State Of The Union 2012: A Brief, Humorous, Completely Unfair Mashup Of Obama's Speech (VIDEO)

Did you miss President Obama's State Of The Union speech on Tuesday night? Were you watching repeat episodes of "The Real Housewives Of Atlanta" on Bravo instead? Don't worry: we've condensed his 65-minute ramble into just two minutes.

During last night's speech, Obama took the opportunity to freely engage in some not-so-subtle boasting of his accomplishments since he's occupied the Oval Office. In particular, he wasn't shy about mentioning the end of the Iraq war within the first 60 seconds of his address. Self-promotion aside, Obama made some significant remarks, including his announcement of a "trade enforcement unit," which he said would examine unfair trading practices in countries like China.

But honestly, if you have a sincere interest in discussing the fine points of Obama's State Of The Union, you should probably go elsewhere (I recommend starting here). Because, you see, the video above is by no means a legitimate recap of last night's speech. It's been heavily edited in a way that hopefully makes up for its blatant unfairness with brevity and humor. Please, enjoy.

Comments

[Rodrockler]

07:47 AM on 01/26/2012

This whole article is biased and slanted in context.

Why bother to post a video if it isn't in it's entirety?
The author supports doing it because why?

This is how media sways public opinion and creates a negative image.

How about this HP. Instead of posting articles for the sake of creating content, how about doing it with some actual REPORTING, INVESTIGATION or INTERVIEWS?

Otherwise, articles like this are only self-serving and misleading to the reader and lower the standards away from actual journalism.

[nicko68]

05:30 AM on 01/26/2012

Obama Said What At The State Of The Union?
He said it was, "Strong"
No, Really, he said it was "Strong"

[DocJoseph]

12:45 PM on 01/26/2012

And your point is?

[wheeljc]

08:37 PM on 01/25/2012

Do you get the sense that folks are getting tired of listening to him??

http://www.deadline.com/2012/01/barack-obamas-state-of-the-union-ratings-continue-to-decline-down-12-from-2011/

[Katchalater]

12:51 AM on 01/26/2012

91% approval rating on the speech. 9% disapproval.

Republican Congress 91% disapproval 9% approval

Kind of funny.

[Rodrockler]

07:41 AM on 01/26/2012

Sorry, call me a skeptic but I didn't see one single thing to substantiate those numbers.
No source!

Anyone can make up this kind of propaganda and you put it up as if it had credibility.

[Me2U2]

07:55 PM on 01/25/2012

Joe tried real hard to stay awake this time.

[Neither Side Wins]

09:09 PM on 01/25/2012

He needs to lay off the bo tox... His face has become an immoveable force....

[Katchalater]

12:50 AM on 01/26/2012

Boehner turned another shade of orange.

[Salty too]

07:45 PM on 01/25/2012

‎"You don't need God anymore, you have us Democrats." - Nancy Pelosi (Quoted 2006)

[heapOtrouble]

08:41 PM on 01/25/2012

Source

[wsdave]

10:41 PM on 01/25/2012

Well, it's as true as Somalia being a Libertarian paradise....

[heapOtrouble]

09:19 PM on 01/25/2012

Thought so

[Salty too]

11:10 PM on 01/25/2012

The source is Politico.

[sarabono]

06:39 PM on 01/25/2012

That mashup is one fine piece of work. Bravo !

(It is nice to see something that is accurate for a change.)

[Katchalater]

12:50 AM on 01/26/2012

Look up the word accurate.

[Katchalater]

12:54 AM on 01/26/2012

Get a dictionary

[AK00]

03:31 PM on 01/25/2012

The real news is that states are being 'encouraged' to not allow people to drop out of high school.

What about the jobs of those who administer GED tests and classes? Print and write GED books?

You know, school isn't for everyone and when people are forced to do things they usually struggle more than if they had chosen it.

[RobJames]

09:16 PM on 01/25/2012

I don't know too many High School Dropouts setting the world on fire.

[wsdave]

10:43 PM on 01/25/2012

I don't know many college grads doing that, either.

[AK00]

08:11 AM on 01/26/2012

H.G. Wells
Louis Armstrong
Rosa Parks
Henry Ford
Quentin Tarantino
Peter Jennings
Princess Diana
Ronald Reagan

[jan1760]

02:11 PM on 01/25/2012

I thought people should know-

"President Obama's 2012 State of the Union address again rated at an 8th grade comprehension level on the Flesch-Kincaid readability test — the third lowest score of any State of the Union address since 1934.

The University of Minnesota's Smart Politics conducted an analysis on the last 70 State of the Union addresses and found that President Obama's three addresses have the lowest grade average of any modern president. "Obama's average grade-level score of 8.4 is more than two grades lower than the 10.7 grade average for the other 67 addresses written by his 12 predecessors," they conclude.

"The Flesch-Kincaid test is designed to assess the readability level of written text, with a formula that translates the score to a U.S. grade level. Longer sentences and sentences utilizing words with more syllables produce higher scores. Shorter sentences and sentences incorporating more monosyllabic words yield lower scores," the University of Minnesota's Eric Ostermeier explains.

Obama's use of simple language is in part a reflection of his audience: the American voter in an election year. And it's part of a larger trend in simpler State of the Union language as the speech as transitioned from a simple address to "
Politico
So the bottom line we are to stupid to understand so we have to dumm it down.

[allengoldchain]

01:29 PM on 01/25/2012

here is a sum of the Obama's speech, 8th grade level speech.
oh yes what was Warren's secretary doing in the seat that is usually given to victims and heroes? What does she make by the way?

[J-Right]

02:39 PM on 01/25/2012

EXACTLY

but only the 1% that are Republicans are wrong- HA HA

[So silly]

06:03 PM on 01/25/2012

If he wanted the majority of Americans to understand he should have dumbed it down to a sixth grade level.

[anniesez455]

09:14 PM on 01/25/2012

yes..then the democrats would understand better his deceitful lies

[JDZSB]

12:49 PM on 01/25/2012

This was a campaign kick off speech where he did his best to attempt to depict his record to date as best he could and to give one of his "preacher Iike" visionary presentations but it was more promises without any new ideas to achieve these promises. Unfortunately, it was MORE of the same vision, which when you listen carefully, is expanded government and more spending which will drive the debt even higher and not solve anything. He is a committed socialist that does not believe in our capitalistic system and believes that the government can solve all of our problems somehow, which just shows how naive he is, or how obsessed he is with converting our country into a European style socialist country (which are all in financial trouble). I know he is an intelligent person, but he should not be our President because he has a chip on his shoulder and basically does not believe in our American way of life and wants to change it into something that we all know will not work. He embraces a Saul Alinsky activist approach to politics which is a Marxist/communist set of ideas that is contrary to what the founders of this country had in mind when they designed our Constitution and Bill of Rights.

[Phillip Barnhart]

08:44 PM on 01/25/2012

Wasn't it Alinsky who wrote "The Theory and Practice of Oligarchical Collectivism?" Besides him, Obama worked with Aaronson, Jones, and Rutherford. We really need to come together in a 3-Minute Gingrich and commit to fighting this evil philosophy that has leaked back into society.

[Stan DaMann]

10:29 PM on 01/25/2012

Mr. Barnhart, Obama did not work with Saul Alinsky. Alinsky died in 1972, and Obama was born in 1961.

By the way, Saul Alinsky worked with the poor, organizing them in an effort to improve their neighborhood. He was a patriotic American and an avowed anti-communist.

[heapOtrouble]

11:36 PM on 01/25/2012

Nice to keep repeating lies you hear on tv and radio without so much as an ounce of intellectual curiosity to see if they are yanking your chain.

[RobJames]

09:20 PM on 01/25/2012

Name a single law he passed that is in fact socialist. I bet you $10000 you can't?

[mp905]

11:47 AM on 01/25/2012

Even in a tongue-in-cheek mash-up he looks statesman-like and sounds up-beat and decisive.

[mp905]

11:21 AM on 01/25/2012

Even in a tongue-in-cheek mash-up he looks and sounds great. Upbeat, positive, decisive.

[Hunter Stuart]

04:52 PM on 01/25/2012

Oh come on, seriously?

[DocJoseph]

12:49 PM on 01/26/2012

Are you one of the 9% that didn't like the speech? Or are you objecting to the mash-up?

[buddy93]

11:03 PM on 01/25/2012

Exactly, what a great speech. This "article" is a 10 second ramble in my book. Sorry I won't get that time back.

[b328]

09:17 AM on 01/25/2012

HE COULD HAVE SUMMED UP THE STATE OF THE NATION WITH FIVE WORDS.... I HAVE F***** IT UP

[southernman]

10:27 AM on 01/25/2012

Don't blame yourself , I will be the first to say that you are totally immaterial as far as anything that is happening in America.

[carmenalex]

10:37 AM on 01/25/2012

It was f*******ed up to begin with.

[RepublicanTexasHammer]

04:52 PM on 01/25/2012

sure he inherited a bad economy, but he made it WORSE!!!!

[illinoiswendy]

07:22 AM on 01/25/2012

Obama made a State of the Union speech last night?He did ?Oh You mean his boring campaign speech full of Axelrod B/S

[Sandee McHale Delano]

08:24 AM on 01/25/2012

So, you think Newt or Mittens can do a betterjob? Get real.

[Philimanjaro]

07:11 PM on 01/25/2012

You're jumping to conclusions.

Be opposed to Obama doesn't necessarilly mean they support Newt or Mitt.

[southernman]

10:31 AM on 01/25/2012

They never should have scheduled it opposite the movie, The Three Stooges Road to the White House , that just overloaded your mental capacity completely.

[Okieborn]

04:52 PM on 01/25/2012

LOL !

[RepublicanTexasHammer]

04:53 PM on 01/25/2012

Newt will crush Obama. Obama's make up will be running down his face.