I know MSNBC is biased but I can't turn away because I have a massive girl-crush on Rachel Maddow. She's so smart and funny. I want to make out with her.
I know MSNBC is biased but I can't turn away because I have a massive girl-crush on Rachel Maddow. She's so smart and funny. I want to make out with her.
and they didn't say a word about dorner.
i love her too. i always learn something when i watch her show. i used to watch it every night but DH gets sick of too much politics.
I think he usually does (Obama), but I am seriously shaken when a NP winner does this with drones, kill list, etc. What the wha? Change my ass.
Obviously I don't like it. I do think there are a lot of things involved with being Commander in Chief during wartime that sort of disqualify you from a peace prize, automatically. I feel like I would need way more information before I could discount all the good he's done over this, you know? And I might get that information. I hope to fuck that I don't.
You're right, but he was president for a hot minute when he won. I guess that is why he won (no blemishes)? As the comedian said the other day, I posted, he's not Hitler, he's Bush. I didn't like Bush for 8 years and now another 8 years of the same ish?
Obviously I don't like it. I do think there are a lot of things involved with being Commander in Chief during wartime that sort of disqualify you from a peace prize, automatically. I feel like I would need way more information before I could discount all the good he's done over this, you know? And I might get that information. I hope to fuck that I don't.
You're right, but he was president for a hot minute when he won. I guess that is why he won (no blemishes)? As the comedian said the other day, I posted, he's not Hitler, he's Bush. I didn't like Bush for 8 years and now another 8 years of the same ish?
I think he won because he was the representation of the end of an era (the presidency being a white male thing). It wasn't about what he'd do, necessarily, as president. It was about the fact that he even got there.
I don't think Obama is Bush. But I do think he's more Bush than Hitler. Lol. Know what I mean? Hell, I don't even think Bush was Bush. I think Cheney may have been Bush, and Bush was just...drunk.
I definitely think some aspects of the SOTU broke new ground: universal pre school, for one.
I am reading it (I can't take watching) and did he mention reauth-ing ESEA or IDEA? Because without them, I don't see this happening. Plus, all the cuts to education. Um, yeah. It would be nice, but I don't see it.
You're right, but he was president for a hot minute when he won. I guess that is why he won (no blemishes)? As the comedian said the other day, I posted, he's not Hitler, he's Bush. I didn't like Bush for 8 years and now another 8 years of the same ish?
I think he won because he was the representation of the end of an era (the presidency being a white male thing). It wasn't about what he'd do, necessarily, as president. It was about the fact that he even got there.
I don't think Obama is Bush. But I do think he's more Bush than Hitler. Lol. Know what I mean? Hell, I don't even think Bush was Bush. I think Cheney may have been Bush, and Bush was just...drunk.
So, for getting elected? Of course, the NPP is so odd, imo, with who it is awarded to so maybe that is the point?
So, for getting elected? Of course, the NPP is so odd, imo, with who it is awarded to so maybe that is the point?
Yes, exactly. That's what I have always assumed; he was president for so little time before it was awarded to him, he really hadn't done anything yet. There's no other reasonable argument for it, that I have heard. I'd be open to other interpretations of the circumstances, though.
To me, the similarities between the two is that both hit upon topics that are popular with their respective bases but honestly, not a damn to back it up so to poke at Rubio for it but applaud Obama is a bit strange to me.
Or maybe I just don't give a shit anymore. I fully predict for more years of alternating between debt ceiling doom and gloom and watching congressional paint dry between breaks.
The Nobel Peace Prize is such a joke. I actually felt bad for Obama when he won- he had to have been so embarrassed. What an awkward position to be in, too.
The Nobel Peace Prize is such a joke. I actually felt bad for Obama when he won- he had to have been so embarrassed. What an awkward position to be in, too.
Right?! I am still embarrassed for him. "I got a Nobel Peace Prize 'cause... I'm black."
I know MSNBC is biased but I can't turn away because I have a massive girl-crush on Rachel Maddow. She's so smart and funny. I want to make out with her.
Back off my lady, man.
Sooooo hawt. Want to touch the heiny.
Seriously.. she's hot. And shes smart, and funny, and charismatic. I just want to write her poetry and let her massage my head.
Remember when Jindal was supposed to be the republican star? And a minority at that? Then he did the SOTU response which quickly began his slide toward Bachmann level semi-obscurity. I'm thinking the same of Rubio. Maybe he'll also make a comment about how monitoring volcanoes is stupid right before a huge one erupts and destroys our air traffic.
"This prick is asking for someone here to bring him to task Somebody give me some dirt on this vacuous mass so we can at last unmask him I'll pull the trigger on it, someone load the gun and cock it While we were all watching, he got Washington in his pocket."
Remember when Jindal was supposed to be the republican star? And a minority at that? Then he did the SOTU response which quickly began his slide toward Bachmann level semi-obscurity. I'm thinking the same of Rubio. Maybe he'll also make a comment about how monitoring volcanoes is stupid right before a huge one erupts and destroys our air traffic.
I'm hoping that is their plan because he is too conservative so I'm going with this theory
I give you all credit for watching. SOTU used to be political porn for me but then I decided that nothing was actually said by anyone involved and now opt for losing only the three minutes of my life it takes to read the front page article the next day. #cynicalandjaded
Did anyone ever find out what the chanting during the gun section was?
I read somewhere (and now I can't remember where) that some people were chanting "a vote, a vote," and apparently a mother who lost her son to gun violence was calling out his name.
David Brooks on the response: "This could have been given by any republican in the past 20 years."
And Obama's SOTU tread new ground??
Brooks was complaining that Republicans aren't reframing their message to attract more support, and criticized Rubio for not bringing in more substance. He dropped the "5 out of the last 6 popular votes went to Dems" line.