Why not, let’s live blog the state of the union.
9:09 – On a scale of carrot to Holland, how orange does our president look this evening?
9:10 – Jen just noticed that Biden and Pelosi are coordinated in their purple attire. Orange and purple go well together.
9:11 – Joe Biden has a great fake smile. He is a blue collar guy.
9:11 – Nancy Pelosi has cut down on the blinking, but I still can’t get over it. Maybe she needs to start coughing so she can take a break for a bit.
9:12 – I don’t think that the Union allies landed on Omaha beach at Bull Run Mr President.
9:13 – A year ago, I took office in a country exactly as it is now.
9:15 – Jen is watching the SotU while reading “Antineoplastic agents in the management of ovarian cancer”. I stole her laptop so now she can’t live blog.
9:17 – You might recall that I liked Joe Biden the best out of all the democrat candidates. He nods well. Though he just almost clapped out of turn.
9:18 – Root canals need a new PR guy.
9:20 – Jen just noticed that the supreme court and generals don’t stand and clap. That’s what happens when you have jobs that you keep until you die – you don’t over exert yourself.
9:21 – Booo for tax cuts say the Republicans. Boooo! No applause for you Obama!
9:22 – Where’s the “You lie!” guy?
9:23 – For whatever it’s worth, the sound quality on Fox News is substantially better than the sound on CNN.
9:24 – The slums are starting to hire again, that’s good to know.
9:26 – Pelosi, in the last minute, has looked like she’s working exceptionally hard to not blink. The Republicans are unimpressed.
9:27 – In short, let’s do everything that might conceivably make anyone happy. Let’s pay for it with good will and peace for all men.
9:29 – OK guys, bring your dark suits and look annoyed. Never clap.
9:29 – HOUSE HOUSE HOUSE!!!
9:29 – SENATE SENATE SENATE!!!
9:32 – The Republicans begrudgingly also do not accept second place for America. They’re going to have to stand and clap for the puppy portion of the speech too.
9:33 – Jen just read the last thing and did not laugh. Chances are it wasn’t funny. It stays.
9:34 – I wonder how tall Joe Biden is.
9:35 – This doesn’t help, but it’s interesting.
9:36 – I just missed the climate part.
9:36 – Jen thinks that Nancy Pelosi is going to jump up with pom poms eventually.
9:37 – I agree on clean energy. Global warming or not, clean air is good.
9:37 – We will double our experts, by paying our workers more.
9:38 – I like the pro-America thing. He’s got some nationalist tendencies.
9:39 – “So that our trading partners play by the rules…” like by subsidizing farmers.
9:40 – The supreme court can’t even clap for education? What about Santa Claus?
9:41 – I want to be Michele Obama’s special guest. I promise not to live blog next year if I get a seat on the balcony.
9:42 – That’s a strange policy. You don’t have to pay back your loans. Hmmm, sounds too good to be true. Hmm.
9:43 – We’ve entered the health insurance reform portion of our program. I want to hear about death panels.
9:44 – Obama just made a good joke about the political suicide that his health care plan has been for the Democratic party.
9:45 – Michelle Obama hates fat kids like…fat kids like cake.
9:46 – Jen has read three sentences in her paper. She highlighted “platinum agent” and “taxane”. GET TO WORK.
9:49 – The thing is, Bush did put the economy in the tank. He killed the budget.
9:50 – John McCain has gout on his face maybe.
9:51 – Do you think someone made sure that Obama’s tie used slashes in the opposite direction as Biden’s?
9:54 – Obama’s wearing a red tie. Aren’t the Republicans red?
9:55 – Are the Republicans all wearing light blue shirts?
9:56 – Let’s do something we’ve never tried. Let’s make everything better for less money. I’m hearing things like “You are working hard enough, maybe you just need to work smarter.” The only problem is, that is meaningless and/or impossible.
9:59 – Obama just spent a half hour bashing Republicans, now he wants to make peace. I enjoy that tactic.
10:03 – Nod.
10:03 – Blink.
10:04 – Politicians are a bunch of sticks in the mud.
10:05 – Tell me, is it the American policy to impose our social systems on Afghanistan? What if they Afghani people don’t want to give women rights? Just asking.
10:07 – Generals clap for veterans. The supreme court is asleep.
10:10 – How can you increase North Korea’s isolation?
10:10 – How much longer is this going to go? I want to go to bed.
10:11 – Someone just laughed about climate change, and Joe Biden just shot him a death glare. Pelosi stared him down too, but she blinked.
10:13 – The generals didn’t care one way or another about gays in the military. By the way, they aren’t prohibited.
10:17 – This guy is a great speaker. He owns the room when he talks.
10:19 – I want some yogurt. And to go to bed.
10:19 – Dear 8 year old boy in Louisiana: The president is not a 503(c)(3) organization.
10:21 – The president was interrupted 86 times for applause. Fox News is still counting Joe Biden’s nods and Nancy Pelosi’s blinks.
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Nicely done.
Re: Obama’s red tie: I didn’t see it so I’m only going by what you say, but remember how Bush always used to wear a blue tie? Maybe it’s an “opposite” psychological thing, like, “Hey, check me out, I’m supposed to be uber-socialist, but I’m wearing the Republican’s color.” And I think Bush did it because blue is a “calming” color, and he had to do everything he could in that department, short of, like, having the Supreme Court conduct a yoga session off to the side.