks for confirming what I said

[demwing]

85. Yes, you're right. I'm tone deaf. I don't like this tone.

It's the sound of bipartisanship

It's the sound of nothing

[jefferson_dem]

58. ...

Wow. With analytical skills like that, I can see how you are hard to please.

[demwing]

62. yeah whatever. I feel horrible that you don't like me

fucking hillarious

[CBR]

61. Get serious... nt

[demwing]

65. I'm deadly serious. Get realistic

[Sugarcoated]

64. LOL

That's all ya got?

[demwing]

67. nope, but thats all Ive got energy for. Since this SOTU started i feel sooooo sleepy

can...stay....awake....zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

[wordpix]

72. BS - Obama's way more evolved than Dimwit

[demwing]

76. He sure is. It was much easier to make fun of a moron like Bush

Obama is so much better educated, so much more eloquent, and so much more cool than Bush ever hoped to be.


All the more reason why I'm so disappointed in the tired excuses that pass for answers.

[Armstead]

66. Easy Aneswer to your question -- Single Payer

[Armstead]

68. Oh God i just killed another thread

[Clio the Leo]

108. lol, but nice change on the avatar....

..... when you heard that Dylan was going to be performing at the WH next month, did you decide he was a sell out? (kidding)

I'm serious about the avatar though, love Bernie.

[Kitsune]

69. If ever there was a time for someone to interrupt him, that would have been it. *nt*

[wordpix]

74. hahaha---the big deficit hole happened "before I walked in the door" - good to remind the repugs

& teabaggers :popcorn:

[davidpdx]

79. And good for him for doing so

Now it's ripping them for campaign finance reform.

[davidpdx]

75. He's tearing them up...

We can't continue to do that.

[demwing]

80. Tonight

tomorrow's another day.

I lost faith in this President's ability to keep a promise.

[davidpdx]

84. A tone deaf person is just as bad as a person who follows in step

With that, welcome to ignore.

[demwing]

86. I'm tone deaf, and you put me on ignore?

That's rich. Thats fucking rich. LOL!

[davidpdx]

88. Dear Ignored

I can't see what you said and don't care.

[demwing]

104. i believe only half of that , lol

[babylonsister]

78. SCOTUS, givin' them hell, the ones that showed up! nt

[davidpdx]

87. Yeah, the two right wingers decided to stay home and sleep through it

It goes to show how worthless they are. I hope both of them choke on their own bile.

[davidpdx]

81. Ginsburg looks so frail

I hope she hangs in there.

[wordpix]

133. she did not look good

[demwing]

82. So if Dems are not supposed to run for the hills

then why has that been the standard for operations?


Talk Talk Talk Talk

[babylonsister]

89. Maybe the President is trying to change the tone. That's part of

his job, too. So go root for the next green, rethug, whoever you think can do better. :shrug:

[demwing]

91. You know what - no one gives a better speech

but what's the use of a speech right now - unless you plan on doing the things you put into the damn speech?


Obama made some damn fine speeches during the campaign.

Damn fine.

Damn...

[Jackeens]

93. Admit it, you're not even listening.

You have that much in common with the Freepers - minds made up before he said a word.

Oh well.

[davidpdx]

94. +1

[demwing]

103. lol

+ none

[demwing]

101. I'm trying to listen. But I keep yelling at the screen

and it doesn't even matter if you, or everyone here thinks I'm a freeper or whatever. If it's easier for you to file my dissatisfaction away in a box, have at it. Who cares...

[babylonsister]

110. wtf were you yelling at? Do tell. nt

[demwing]

114. I was yelling

"I had HOPE. I believed in CHANGE. You FUCKD THAT UP"

[babylonsister]

116. OK. You're whacked. Bye. No more attention to you. nt

[demwing]

119. ok. bye

nice chatting with you.

[davidpdx]

125. Bingo

He/she is already on ignore for me too. So if you are that person, don't bother to respond.

[demwing]

128. LOL. You KNOW you wonder what i'm saying, that's why you can't stay away

well, I hat to disappoint you, but I'm not going to flam ya. I alos know you slip out of the IGNORE to read me, and then go back in again.

Peace.

[Jackeens]

111. It's hard to hear when you're too busy yelling. Ask Joe Wilson.

:shrug:

[demwing]

115. Yeah, I'll do that. Thanks. Feel better now that the snark is out?

I wish I felt better. All I feel is a depressing sort of Deja Vu.

[wordpix]

118. hey demwing---is the change not happening due to Obama OR

due to the corporations, party of NO, hordes of lobbyists, Big Hole BushCo's put us in, and other obstructionists?

IOW, it's not all Obama's fault

[demwing]

121. I couldn't agree any more. You are right.

Sorry to be a bummer to everyone. It's been a fucking bad year for me, and I just don't have the hope mojo anymore.

[wordpix]

134. awww, don't give up hope---O's a smart young pres with a good heart

I trust him. :grouphug:

[Jackeens]

123. Feel great demwing, thanks for asking. I'm sorry you so hated the address, maybe...

...you and the President were destined never to get along? :shrug:

[babylonsister]

95. Do you have a better idea of a candidate or someone who would

be better as president? After idiot son, I can think of no one, in either party. So you tell me.
And it's not just the great speeches, it's the trust I feel behind this man who really wants to accomplish so much if he was only given a chance to do so without all the partisan bullshit.

[demwing]

100. I had the same sense of trust once

and I lost it over Health Care. I lost it over bipartisanship. I lost it over months of unemployment and simultaneous Wall Street bailouts.

I can't tell you who would be better, I can only tell you my trust is gone.

[babylonsister]

106. Then you are a downer to me. You listen, but all you have is negative

stuff to share? Why bother even being here?

I could possibly be in worse straits than you, but I refuse to cave.

[demwing]

109. good. keep smiling

peace

[davidpdx]

92. He/she will root for anyone but Obama

If he/she lost faith, it makes you wonder how much of a supporter he/she was to begin with.

[demwing]

102. You know what - I apologize. I don't want you to give up your hope.

Not my intention at all. I think you're wrong, and Obama is not the leader he sold himself as. That's my opinion, clearly not yours. I wish you the best.

[davidpdx]

105. Dear Ignored

I can't see what you said and don't care.

[demwing]

113. LALALALALALALA

[babylonsister]

124. Bwhaha. I'm stealing that! nt

[wordpix]

138. me, too---and I love the graphic to go with it!

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

139. Same here...

I put this flaming idiot on ignore and the average IQ on this thread went up by 30 points.

[davidpdx]

90. And there it is

Anyone listening? Those that have trashed Obama the last year.

[jillan]

96. This is with out a doubt the BEST Sotu I have heard ever.

I give him a 10++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++=

[wordpix]

117. +1 I love this man, even though I don't agree 100%, specifically about

clean coal, safe nukes, environmentally friendly drilling offshore, and other fantasies

[babylonsister]

126. It was "hot". And I'm sure it will suck to some people. Same as it ever was. nt

[wordpix]

135. BushCo, the wingnuts and teabaggers won't like it. Boo f-ing hoo for them

[jillan]

97. dupe

[demwing]

98. OK, this I'm listening too - noisy democracy

difficult change

I believe this is true. But I just don't see Obama following through on what he promised. He promised change I can believe in, and he hasn't offered any real change - not from Bush, but from any President in my lifetime.

Eloquence will only go so far. Reagan could read a good speech. Obama can write one. Is that change?

I don't want crap about what great spirit American's have.

I want a President that says he'll stand up for YOU, and then actually DOES WHAT HE SAYS.


So far, Obama has stood up for the corporate and political interests. It's all Wall Street and K street. No Main street.

[Politicub]

99. A speech for the ages - "I don't quit"

He addressed everything head on and called out the obstructionists.


:fistbump:

[babylonsister]

107. I t was stellar!

I think, if no one obstructed this man's vision, this country would be in a lot better shape.

[wordpix]

120. fantastic speech and delivery - bravo! (except for the nukes, clean coal and offshore drilling)_