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5 good reasons to blow off Obama's speech
investors.com ^ | Jan. 20, 2015 | ANDREW MALCOLM

Posted on 01/20/2015 7:10:03 AM PST by PROCON

For once, Barack Obama pays attention tonight to the Constitution, which requires that a president "from time to time give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union."

There's nothing in that sacred document about turning it into a pie-in-the-sky, political wish list, criticizing Supreme Court justices to their faces or going on for over an hour on prime-time TV and pre-empting some of our most popular shows. There's not even any mention of a president delivering the required information in person or verbally -- very verbally.

Obama's State of the Union Addresses have been among the longest in modern history, averaging nearly 65 minutes. Not as long as the 71-minute average of Bill Clinton, who also liked to hear himself talk. But way surpassing the 37 minutes of Ronald Reagan, who was more interested in communicating.**

For most of the presidents from No. 3 Thomas Jefferson to No. 28 Woodrow Wilson, courier was a satisfactory means of meeting their Constitutional obligation. But when first, radio and then TV arrived, a personal appearance before a joint session of Congress became irresistible.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: obama; sotu
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To: PROCON

More important matters require my attention — My sock drawer needs rearranging.


21 posted on 01/20/2015 7:22:30 AM PST by Bob (Violence in islam? That's not a bug; it's a feature.)
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To: CrazyIvan

I had posted a few suggestions the other day...


22 posted on 01/20/2015 7:24:58 AM PST by Old Sarge (Its the Sixties all over again, but with crappy music...)
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To: PROCON

5?

I have 2:

Supernatural at 8:00 p.m. CT and Justified at 9:00 CT.


23 posted on 01/20/2015 7:26:10 AM PST by TomGuy
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To: PROCON

I only need one reason … it’s Obama.

I think I’ve got some paint to watch dry.


24 posted on 01/20/2015 7:26:36 AM PST by al_c (Obama's standing in the world has fallen so much that Kenya now claims he was born in America.)
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To: PROCON

I have to re-arrange my sock drawer.


25 posted on 01/20/2015 7:26:59 AM PST by Cincinatus (Omnia relinquit servare Rempublicam)
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To: PROCON

Tonight is my sock drawer sorting night.


26 posted on 01/20/2015 7:27:12 AM PST by exit82 ("The Taliban is on the inside of the building" E. Nordstrom 10-10-12)
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To: Cincinatus

GTMA!


27 posted on 01/20/2015 7:27:34 AM PST by exit82 ("The Taliban is on the inside of the building" E. Nordstrom 10-10-12)
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To: PROCON

I can think of more than five reasons not to listen to or watch it.


28 posted on 01/20/2015 7:27:56 AM PST by sport
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To: PROCON

I don’t want to go to sleep that early.


29 posted on 01/20/2015 7:28:31 AM PST by Rannug ("all enemies, foreign and domestic")
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To: PROCON

Five reasons:
Three litter boxes full of cat poop.
Two loads of laundry.

**Bonus reason**: I can not stand the sight or sound of the man, and would rather spend the evening with my head in the toilet.


30 posted on 01/20/2015 7:28:36 AM PST by fivecatsandadog (OBAMA - IMPEACH HIM NOW. Worry about it later.)
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To: needmorePaine

Nope! I have yet to watch one and I plan to continue that streak.


31 posted on 01/20/2015 7:28:55 AM PST by defconw (If not now, WHEN?)
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To: PROCON

I dislike the political BS. I haven’t watched presidents I like. I’m certainly going to watch this Marxist pos.


32 posted on 01/20/2015 7:30:08 AM PST by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: al_c

That was my first option too, then I thought I’d download Rifftrax’s Wonder Women for a tad more entertainment value.

http://www.rifftrax.com/wonder-women

Looks to be a dandy.


33 posted on 01/20/2015 7:31:34 AM PST by PfromHoGro (Don't audit me bro!!!)
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To: PROCON
I'm going to keep the speech on TV with the sound turned off. While he's yapping away, it's a perfect time to watch IDIOCRACY and imagine the words are what Obama is saying. The future is now, after all.

Then, when Joni Ernst gives the response, I'll turn on the volume and listen.

34 posted on 01/20/2015 7:33:00 AM PST by grania
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To: PROCON

“Maybe “Gilligan’s Island” reruns instead. “

Im going to go change out a leaking toilet. I figure I will become less ill than if I watched the Idiot!


35 posted on 01/20/2015 7:33:48 AM PST by Syntyr (Happiness is two at low eight!)
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To: needmorePaine
Gruber
Benghazi
IRSgate
Fast and Furious
ISIS
36 posted on 01/20/2015 7:34:48 AM PST by Baynative (Did you ever notice that atheists don't dare sue Muslims?)
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To: PROCON
1. Clip toenails
2. Apply toenail fungal cream
3. Change and re-line bird cage
4. Clean out freezer and repack sorting by alphabet
5. Do anti-viral scan on all computers
37 posted on 01/20/2015 7:35:42 AM PST by AU72
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To: .45 Long Colt

Going to see American Sniper is a great idea.

Too bad there wasn’t a social media organizing campaign last week and over the weekend for that. SOTU ratings bottom out, same night Sniper reciepts spike.

Can’t think of a better way to throw a figurative middle finger to what looks to be an increasingly antagonistic, unrepentant, President.


38 posted on 01/20/2015 7:39:34 AM PST by tanknetter
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To: PROCON

If they don’t show NCIS , my old lady is gonna kick someone’s behind.


39 posted on 01/20/2015 7:42:21 AM PST by AppyPappy (If you are not part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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To: PROCON
Reason No. 6 for blowing off the SOTU:

It's just another episode of Obama reading off a Teleprompter some poorly-chosen words written by somebody with a seventh-grade level of reasoning. We've all seen this same thing for six years now...there will be nothing new, exciting or even remotely interesting about this incarnation of the charade...why even bother?
40 posted on 01/20/2015 7:42:48 AM PST by Milton Miteybad (I am Jim Thompson. {Really.})
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