US POLITICS: AMERICANS, PLEASE WELCOME YOUR NEW PRESIDENT... SCOTT BROWN!

u guys, he announced a spending freeze. this is a freaking horror

hey why isn't he doing that thing of picking out a regular american person from the gallery and telling his/her regular american inspirational story? did i miss that?

he's following the lead of john f kennedy and ronald reagan

Since the day I took office, all I keep hearing is that the next Joanna Newsom album is going to be awesome. We have made substantial investments in indie music but frankly I can't get into all the elf stuff. We have prohibited torture. I am hereby issuing an executive order prohibiting the release of Have One On Me.

I am dying here, and if this was real Obama would be the greatest president of all time.

man i hope he doesn't do that at all that part is always so gross

xpost to daria

Other than "projecting" aggression, I don't know how this address will motivate the Senate. It's a damn pep rally cuz it's an election year.

Reagan started the Important American section of the SOTU btw.

Best state of the union address during my lifetime ever

Are you 8 years old?

j/k

Hahaha I think 8 yrs ago was the Axis of Evil speech, wasn't it?

si si

Abroad, America’s greatest source of strength has always been our ideals. The same is true at home. We find unity in our incredible diversity, drawing on the promise enshrined in our Constitution: the notion that we are all created equal, that no matter who you are or what you look like, if you abide by the law you should be protected by it; that if you adhere to our common values you should be treated no different than anyone else. You don't have to listen to Animal Collective if you don't want to.

(Daniel, Lorax was riffing on the Newsome thread)

Tonight [Mark R. Levin]
I have watched many, many State of the Union speeches. This is the most partisan, least presidential of them all. His rhetoric, his glances at the GOP side, and his almost mocking tone at times — not to mention his over-the-top dissembling about the deficit, among other things — will not, I predict, improve his position with the public. Nor should it.
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Didn't turn this on, but I am shocked that a speech has you cultists creaming your jeans again.

You're in a better place, Mr Zinn.

"As president I will outlaw gays so that we can repeal Don't Ask Don't Tell."

OHHHHHHHHH.

My bad.

I am looking forward to Obama renouncing the zero-sum politics of GAPDY voting.

man how can don't ask don't tell still exist

Are people really digging this speech?

We are going to crack down on violations of equal pay laws – so that women get equal pay for an equal day’s work.

yyyyyup...there's a couple million of us old fogey feminist types who just got out our checkbooks, I have to say

Tonight [Mark R. Levin]
I have watched many, many State of the Union speeches. This is the most partisan, least presidential of them all. His rhetoric, his glances at the GOP side, and his almost mocking tone at times — not to mention his over-the-top dissembling about the deficit, among other things — will not, I predict, improve his position with the public. Nor should it.

Obama is in such serious trouble

Didn't turn this on, but I am shocked that a speech has you cultists creaming your jeans again.

dude I love you but EVERYBODY HERE IS RIFFING ON THE SPEECH AND MAKING FUN OF IT. EVERYBODY.

I posted that! xp

we finally changed our laws to prohibit crimes inspired by hate. but those inspired by deplorable transparent greed? we're institutionalizing those further.

Obama is in such serious trouble

with Mark Levin?

nah, mainly just watching for a few choice lulz. The SCOTUS part was priceless, worth the time invested watching it for sure. I'm not shaking with anger over the spending freeze because it was announced the other day. It's not news.

i hate political speeches tbh! overall i wonder if people there who obama actually has to depend on, to get these things done, are appreciative or not, because there is something of a lecturing mocking thing going on, isn't there?

Yeah most of our favorite stuff has been like reaction shots and LOLs, I think.

Oh noes, it thounds like he'th weally weally thcared!

I just saw a dude shaking his head no. LULZ

CBS just showed reaction shot of Alito, mouth agape.

John should write every SOTU, perhaps then Animal Collective will take their rightful place in the axis of evil.

http://i47.tinypic.com/vhxex.jpg

lol

Do you think those chairs Biden + Pelosi are sitting in are comfortable?

where's "you lie!" what's his name?

But remember this – I never suggested that change would be easy, or that I can do it alone. Democracy in a nation of three hundred million people can be noisy and messy and complicated. And it gets hard to hear yourself think over the God-damned three millionth remix of "Pants on the Ground" or "Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell." Seriously, enough.

OK, he's drifting. Time to get a smoke.

I am waiting for the animated gifs.

“We are strong. We are resilient. We are American.”

Does ANYONE say this except for John Cougar Mellencamp?

i guess he's kind of been doing the regular American thing by quoting people's letters in this free indirect discourse-y way

Is there a trapdoor button Pelosi can push?

Aww, possibly fictional 8 year old boy donating his allowance, you are the best.

When he says USA he sounds like Bush.

We are strong. We are resilient. We are American. We are all -- all of us, seated here tonight and watching by television -- going to see the release of another My Bloody Valentine album. That's going to be awesome.

I like Obama yelling at Wall Street, the Senate, both parties etc..

CNN ticker blurb: "President anticipating return of American economy, shoegaze"

v. disappointed no mention of the leno/o'brien fiasco.

Thank you. God bless you. RIP, Jay Reatard.