I've never seen a more disgusting childish Republican Party

[Thrill]

Never in my life. Laughing and snickering during a SOTU speech. Shameful. The media isn't doing their job if they don't call them out on it.

[BootinUp]

1. Sounds like standard operating procedure (R) 2010 to me.

:)

[depakid]

17. More like SOP for the last 20 years

[nradisic]

2. Brats

Literally behaving like middle school brats.

[akbacchus_BC]

3. It doesn't seem like the Military personnel in the audience were pleased

about the DADT statement. I am so happy for PBO to address DADT.

[grantcart]

12. untrue. Protocol requires that they show no reaction

Any reaction - good or bad - undermines civilian authority.


Also Gates was shown clapping enthusiastically.

[akbacchus_BC]

14. Really, this speech by the President was awessome and showing no

emotions just does not cut it! Guess, I don't understand how the military operates. What is the excuse for the rethugs not pleased?

[grantcart]

16. With civilian control of the military the Chiefs are their as guests

They are not supposed to signal support or opposition to what the President has to say, simply be prepared to follow his orders.

[akbacchus_BC]

20. Sorry, I did not know that! But if they all sit down and not in agreement with

the status quo, are they still supposed to shut up and sit down?

[damonm]

28. Yep. The President is their final authority BY LAW...

You may agree or disagree with the orders he gives, but you FOLLOW them or, as the saying goes, your ass is grass - and the court-martial is the lawnmower.

[Drunken Irishman]

15. The only time they showed emotion was when Pres. Obama talked about supporting the troops.

[akbacchus_BC]

18. Guess you are right. I have never served in the military just an

activist for human rights and we have had our fair share of activism.

Go President Obama, the international commmunity have your back!

[Lasher]

4. They've been scowling the whole time.

Every single one of them. They make my skin crawl.

[Ilsa]

5. Obama's calling them on the carpet for serving their ambtions instead of the people. nt

[pink-o]

6. No Kidding! In 74, it was Republicans who insisted on investigating Nixon!

I can't remember exactly which one, but one member of Congress actually put his head in his hands and cried once he realized the extent of Nixon's involvement and the cover up. But it never once occurred to him to sweep it under the rug, because that would be unprincipled.

WTF happened? Those old, dead Republicans are rolling in their graves to see what their party has become!

[Bobbie Jo]

7. Tweety is right now.

Shameful.

[harun]

8. Media will never call them out on it. They love those clowns.

[Overseas]

29. Right Wing now owns our major media so of course they won't. //nt

[akbacchus_BC]

9. Thrill, the obnoxious thing is that the media will never cover how the

rethugs behaved. All they are concerned about is bashing the President. Am sure you know that even if he is a one-term President, he made us proud and he tried his best. Seeing him tonight brought tears and joy. Tears for inheriting a boatload of shit and trying to steer it progressively and joy that he is your President. I live next door, but want him too as my PM.

Trust me, his base has his back and he will not be a one-term President!

[Bitwit1234]

10. When have the MSM ever done their job when it comes

to reporting the asinine behaviour of the republicans. They fall all over themselves trying to outdo the next - by sluring the Democrats.

[Cosmocat]

26. Bingo ...

There were countless people in that audience who were texting during the speech ... I can guarentee, no ifs and or butts, if it was an R president and a D was caught on tape texting during the SOTU address, it would be an MSM headline every 15 minutes for weeks ...

[iceman66]

11. Our leaders haven't been doing their job calling them out either.

Hopefully this will be the start of a trend.

[wordpix]

13. Alito was shaking his head and muttering something

Disgraceful

[DrToast]

19. Give them another year, they'll be worse

[zulchzulu]

21. Yeah, it was like a big fucking joke to them...

There were a few choice moments when they sat down during parts of the speech... namely not wanting to stop tax cuts for the upper 1% and tax breaks for companies that outsource...

We're talking very GOOD political ads against them in 2010.

What do you do with a punk? Coldcock his jaw so he falls to the ground and cries for mercy. The GOP are punks.

[Blue Owl]

22. Let 'em all sit in their soiled diapers for awhile

n/t

[Jennicut]

23. They did not NBC last night, Kelly O'Donnell did surprisingly.

Said the GOP was snickering and stuff, and it was not loud but she could hear it.

[Brewman_Jax]

24. The media has been asleep and off the job for years

if they were, Bush* would never have gotten near the White House and would have been jailed for desertion.

[Common Sense Party]

25. The opposition party always laughs at the ones in charge.

The Democrats laughed at Bush throughout his presidency. In 2008, Bush brought up No Child Left Behind during the SOTU. He said something like "no one can deny its results." Democrats were heard laughing--and rightly so.

[cherokeeprogressive]

30. There is a sort of "selective memory" when it comes to political shenanigans.

I don't understand it, but I've seen it most of my life, or at least that part of it after I became aware of my political surroundings.

Neither side likes to have held in front of its face the sorts of things it's done in the past.

I distinctly remember W being heckled during his SOTU speeches. I felt the same way about it then that I do now when they do it to President Obama.

[Common Sense Party]

31. You got it. We tend to think "our poop doesn't stink."

We have poop, too. And it stinks just as bad as the other side's.

[Mithreal]

27. +1

[Lydia Leftcoast]

32. So the one time I looked in on one of Bush's SOTU,

the Dems were applauding all his lines, and when I referred to them on DU as spineless, someone told me that that was accepted protocol--that Congress always applauded the president regardless of party.

Not in this case, I guess?