***Check in if you're proud of President Obama and his SOTU tonight***

[Still a Democrat]

Not 100% agreement from me, but very good.

[la la]

1. waving.....

me!

[Still a Democrat]

3. Thanks!

[AC_Mem]

2. Very proud of President Obama

very proud.

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[Botany]

4. Damn Proud!

:bounce:

[steve2470]

5. Good speech overall nt

[bushisanidiot]

DAMN proud of my President!

well, done!!!

[KansasVoter]

6. I thought it was great!!!

[gblady]

7. proud of my President......

:hi:

[SteveG]

8. did good

nt

[gateley]

9. I thought it was good and what he needed to deliver. I found it especially touching

about not denying the opportunity to serve our country "depending on who you love". Boehner didn't applaud. :)

[jillan]

10. I loved all the little digs at the republican agenda.

[humbled_opinion]

32. ? What digs?

He practically sounded like a Republican, he embraced their agenda for christ sake he is even talking about trimming the size and scope of government, he gave them everything they could possibly want, did you not hear him say that they could take the money saved on the tax system overhaul and CUT THE CORPORATE TAX RATE wow how is that even close to a Democratic agenda?......

but I am not going to get pissed off, all in all I think he did what he had to do, but this speech was extremely centrist more centrist then any speech I ever heard from him before.

[Arkana]

41. So because of one comment about business he's a Republican?

What about health care? Green jobs? Infrastructure investments? New technology? 100K new teachers? What about all those goddamn things? What about the section on health care where he basically told the GOP to stop fucking around because the bill isn't going anywhere?

Oh, right, I forgot. Those "don't count".

[Maraya1969]

71. Cutting the corporate tax rate is in exchange for closing loopholes

MSNBC explained it. It does not mean the corporations are going to get any more money.

[malaise]

88. Removing the subsidies from big oil

was another great proposal.

I do wish he had presented more specifics.

Add

[onlyadream]

90. exactly - right now they pay nothing or next to nothing

because of the loop holes. Lower the rate & get rid of the loop holes and they'll be paying more than they do now.

[polmaven]

93. Oh, c'mon!

He said the words "cut" in the same sentence with "corporate tax rate"....Makes him practically a teabagger....we all know that! Facts like corporations paying more in the end don't matter, silly!

[judesedit]

116. Cut taxes for companies that stay in America and create jobs is what I understood

Sounds good to me.

[bhikkhu]

115. ...consistently highlighting the real accomplishments of government

versus the republican's consistent vilification of government. The repugs have been so effective over the years at convincing people that government can't do anything right, its almost impossible to directly contradict without raising hackles, but I think Obama did a wonderful job of indirect counter-argument.

[elleng]

11. PRESENT!

:hi:

[soleft]

12. Checking in

[Ineeda]

13. I am.

[Bruno2]

14. Very glad he didn't

commit political suicide with some anti gun rhetoric.

[doc03]

44. According to reports he is going to do that in a few days. n/t

[Bruno2]

58. Let's pray he doesn't.

There is no way no how a republican can get us out of this recession. They will start two more wars and gas will be $5.00 a gallon in the cheap areas. You think we are in trouble now .

[doc03]

60. Tweety says he has some inside information that Obama is

going to address gun control in the near future.

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[sufrommich]

15. I thought it was a good speech. nt

[Pisces]

16. I thought it was great for the environment and forced Republicans to clap and

agree when they didn't want to.

[UrbScotty]

17. Same here. I'd give it a B+ or A-.

[qanda]

18. Definitely not in agreement with everything he said

But I love our President and I think he has some good ideas. I really liked the way he talked about different people without exploiting them by having them stand up and stuff.

[riverwalker]

19. the ADULT in the room

he was magnificent. He is our President. The rest is a food fight.

[NOLALady]

20. Checking In!

:thumbsup:

[JanetLovesObama]

21. Love my President ! He rocked !

[handmade34]

22. good speech

[tabatha]

23. I thought it was a smart speech.

I understood the line he has to walk; he is a very smart guy.

:toast:

(On edit: thanks for posting this thread - it is shooting up the Greatest Page, and leaving the negative threads behind)

[patrice]

74. He's taking a bunch of their issues. It's win:win for him, if Repubs obstruct, he wins, if they don'

t obstruct, Democrats shape THEIR issues.

It's very smart. I hope the Democrats can hold up their role in the strategy. Being at a numerical disadvantage actually kind of frees them in some ways to take more principled stands. Now! If they'll just STICK together!

[proud patriot]

24. waving jumping up and down

he put pukes in a box :evilgrin:

[NYC_SKP]

158. I concur, even 23 hours later...

:hi:

[HighLowRoller87]

25. I admire that he is trying his best to extend the Olive Branch to those Repubs. Always have.

[Still a Democrat]

59. Mixed feelings for me

Too frustrating at times.

[tandot]

26. checking in

:hi:

[dkf]

27. I am damned proud of my President.

[NYC Liberal]

28. K&R. nt

[whatchamacallit]

29. It sucked beyond comprehension

snap out of it!

[napi21]

30. I think his speech was very good andit seemed to actually bread down

some of the animosity of the pubbies...at least a little. I hope it lasts.

[panader0]

31. I want to have a beer with him

or someone.
Compare this to bush or mcCain....
Lots of stuff I disagree with, mostly the stuff when he's not as progressive as I wish he was.
But being POTUS means being POTUS of all Americans....
It's a game, this politics....
too bad.

[bdamomma]

33. proud of my President

[opihimoimoi]

34. KnR :o)

[one_voice]

35. I think it was a good speech. n/t

[one_voice]

36. hic-cup.

[doc03]

37. The same old BS we hear from every president, gonna

cut waste, gonna educate kids, gonna streamline government yada yada yada.

[oldlib]

38. Our President is outstanding.

[pamela]

39. Very proud

I keep thinking about the chimp's sotu addresses. Two years later, it still feels like waking from a nightmare.

[AsahinaKimi]

40. Watashi wa koko ni iru

I am Here!

[Mojeoux]

42. Checking In

I liked his tone. I liked the way he wove his points with common ground ideas but zinged in the really good new ideas. I don't think they knew what was coming.

This response chump is coming from outer space. He looks like he's about to say it's "Saturday Night Live!"

[janet118]

43. Good speech . . . now the hard work starts n/t

[Inchworm]

45. I still get irked when "college enrollment" is mentioned

but thumbs up from me overall.

[Zoigal]

46. Well done, Mr President....z

[ChazII]

47. President Obama

did an excellent job tonight.

[Martin Eden]

48. I give him a B+

He said the words "clean coal" ... and he proposed a "5-year freeze" on domestic spending. A freeze is a simple/stupid solution that is no solution at all, potentially blocking intelligent decisions that could reduce the debt.

Those are my main quibbles; overall a very good speech with a vision for the future grounded in the realities of the present.

[obietiger]

49. Even more proud...

to be an American.

[siligut]

50. I'm here

And the rep response just reinforces my support.

[demtenjeep]

51. Yes

he did fine

[Denver Progressive]

52. It was beyond great.

I didn't agree with everything he said, but he hit a home run IMO. Paul Ryan looked like peter pan!

[CherokeeDem]

53. Very Proud of President Obama....

I am a very liberal Dem, and while he's not doing everything I want (troops home!!!), he's done a hell of a job in a tough environment. We tend to forget how horrid things were when he took office. Under the circumstances, damn fine job.

[classof56]

108. And I second that!

n/t

[Fire1]

54. Checking in! n/t

[UTUSN]

55. K&R #46, but it stayed at 45. n/t

[FarLeftFist]

56. Best President I've ever lived through. n/t

[trayfoot]

57. Great Job, Mr. President!!!!!!!

[CakeGrrl]

61. Checking in.

[namahage]

62. Yep. Some head-scratchers, but overall great.

[RC]

64. I thought it was a good speech. Now if he

would follow through with some action that adheres to the speech.

I liked the idea of the mixed seating, like children being babysat to keep then under control.

[nmbluesky]

65. THAT'S MY PRESIDENT!!!!!

[NuclearDem]

66. Not everything I wanted, but a good speech overall

:patriot:

[logosoco]

67. I was starting to think I was the only one!

Overall, i think we do need to be optimistic. Look forward and stop grinding our heels because we can't get every single thing we want. At least he is hinting about getting out of the wars.

Maybe I am just being optimistic because I have 2 super wonderful grandsons and 3 great kids just starting out on their own in this world. They are all well aware of how bushco f-ed things up (yes, even the one year old has heard it from Ma!).

Babysteps maybe, but at least we should be moving forward.

[KeyserSoze87]

68. I am proud of the president, and always will be!

[madmax]

69. K&R

[Aristus]

70. Hell to the YEAH! Well done, Mr. President.

:patriot:

[apocalypsehow]

72. Here. Rec. n/t.

[patrice]

73. K&R A few things made me uncomfortable, but I believe in process & this speech was good for process

[Ohio Joe]

75. K&R - nt

[hfojvt]

76. this thread is sad for its lack of substance

much like the SOTU that it praises.

Of course, I only saw the first half hour then had to goto work. Maybe it got better. Just seemed like a bunch of rat-race cliches at the start. "More school, challenges, compete, win"

[grahamhgreen]

77. 20% positive.

[Bluesbreaker]

78. george w. bush could have given most of that speech

So sad we have a free-market neoliberal in the White House, busily destroying the legacy of FDR. The part about Race to the Top was especially painful. The results of this doubling down on Bush's No Child Left Behind fiasco will have tragic consequences for the nation's children who attend public schools.

[rtassi]

92. Yep, but nobody can hear it when it's coming from their guy! N/T

[madokie]

79. Yep I'm here

No President can be 100% for everyone and if he is then he is either a fool or a liar and our President is neither of those. He came in wanting to change the tone of washington and dammit he is trying his best to do just that. I love the man and respect the President.

[vincenzoesq]

80. Yes!

A+

[guruoo]

81. K&R for my President. nt

[LawnKorn]

82. Kick

[lillypaddle]

83. Prez did great! nt

[quaker bill]

84. here

The president did what he had to do.

[SkyDaddy7]

85. Hell yes I am proud!

It was exactly what I wanted to hear...However, we all know the Republicans will continue to block all that is needed to get America moving as they must protect their jobs before helping America.

[fasttense]

86. "Free" Trade and trickle down win again. n/t

[JTFrog]

87. K&R!

But don't expect a thread like this to get several hundreds recs from the new DU.

:eyes:

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[Major Hogwash]

91. I'll bet he won't be so glib next year.

He can ask for the Republicans to "work with them", but they don't intend to.

They ran for the last 2 years to overturn everything Obama and Pelosi and Reid did in the last 2 years.
So, there won't be any campground sing-alongs held this year.

[whiteliberal]

141. SOTU

You have already forgotten that unfortunately the majority of the country does not want what Pelosi, Reid and Obama believe in!

[kooth]

94. SOTU

Another awesome speech!

[OmahaBlueDog]

95. I'm very proud of the President

[Klingon]

96. He's selling us hopes and dreams rather than jobs and truths

Large amount of hype and make-believe in this speech. Tiny amount of substance.

Half of it should have been about how to get back to 5% unemployment in a year.

But what can you expect from a Wall-Street White House like this?

[Fearless]

111. +10000

[creon]

97. good

I thought that it was a good speech.

The GOP is incapable of working with Democrats, so we will not get any 'bipartisanship'.

[BigD_95]

98. Very proud of President Obama !!!

Very

[Bonhomme Richard]

99. I think he did what he needed to do in order to....

check the repugs.

[2QT2BSTR8]

100. Proud to be rec #100! Great job Mr. President!

[66 dmhlt]

101. Solid & pragmatic: B+ or A-

[hwmnbn]

102. I'm in.... K&R

[NBachers]

103. Can you imagine McCain up there making some kind of "speech?"

[woo me with science]

104. ...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x276915

[cry baby]

105. checking in! nt

[Javaman]

106. I thought it a good speech...

My "sigh to yay" ratio was way down, so that's good.

But like all SOTU speeches, they are high on the rhetoric and usually low on the reality.

So while I still support Obama, I will still take a wait and see attitude before I give him high marks.

Because, while we the people would enjoy some of the changes he outlined in his speech, the reality is a congress that rarely listens to us.

So we will now see if leather actually meets pavement.

[XanaDUer]

107. He did a good job

nt.

[IrishEyes]

109. I'm proud of my president.

He is distinguished, intelligent and articulate. Such a difference from the last person to have the job.

[msanthrope]

110. A very good job. n/t

[zipplewrath]

112. Gotta say no

I didn't think it was "bad". Mostly it wasn't much at all. About the only line that really stuck out for me was that he wanted 80% of the electricity to come from "clean sources" by 2035. Strangely, he goes on to mention "clean coal" and "natural gas", which aren't particularly "clean sources".

Much of the rest of it was pretty much meaningless platitudes, and often at odds with his own actions over the last 2 years. If we've learned on thing about this president, it is that he will compromise on ANYTHING. As such, anything he advocates can be "bought" by agreeing to something else he wants. Strangely, he "threatened" to veto anything with ear marks. We'll see. He is the pragmatic president and I just don't see him vetoing something over an arguement about whether some small ear mark is even an ear mark or not. I kinda put this in the same category as broadcasting HCR on CSPAN.

Basically, with Obama, it is best not to read too much into what he says, and just wait for what he accomplishes. It leads to alot less disappointment.

[flamingdem]

113. outadapark nt

[Iggo]

114. Rec this thread if...

[randr]

117. Obama is leading the way into the future

[Ticonderoga]

118. I guess this is where I check out. C ya.

[JTFrog]

119. Bye. n/t

[librechik]

126. don't bother to come back, he's not getting any better

for someone like you

[solara]

120. Always proud of our President K&R

:hi:

[The Wielding Truth]

121. Yes. That's a US President!

[okieinpain]

122. superdope (madrad) proud. n/t.

[hisownpetard]

123. I am. I love the man, his demeanor, his brain, his heart.

If it were up to him alone, I believe this country would be a
totally equitable place.

[liberal N proud]

124. He did a fine job

[librechik]

125. I kept thinking: This is the democratic Socialism I've been advocating!

Is Obama finally going to fulfill his promise? He is so going to get slammed by the right for being such a leftie! I can't believe it!

Then I find on reading this forum that Obama was channeling a Right Wing Republican bowing down to his corporate masters. Silly Me!

[South End Liberal]

127. Reminded me of his campaign speeches....

We can all agree that the President is a great speaker, probably top of his debate team.

They remind me of a country wester song lyrics, "a little less talk and a lot more action."

We heard a lot of progressive campaign promises leading up to Obama's election, but where is the follow through on most of his promises?

You cannot fix the budget deficits unless you address the military spending and the 2 wars that are purposely "off budget."

Without addressing the budget deficits, you will not fix the economy.

You cannot create jobs here in America when the jobs are all being moved off shore to other countries (while those corporations receive tax breaks for doing so). Creating jobs in government or Wall Street does not fix the problem.

Why did the president ignore the 800 pound foreclosure gorilla in the room? States such as mine here in Florida are having our economies and housing markets destroyed by the scams pulled by banks gone wild, who made questionable loans to people who could not afford the mortgages, who bundled those loans up via MERS into investment packages they misrepresented and sold, who are now foreclosing on those homes using questional and sometimes faked documents. Where is the call for investigations, Mr. President? Why aren't banks being held accountable? The law firms participating in these foreclosures by "creating" documents for the banks' foreclosures when they are missing or never existed?

WHERE IS THE CALL FOR TIGHTER REGULATION OF THESE BANKS SO THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN?

A long list of states are struggling with their debt loads, cutting programs for the poor & elderly and laying off cops & firemen. What about that, Mr. President? Want to comment on the debt burden the taxpayers are facing at a state and local level? No?

Sorry, I can't join the yeah-yeah party here today.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

128. calm, cool and calculating. Just what the doctor order.

[katty]

129. very good-he is showing more spine

[nolabear]

130. Substance over drama. Thank goodness he's above the bs!

[mimi85]

131. Loved it!

I've lived through 60 years of presidents and he's the best, imo. Too bad the GOTP won't play nice. Hey, if Anthony Weiner & Adam Green liked the speech overall that's good enough for me.

[Scurrilous]

132. K & R

:thumbsup:

[be_long]

133. thumbs UP

best teleprompter reader in our time, thumbs UP

[NBachers]

134. dork

nope, I don't think you'll be_here_long

[Uzybone]

135. KnR

[sulphurdunn]

136. I really liked the part

where he said that a free trade agreement with Korea would create American jobs. It was almost as good as the lines about how Race to the Top (trough) bribes would improve education. The real jewels were his assurances that the Iraq war is over, that Afghanistan is soon to follow, that business is over regulated but that oil companies get too many tax breaks (the oil companies line was given with a straight face) and that too many people work for the federal government and that one of these day we'll need to tax rich folks like him just like everybody else. I was impressed by the sheer cynicism of this speech even though I've heard identical versions of it many times before.

[Stumbler]

137. Yay!! Best Republican-friendly SOTU since Clinton was in office.

[Uncle Joe]

138. I believe it could be either a good speech or a great speech depending

on how policy plays out over the next couple of years.

I especially liked the first part re: the development of clean sustainable energy; although I'm not a fan of nuclear energy and I don't believe in clean coal unless they can find a way to capture the carbon.

I also liked the focus on education, science and math, although I believe history has great value as well if we're to be a wise people.

Thanks for the thread, Still a Democrat.

[Number23]

139. Love and support this man. Thumbs up from what I've heard of the speech so far.

:thumbsup:

[Gothmog]

140. I am very proud

[mainstreetonce]

142. so proud

I am always proud of my president. He speaks with feeling. He knows his subject. He shows that he cares. He is surely on the way to another huge victory.

[deacon]

143. Hell yeah. n/t

[ermasdaughter]

144. Present and proud!

Good job.... Like Anthony W said, the venom directed at our president is extraordinary and yet, he went in and tried, once again, to elevate the discourse.

[ismnotwasm]

145. He did a good job

And nothing in politics is ever 100% is it? At least not from me either

[SurfingScientist]

146. Good Speech. Gotta be realistic about goals.

I prefer a pragmatic who gets part of the job done against all opposition, and has to compromise somewhat, to a fundamentalist who doesn't see the realities, and becomes marginalized, hence achieving nothing. I have worked for with the latter kind one too many times.

[DesertFlower]

147. yes. nt

[bobburgster]

148. Seems like a huge majority of the country is!

YEAH! Proud and happy Obama supporter.

:bounce:

[Number23]

150. 127 unrecs for this. ONE HUNDRED and twenty seven

There is no "laughing bemusedly at the impotence of the irrational" smiley so this one will have to do instead:

:spray:

[GroovyObama]

151. Obama,. u da Man!!!!!!!!

I love My President, damned proud of him and everything about him and his
glowing family! I will vote for him in 2012 with pride, and so will all of my lenghty family!!

[JDPriestly]

152. Still too little change, the the speech was great.

It's putting the words into reality that is hard for Obama. I was happy to hear what he said about alternative energy and getting rid of tax loopholes for corporations.

[DissedByBush]

153. I got some of that pre-election hope back n/t

[ellaydubya]

154. Great Speech!

It was a speech for the country- not Democrats, not Republicans. "He done good!!"

[Rex]

155. I thought it was full of hot air and wishful thinking.

But I voted for him, so I gave this thread a rec. I wish he would remove himself from the corporate nipple.

[groundloop]

156. Great speech, as always.

[bluestate10]

157. Agree. Sound, forward looking ideas. nt.

[rury]

159. Damn proud of him!!

:toast:

[1776Forever]

160. I am with you - Thought this says how I feel and how President Obama must feel........

When you are courting a nice girl an hour seems like a second. When you sit on a red-hot cinder a second seems like an hour. That's relativity.
Albert Einstein

It isn't what we would like him to do but in this time frame it is all he can hope to do right now.

[andym]

161. A very good tactical speech

touting the positive influence of government (anathema to the GOP), while talking fiscal responsibility like the great liberal, but fiscally conservative Senator Paul Simon.

Also, showing vision with the technical innovation theme. That is the one aspect of business where America still leads the world, and it is important to stimulate it as much as possible.

[Agony]

162. Talk is cheap...

[azygous]

163. Amen