The Disunited State of the Union

The Disunited State of the Union

. . . A good question is, Why are members of SCOTUS even expected to attend SotU addresses? The justices may very well be asked to pass judgement on the constitutionality of what the president and congress do. Should they be in attendance when those political plans are outlined? Should they be expected to acquiesce to that with which they disagree? Should they just stay home?

The president, the vice president, and, of course, congress en masse, will be in attendance but this year, in another unprecedented–and politically-inspired–move, Democrat Senator Mark Udall has proposed a SotU innovation: http://tiny.cc/2jttv

Rather than have congresspeople seated as usual in the House chamber helter skelter but according to political party, Udall has suggested that everyone be integrated into one, big, unified group, a proposal never brought to the fore when Democrats dominated both houses but which now strikes Democrat Udall as an outstanding change. The potential impact on the television audience of witnessing the loyal Republican opposition seated united in that opposition is an absolute irrelevancy to the senator.

In the wake of the president’s call for national healing and an end to divisiveness and vicious invective following the Tucson massacre, a plea that has yet to reach either the hearts or ears of his supporters, the idea of that demonstration of non-partisanship has attracted a number of Republicans such as Sen. John McCain who are forgetful that when they have reached across the aisle in the past to Democrats the Dems have devoured their arms up to the armpit.

However, things have changed and all is good now. Everything is beautiful and everyone is happy, joyful, and non-partisan–until a Republican president next delivers a State of the Union message or Democrats next control both houses of congress.
(Read more at http://www.genelalor.com/blog1/?p=3432)

Obama's Fine Art of Prestidigitation

Obama's Fine Art of Prestidigitation

As the dust settles over the planet following the longest speech of President Obama’s political life, (70 minutes), which included this downer line, “We do not give up. We do not quit. We do not allow fear or division to break our spirit,” the wags are wagging and the talking heads are talking their heads off.

If Obama meant to invoke Churchill’s, “We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender,” he didn’t come close and, besides, he doesn’t smoke cigars.

Various observers did come close, to burlesque, to insight, and to honesty.

. MSNBC’s Chris Matthews is always ready to inadvertently inject some absurd humor into the political scene and he scored again last night.

You may recall MSNBC, it’s the cable news network that no one watches. And you may recall Matthews who, not once but twice, experienced a “thrill” up his leg during the presidential campaign while in the presence of his Obamassiah.. .
(Read more at http://www.genelalor.com/blog1/?p=1453)

Where Have You Gone, Miss America?

Where Have You Gone, Miss America?

Much has been writ and much more will be written about President Obama’s first State of the Union address last night, so I’ll limit this piece to the essentials to avoid redundancy.

Highlights and Lowlights:

. The 96 times he used the pronoun “I.” (One Dem lackey later defended that sign of egotism on FOX by saying, “Well, Bush used “I,” too!” Well, duh!)

. Justice Alito mouthing the words, “Not true” to Obama’s criticism of Tuesday’s SCOTUS decision on campaign financing. (Alito was silently fulfilling the Joe Wilson function at an Obama speech.)

. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid yawning. (Harry may have been bored with all those “I’s” or dreaming of those lazy, hazy, not-so-crazy days he’ll have in Searchlight, NV after the next election.)

. The chutzpa of the president yamping about eliminating earmarks. (Same ol’. He yamped about them during last year’s campaign, then signed various bills overflowing with thousands of earmarks.)

. Terrorists are bad so we killed more of them than Bush. (Obama STILL hasn’t gotten it through his head that we are at war with militant Islamic, jihad-ing terrorists; foreign affairs and national security aren’t his forte’.)

. Promising, once again, to work for repeal of Clinton’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy for gays in the military. (Election 2010 is just 9 months away and Obama’s gay friends want DADT gone . . .
(Read more at http://www.genelalor.com/blog1/?p=1451)
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