SOTU

[boutons_deux]

Republicans planning three separate responses to State of the Union speech


1. The official response from Republicans will come from Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, who will be playing the usual role of up-and-coming Republican looking to not humiliate themselves on national television. It's a tightrope act, and sometimes (we're looking at you, Bobby Jindal) does not live up to the party's expectations.

2. Ah, but ever since Bush-era conservatism collapsed under the weight of, well, the Bush administration, we've been pretending that something called the tea party movement is an entirely separate party that just happens to be made up entirely of Republicans and is spoken for in Congress entirely by Republicans, and so they have decided they need their own "response" to the State of the Union and to the traditional Republican "response." The winner this year is Sen. Mike Lee, primarily known for his role as Sen. Ted Cruz's footstool. His role and agenda will be exactly the same as those of the official Republican response, but Sen. Mike Lee will say it more dully and with less finesse. You know: tea party.

3. The third "response" will be given by Sen. Rand Paul, and will be representing the faction of the Republican Party known as Rand Paul, delivered for the benefit of Rand Paul. Given that Rand Paul really and truly is his own faction of the party (he certainly, say, doesn't give a particular damn about anyone not named Rand or Paul) it's hard to argue with this, and since we all know Rand Paul would be giving a "response" to the State of the Union in front of his bathroom mirror that night anyway, might as well slap a camera in front of it.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/0...h?detail=email

[Venti Quattro]

[Koolaid_Man]

Republicans planning three separate responses to State of the Union speech


1. The official response from Republicans will come from Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, who will be playing the usual role of up-and-coming Republican looking to not humiliate themselves on national television. It's a tightrope act, and sometimes (we're looking at you, Bobby Jindal) does not live up to the party's expectations.

2. Ah, but ever since Bush-era conservatism collapsed under the weight of, well, the Bush administration, we've been pretending that something called the tea party movement is an entirely separate party that just happens to be made up entirely of Republicans and is spoken for in Congress entirely by Republicans, and so they have decided they need their own "response" to the State of the Union and to the traditional Republican "response." The winner this year is Sen. Mike Lee, primarily known for his role as Sen. Ted Cruz's footstool. His role and agenda will be exactly the same as those of the official Republican response, but Sen. Mike Lee will say it more dully and with less finesse. You know: tea party.

3. The third "response" will be given by Sen. Rand Paul, and will be representing the faction of the Republican Party known as Rand Paul, delivered for the benefit of Rand Paul. Given that Rand Paul really and truly is his own faction of the party (he certainly, say, doesn't give a particular damn about anyone not named Rand or Paul) it's hard to argue with this, and since we all know Rand Paul would be giving a "response" to the State of the Union in front of his bathroom mirror that night anyway, might as well slap a camera in front of it.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/0...h?detail=email

[Koolaid_Man]

[Rogue]

nothing to hear but empty promises, based upon nothing but his previous promises that have either been proven unfeasible or completely failed already.

[Venti Quattro]

I'm not the biggest Obama fan but let's give him a chance. He's had a lot of success in uplifting the economy unlike Bush who drove it to the cliff...

[Koolaid_Man]

nothing to hear but empty promises, based upon nothing but his previous promises that have either been proven unfeasible or completely failed already.

you have no credibility until you respond to me with a rational answer...

while I'm disapproving of big government, I ain't a fan of big business either. I'll stick to the idea that a strong middle class is the foundation of a healthy economy. The treasure of this society should be broken down in pieces and distributed to more people imho, which sounds a much better solution to me than simply replacing the private-business oligarchies with
a government-owned one.

In order for a "big" government to function efficiently and smoothly, some civil rights would essentially have to be sacrificed and a few steps towards the end of autocracy would be hardly avoidable tbh.

^ you're insane so now you're into wealth redistribution? have you seen what we "middle class" people do with our money?

we spend billions a year on lottery tickets...

me thinks you need to rethink your strategy smart guy

[Rogue]

I don't see nothing wrong with lottery tickets. I don't like lottery tickets and never buy them but my parents buy them a lot, but it's all their own money and their own choices. And, aren't your Lakers also going all-in for the lottery this year

[Koolaid_Man]

yall listening to this ed up Republican response....this lady got a ed smile and keeps talking @ different speeds and pitches...talking bout her family like someone gives a ....this is a disaster tbh

[Clipper Nation]

Ron Paul basically took a wet all over Obama's speech on Twitter

[FuzzyLumpkins]

Ron Paul basically took a wet all over Obama's speech on Twitter

You have had your tongue up he and his daddy's ass for a few years now. And don't give me that faux outrage from Rand trying to go more middle ground so as to be electable last year. It will ring even more hollow now than it did then.

[Clipper Nation]

You have had your tongue up he and his daddy's ass for a few years now. And don't give me that faux outrage from Rand trying to go more middle ground so as to be electable last year. It will ring even more hollow now than it did then.

Huh? I've never liked Rand and have always supported Ron, tbh....

[Koolaid_Man]

You have had your tongue up he and his daddy's ass for a few years now. And don't give me that faux outrage from Rand trying to go more middle ground so as to be electable last year. It will ring even more hollow now than it did then.

^ he has?...why am I not surprised

[Rogue]

tbh obummer's obsequious flattery towards es in his speech sounded even more hyperbolic and pathetic than mine towards our goddess. Kenyan dude must have forgotten what he has between his own legs, or maybe he has his sack amputated already

There's a well accepted & justified reason why es should've never been allowed to vote, tbh.

[angrydude]

The real state of the union

[ElNono]

[ElNono]

[HI-FI]

Biden >> HNIC

[ElNono]

http://instagram.com/p/jvJVK0OD7_/#

[Jacob1983]

So how many people were killed by drones in the Middle East during this speech by Obama?

[Winehole23]

how many?

[Winehole23]

Perhaps the most notable thing is that all four respondents are members of Congress, which further cements the current GOP’s iden y as a mainly Congressional party.

http://www.theamericanconservative.c...can-responses/

[boutons_deux]

It's convincing demonstration of Repug unity.

[boutons_deux]

"current GOP’s iden y as a mainly Congressional party."

but they've got a stranglehold on gerrymandered districts and many state governments, as their state-by-state ALEC/VRWC strategy dictates?

[DUNCANownsKOBE]