The Prez Hits It Out of the Park.

Well, President Obama just knocked one out of the park with his first “State of the Union” address before the entire government of the United States, IMHO. Well, not quite. Attorney General Eric Holder was the “Designated Successor”. He’s the one, that in the line of succession would become president if something catastrophic happened. So he’s out of DC at some undisclosed location (which somehow does not sound nearly as ominous as when it was applied to Dick Cheney). I took note that he acknowledged the mucky-mucks that were there then turned and spoke directly to the American people. A few highlights:

The concern is that if we do not re-start lending in this country, our recovery will be choked off before it even begins.

It’s the bankers that have the capital and are not lending. Are they trying to sabotage Obama’s recovery plans? I laugh when I hear the right-wingnuts say we’re socialists. I’ve even told people, if we were socialists the bankers wouldn’t have testified before Congress, they would have been shot before Congress. I had a doctor agree with me.

Already, we have done more to advance the cause of health care reform in the last thirty days than we have in the last decade. When it was days old, this Congress passed a law to provide and protect health insurance for eleven million American children whose parents work full-time.

He got a standing ovation from the Democrats on this, but none of the Republicans stood, and I don’t think they even applauded, and I thought, Yeah, I hope someone’s getting a picture of this, how they’re disgusted about providing healthcare to children. How can you not say they’re simply heartless bastards?

I also know that nearly a century after Teddy Roosevelt first called for reform, the cost of our health care has weighed down our economy and the conscience of our nation long enough. So let there be no doubt: health care reform cannot wait, it must not wait, and it will not wait another year.

Impressive. He’s putting it on the table now. He’s going for it, I think: national health care. Teddy Roosevelt first called for universal health care in the US. If he’d mentioned Truman, then it would have been for sure. He might as well, he’s as popular as he’s ever going to be.

That is why it will be the goal of this administration to ensure that every child has access to a complete and competitive education - from the day they are born to the day they begin a career.

I think he’s talking about college. The US should have free education through all levels at all times. It’s called investment in human capital. Something the so-called “free market” has been woefully lacking in since it’s ascendancy under Reagan.


And there was a lot more. I can’t believe how flat and god-awful Bobby Jindal sounded afterwards. Not to mention the fact he was spouting the same nonsensical Republican ideology and policies that have brought us to the edge of the abyss in the first place (if indeed we aren’t over the edge already and merely slowly picking up speed). If this is what the Republican Party is becoming, all I can say is, Bring It On…

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