The Obama Speech

Last night President Obama gave his first State of the Union-like address to Congress. It was a change though for the new president. Just two weeks ago he was pouncing on the message of fear and depress if Congress does not pass the stimulus. But during last night he went back to the message of hope and a better tomorrow, the ideas of his campaign. But let's face it, Obama's first month in office has been a disaster. The only reason his approval rating is 60% is because the county is still on the high of his campaign. Yet, if this was any other president, then his approval rating would be 40%. Moving on to his speech, it was nice and uplifting. In the NBC News telecast, they counted the number of standing applauses. 34 bipartisan standings. Wow, but he was only able to get that by saying a great deal of American thoughts and bland ideas that everyone can agree. "American will emerge stronger that before". Of course. Everyone in that chamber agrees, but it says nothing about his plans for the future. It is bland, but true. The non specifics that politicians like to say to keep their popularity up. There was little substance in his speech and specifics. It was nice, but it was a campaign speech. Obama needs to get out of campaign mode and not take popularity so seriously. We needs specifics! The one thing that really seems to confuse me, is the idea that he can cut the deficit by half. What! How can he do that? He will be spending trillions of dollars in the next few years on the economy. So what if you have already found $2 trillion of things you can cut. That won't add up to the amount of money spent on the economy and the defense. Obama then says, 'raise taxes on wealthy'. I say no. Let's give a tax cut to all. Those top 2% are in charge of the American businesses. They need their money. Instead of giving their companies bailouts, let them use their money for their company, not tax dollars. Now last night there were a few moments to laugh. "Nobody messes with Joe," was a real laugh. Joe is a tough guy and he has a wild mouth, but is a great guy for watching regulations. The other moment was when Obama said something along the lines of 'we don't want our kids to be paying off this debt', and all the Republicans stood up and cheered. Then Obama said 'but with the debt we inherited', and all the Democrats stood up and cheered. But now Mr. President I thought we don't look to the past. Also this the debt you will be tripling, not even. So all in all it was very good, but bland and lacking specifics. Next time will be better, and the same goes for Bobby Jindal.