Excited for the President's address to Congress?

[paul718]

This is always one of my favorite political events. I love seeing the branches of government meet in one spot and having it aired live across the country.

This is also one of the images I have in my mind when I imagine someone becoming President. I try to picture them behind the podium/in front of the Vice President and the Speaker. After eight years of any President, I think it's weird to imagine anyone else standing there but it'll be especially odd seeing Obama there. That being said, I'm still excited.

Yup.  For the exact same reasons Phil stated above.

[paul718]

Jindal sounds like the old pedophile from Family Guy. He sounds like he's about to start whistling.

What's funny is that President Obama actually whistles his S's.

And LOL @ Chris Matthews delivering the response to the Republican response.  

[paul718]

- Some of us are skeptical that Republicans really fell away from a believe system.  Instead it appears that Republican ideology is grounded in a view that government is bad, thus when in power they live that view and govern poorly.

I don't really understand what you're saying here.  How did they live the view that "government is bad" when they, in fact, expanded government?

[paul718]

- Some of us are skeptical that Republicans really fell away from a believe system.  Instead it appears that Republican ideology is grounded in a view that government is bad, thus when in power they live that view and govern poorly.

I don't really understand what you're saying here.  How did they live the view that "government is bad" when they, in fact, expanded government?

And I dont understand what you are saying. 
How are a view that "government is bad" and using power to expand government incompatible?

Because why would you want to expand something that you inherently view as "bad"?  I think I'm missing something here. 

[paul718]

He claims he was remarking about the setting of Jindal's video and thought it was supposed to be like a mockery of the West Wing or something

I actually thought it might've been because Jindal didn't have his jacket buttoned.   But whateva.   

As for Jindal's speech...  He needs to step his teleprompter game up, and not speak with the cadence and delivery of a kindergarten teacher.  He reminded me of Ms. Lippy in Billy Madison.