i'm kinda not really liveblogging the state of the union. really just trying to stay awake.
is nancy pelosi's face frozen like that? it's freaking me out, her eyes move (left to right and back) but nothing else does.
8:37: I still can't get over that Biden is sitting back there as Veep. I keep thinking he's going to whip out some playing cards and a cigar. I'm pretty sure he and Nancy were drinking in the cloak room, she looks totally tanked.
8:39: How awesome is Hillary's bright pink coat. Work it, girl!
8:40: I'm officially sick of the standing ovations.
8:45: i love how he turns a phrase, that bit about health care weighing down our economy and weighing down our conscience long enough, is brilliant. he connects the emotional to the practical. it did make me sad, though, not to see senator kennedy's face in the crowd during this bit. he's fought for health care for so long.
8:49: on dropping out of highschool: it's not just quitting on yourself, it's quitting on this country. goosebumps. seriously, how does a democrat make me feel so damn patriotic?
8:50: Kennedy just got a shout out. Loves it!
8:51: a little rumble across the aisle over the deficit that "we inherited". obama can bring it!
8:53: seriously, nancy and joe are back there yukking it up. the dems are just giddy. it's been a long eight years, my friends.
8:55: oh yeah: taxing the wealthy, closing loopholes on corporations, tax cuts for the rest of us. sassy is beside herself. and mitch mcconnell is clapping! WTF?!?!?
9:02: getting bored so checked out 538. "The GOP needed to have a better clapping gameplan." so true! they're clapping at the dem high points and not clapping and looking like sore losers the rest of the time. they're a hot mess.
9:06: from Nate/Sean: Trademark Obama cynicism-to-hope pivot begins. We're near the close of the Obama part. Bobby Jindal really wanted to follow this?
9:07: holy crap. how amazing is that girl from s. carolina? and how gorgeous is michelle?
9:07: barack is giving undeserved props to the repugs. we all want america to succeed. but do they, really? or do they just want some of us (the wealthy, the corporations) to succeed? he's giving them more credit than they deserve.
9:08: oh, it's over. wow, that 50 minutes went fast. sassy's sleepy, off to bed.
4 comments:
hotdamn, I fell in love all over again. I mean, really: out-wonks Clinton, out-rhetorics Reagan and just generally rules. I still can't believe America actually elected this awesome man.
And Bobby Jindahl? Really? Nate/Sean point out all the comments people are making comparing him to Kenneth the Page on 30 Rock:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeRovHlXOe8
unfortunately i don't have time today to read all the reviews, but this exchange in WaPo is pretty funny:
Washington: What was with the Republicans? They seemed not to know when to cheer, when to stand up, when to keep still -- confusion reigned, no?
Robert G. Kaiser: Wasn't that fascinating? I saw a real change as the speech unfolded. Initially the Republicans tried to sit on their hands and avoid cheering for things they disapproved of. But I sensed that as the speech went on they must have realized that he was effectively reaching his audience, and began to act as though they felt they should join the cheering.
LMAO, NP's face and standing up every 10 seconds was driving me insance, luckily I found a way to focus in the middle.
Thanks for the live blog. Great stuff.
I'm with all of you, Barack was amazing and Jindal terrible (I thought he sounded like he was reading a children's story to a class of kindergarteners). And, he came out with some huge policy points. Good stuff all around.
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