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Will Anyone Be Listening To The State Of The Union?

Washington Post   |  Michael Abromowitz   |   January 27, 2008 11:54 PM


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For years, President Bush and his advisers expressed frustration that the White House received little credit for the nation's strong economic performance because of public discontent about the Iraq war. Today, the president is getting little credit for improved security in Iraq, as the public increasingly focuses on a struggling U.S. economy.

That is the problem Bush faces as he prepares to deliver his seventh and probably final State of the Union address Monday night. For the first time in four years, he will come before Congress able to report some progress in tamping down violence in Iraq. Yet the public appears to have moved on from the war -- and possibly from Bush himself.

The economy has supplanted Iraq as the top public concern, and with voters shifting their focus toward the presidential primaries, Bush faces a steep challenge in persuading Americans to heed his words on the war, economic policy or any other issue, according to administration officials, lawmakers and outside observers.

"Very large segments of the American people have written him off already and have moved on to the next chapter," said Jeremy Rosner, a Clinton White House aide and Democratic pollster. Even some of the Republican presidential candidates appear eager to distance themselves from the president.

White House officials and their allies argue that the turmoil in the nation's housing and financial markets provides Bush a new opportunity to lead, especially given his newfound alliance on an economic stimulus plan with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), who will be sitting behind the president in the House chamber Monday night.

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- dookoferl See Profile I'm a Fan of dookoferl permalink

To Rovesaleeker, You have such a way with words.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 03:56 PM on 01/29/2008
- MajorKong See Profile I'm a Fan of MajorKong permalink

I'm a glass half full kind of guy. He's the 43rd best President we've ever had.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:16 PM on 01/28/2008
- Coyote2 See Profile I'm a Fan of Coyote2 permalink

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This administration FAILED to make its case to the world.

This administration FAILED to gather a larger coalition.

This administration FAILED to protect against looters after their invasion.

This administration FAILED to defend the weapons depots.

This administration FAILED to protect the borders after it invaded.

This administration FAILED to protect the Iraqis from being bombed.

This administration FAILED to provide electricity.

This administration FAILED to provide water.

This administration FAILED to provide sewage treatment.

This administration FAILED to fix the infrastructure that it destroyed.

This administration FAILED to account for billions in spending.

This administration FAILED to adequately provide for our troops.

This administration FAILED to train the Iraqi police forces in three years of occupation.

This administration FAILED to tell us the truth at every single step of the way.

This administration FAILED to find the mass-destruction weapons.

This administration FAILED to capture Osama Bin Laden.

This administration FAILED miserably in making the case for the doctrine of preemptive war, and as such, it cannot be believed at all when it makes assertions about Iran. "Fool me once, ... "

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:03 PM on 01/28/2008
- lornejl See Profile I'm a Fan of lornejl permalink

I know the repigs will clapping their asses off, but please dems, at least act like you aren't complete suck ups.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 07:51 PM on 01/28/2008
- bogtrotters See Profile I'm a Fan of bogtrotters permalink

Don't miss Mr. Cheney, behind the President. He's the one who looks like Jabba the Hutt.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 07:30 PM on 01/28/2008
- bogtrotters See Profile I'm a Fan of bogtrotters permalink

Interesting link to the House Budget Committee's take on the economy under Bush (PDF):

http://www.house.gov/budget_democrats/analyses/08The_Bush_Economy_FINAL.pdf

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 07:20 PM on 01/28/2008
- leftLibertarian See Profile I'm a Fan of leftLibertarian permalink

Be Very Afraid: Bush is still in charge and the Democrats are the opposition Party.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 07:20 PM on 01/28/2008
- clumberfeet See Profile I'm a Fan of clumberfeet permalink

Lame chimp Bush to veterans. We will get you new legs.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 07:17 PM on 01/28/2008
- whatsthatsound See Profile I'm a Fan of whatsthatsound permalink

Why does the MSM continue to flog people with the canard that "the surge is working" and "the violence is down"? Iraq has been emptied and ethnic-cleansed, so of course the violence is down. Two million people, out of sixteen million, have fled the country and now live scattered throughout the Middle East. Another two million are living as refugees in their own country, unable or unwilling to return to their original places of residence. So the violence is down? That is simple, and twisted, demographics. It can not be considered a "success" by any measure.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 07:14 PM on 01/28/2008
- bogtrotters See Profile I'm a Fan of bogtrotters permalink

RE the photograph accompanying. His favorite faces lately seem to be The Smirk or The Pout. Doncha just want to tie him up to a slapping machine?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 07:10 PM on 01/28/2008
- Bobby See Profile I'm a Fan of Bobby permalink

Lame duck = clusterfuck

The ABSOLUTE WORST "President" of this great country. He lied us in to a war (Iraq) and tried to do the same thing again (Iran). The worse day in our history (9/11) happened on his watch. Then he had to testify about it with Cheney holding his hand and NOT under oath. He also gave us torture, no habeas corpus, illegal wiretapping, fixed elections, war profiteering, tax cuts to the VERY rich, recession, foreclosures, HIGH oil prices, Plamegate, Justice Department firings for political reasons, ineptness after Katrina, a HUGE deficit after having a HUGE surplus and scandal after scandal. Not to mention that Dumbya is a lying, smirking, treasonous coward. I would say in terms of the Bu$h family history, the ROTTEN apple doesn't fall far from the ROTTEN tree!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 07:07 PM on 01/28/2008
- Coyote2 See Profile I'm a Fan of Coyote2 permalink

The fact is we elected a President who was a business associate with fundamentalist radicals and terrorists.

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The fact is we elected a President who profited and/or sought to profit from business associations with fundamentalist radicals and terrorists responsible for the 9/11 attack.

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The fact is we elected a President whose family and friends have profited from the 9/11 attack by fundamentalist radicals and terrorists.

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The fact is we elected a President whose family and friends are heavily invested in OIL.

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The fact is we elected a President whose family and friends are heavily invested in OIL and who have have profited from the 9/11 attack .

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He's our President and we put him there and we need take responsibility and make sure he does no more harm.

Ain soph aur.

By: C0Y0TE on March 21, 2006 at 03:16pm

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:48 PM on 01/28/2008
- fedup07 See Profile I'm a Fan of fedup07 permalink

Question: "Will Anyone Be Listening To The State Of The Union?"

Answer: Not without my barf bag

Bush is nothing but a lying sack of shit.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:40 PM on 01/28/2008
- SubparDude See Profile I'm a Fan of SubparDude permalink

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The State of the Union is

SAD

But Bush is not.

Therein lies our problem.
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    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:32 PM on 01/28/2008
- ajax2 See Profile I'm a Fan of ajax2 permalink

Thanks Nancy,
Clause 2 suspended parts of the constitution. It shut down freedoms of expression and of the press and assembly. It gave the government the power to hold people in custody indefinitely without court order. The government was run by executive decree. It passed by 441 to 94.

Bush, Pelosi and the Patriot Act?

No, Nazi Reich Minister of the Homeland, Wilhelm Frick in 1933.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:32 PM on 01/28/2008
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