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In his first State of the Union Address, Barack Obama addressed how the Government can change the lives of the American people. He addressed a number of concerns and scolded Republicans, Democrats, and the Supreme Court alike. He attempted a heartfelt approach to show that he feels the pain of the average citizen. Above all, he tried to step outside of the Washington clique and to appear to be the populist leader that he seemed to be at this time last year. With his party in control of the executive and legislative branches of the government, and holding a super...

A noted Supreme Court historian who “enthusiastically” voted for President Obama in November 2008 today called President Obama’s criticism of the Supreme Court in his State of the Union address last night “really unusual” and said he wouldn’t be surprised if no Supreme Court Justices attend the speech next year. “It was really unusual in my mind to see the president going after the Supreme Court in such a forum,” said author and Law Professor Lucas Powe, the Anne Green Regents Chair in Law, and a Professor of Government at the University of Texas-Austin School of Law. “I’m willing to...

One would hope the President of the United States would know the difference between the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. But in last night's State of the Union Address, President Obama said:We find unity in our incredible diversity, drawing on the promise enshrined in our Constitution: the notion that we are all created equal….Um, wrong founding document, Mr. President. It is in our Declaration of Independence that we read:We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and...

Liberals love double talk. It is simply the only way to make their ideology make much sense. In this week's state of the union address, our galliant leader proclaimed at how much he had helped the economy...by cutting taxes!

The Associated Press found ten whoppers in President Obama's State of the Union address. they are detailed here. Ed Morrissey was surprised, not that AP found errors, but rather that it found "only ten" in the speech: Maybe the Associated Press got as tired as everyone else listening to Barack Obama’s lengthy State of the Union speech last night and stopped paying attention after an hour. Or perhaps AP only found ten because it assigned less than half the number of fact-checkers to the task than it detailed to delve into Sarah Palin's book with a fine-toothed comb. Indeed, Morrissey...

President Obama's State of the Union address should unnerve Democrats in Congress and throughout the country. It was one of the worst State of the Union addresses in modern times – a stunning thing for a man who won the presidency in large measure based on the power and uplift of his rhetoric. For those who hoped the president would use this speech as a pivot to the center, a la Bill Clinton in the aftermath of the 1994 mid-term elections, the speech was a major letdown. Much of what he offered up last night was symbolic. His budget freeze...

Rush Limbaugh reacted to the President’s State of the Union Address last night calling the speech “an embarrassment” and claiming Obama “refused to accept responsibility for his own actions” He hammered the President for ignoring the people’s opinion exclaiming, “This is a representative republic Barack, it is not a banana republic. And Let me remind you that Saulinski and Karl Marx are not our founding fathers.” He went on to admonish the President for his self righteous attitude and his demeanor of “I know best”. The President acknowledged the checks and balances constituted by the separation of governmental powers, but...

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is pushing a $300 billion "fix" to the Senate health care bill, saying that her chamber could approve the Senate's package if those changes are made first.

Due to the nature of live programming the ratings for for the president’s State of The Union address are approximate and subject to significant revisions in the final numbers. See below for more information on these Fast Affiliate Ratings. Scoreboard Rating: Adults 18-49 5.8/16 1.8/5 1.5/4 1.4/4 1.2/3 0.5/1 Rating: Adults 18-34 5.1/15 1.5/4 1.2/4 0.9/3 1.2/4 0.6/2 Total Viewers (million) 15.54 6.26 5.71 5.43 3.23 1.11 FOX easily won the night with an hour of American Idol at 8pm on a night where outside of Idol, the broadcast schedule was dominated by President Obama’s State of the Union...

I've been a pretty light Twitter user, all in all, but last night I decided to try "live tweeting" President Obama's State of the Union speech, for the fun of it. And I figured I may as well recycle all of those stunning bon mots for this little piece on the subject today. Twitter is of-course a cross-platform communication and social networking application which limits users to no more than 140 characters per "tweet." Before the speech began, I took note of someone I observed in the audience: Police officer who shot Fort Hood jihadist is with Michelle Obama. Perhaps...

Washington, D.C. -- Obama told Americans the bipartisan deficit commission he will appoint won't just be "one of those Washington gimmicks." Left unspoken in that assurance was the fact that the commission won't have any teeth. Obama confronted some tough realities in his State of the Union speech Wednesday night, chief among them that Americans are continuing to lose their health insurance as Congress struggles to pass an overhaul. Yet some of his ideas for moving ahead skirted the complex political circumstances standing in his way. A look at some of Obama's claims and how they compare with the facts:...

When Massachusetts elected Senator Scott Brown it was the Scott heard round the world. When Barack Obama attacked the Supreme Court of these United States for upholding Constitutional Law in his State of the Union lecture, it was Obama being a 3rd world thug. When Justice Sam Alito responded to Obama with "NOT TRUE", as the maniacal mob of Democrats were jeering and having bodily secretions like at a cock fight, it was an American Patriot in Sam Alito rekindling the words, "Don't Tread on Me!" This is not about protocols in what Obama did in smashing the decorum of...

Somewhere in the middle of President Obama's 7,000-plus word ramble last night, wedged between the same old worthless promises and the obvious disdain for anyone (politician or average citizen) who dares to oppose him, he mentioned Iran three times. Twice while discussing his useless diplomatic efforts and offering another empty threat regarding that country's nuclear aspirations: "That is why the international community is more united, and the Islamic Republic of Iran is more isolated. And as Iran's leaders continue to ignore their obligations, there should be no doubt: they, too, will face growing consequences." And again shortly thereafter when he...

According to preliminary overnight ratings, FOX drew the most viewers of the big four broadcast networks for Pres. Barack Obama's State of the Union address. FOX had a dominant lead-in from "American Idol" with 24.75 million viewers at 8pm. The combined viewership of the reruns on ABC, CBS and NBC at 8pm was 14.82 million viewers. Fox News' Shepard Smith anchored the coverage for FOX. TVbytheNumbers has more info, but here are the early total viewer numbers for the broadcast networks. We'll have cable numbers this afternoon. Network 9pm-10pm 10pm-10:30pm FOX 9.74M 8.71M ABC 7.64M 7.18M NBC 7.15M 7.23M CBS...

PRESS RELEASE OBAMA STATE OF THE UNION EARNS “D” FROM PAUL SCHIFFER Contact: Kim DeMassimo (330) 212-2295 CANTON, OHIO (January 27, 2010) –– “President Obama revealed once again in his State of the Union address his failure to comprehend the United States of America and our economy,” according to Paul Schiffer, Congressional Candidate for Ohio’s 16th Congressional District. “First, Obama criticized many actions in Washington that then-Senator Obama personally voted for. Remember: Democrats took control of Congress in January 2007, causing many of our problems.” Paul Schiffer explained: “Almost every thing Obama said and proposed was deeply contaminated by a...

On Wednesday night I found my reclusive friend and computer whiz “Brainiac” laughing heartily at the television in his living room. “Hey, check out this great Obama imitator on Comedy Central!” he shouted. “This dude has it all down – the haughty, smirky looks, the condescending attitude . . . and the poopycock patter! He’s great!” Uh, oh, I thought; how am I going to break it to him that he’s not watching Comedy Central – it’s the actual President Obama, delivering the real State of the Union address?

"The duty imposed upon him to take care, that the laws be faithfully executed, follows out the strong injunctions of his oath of office, that he will 'preserve, protect, and defend the constitution.' The great object of the executive department is to accomplish this purpose; and without it, be the form of government whatever it may, it will be utterly worthless for offence, or defence; for the redress of grievances, or the protection of rights; for the happiness, or good order, or safety of the people." --Justice Joseph StoryIn the wake of Barack Hussein Obama's first State of the Union...

President Barack Obama on Iraq, last night during his State of the Union Address: "As we take the fight to al Qaeda, we are responsibly leaving Iraq to its people. As a candidate, I promised that I would end this war, and that is what I am doing as President. We will have all of our combat troops out of Iraq by the end of this August. We will support the Iraqi government as they hold elections, and continue to partner with the Iraqi people to promote regional peace and prosperity. But make no mistake: this war is ending, and...

Palin rips B.O. another new one.... Governor Palin summed up the State of the Union address with one word: “lecture.” She described a “fundamental disconnect between what the people are expecting with their government and what he (Obama) wants to deliver.” Governor Palin said that though Obama spoke of common-sense solutions, such as off-shore drilling, he failed to work with Republicans — who had been advocating those solutions all along — to get them implemented. His speech failed to inspire, and did not speak of empowering the people. “He is still proposing top-down big government solutions when the people want...

State of the Union, McDonnell Response Contrasts on Abortion, Health Care Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- President Barack Obama and pro-life Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell presented a stark contrast Wednesday night. Obama's State of the Union address promoted the pro-abortion health care bill while McDonnell included a reference to promoting pro-life values in his response. http://www.LifeNews.com/nat5936.html