Agravan
01-29-2014, 10:26 PM
By Erick Erickson (http://www.foxnews.com/archive/erick-erickson)
Sitting in middle Georgia Tuesday night, the snow poured down muting all the sounds outside. I did not watch President Obama’s State of the Union. I read the transcript. I had read — not skimmed it — before the president had even gotten to “My fellow Americans.”
I smelled an awful stench as I read through the speech. At first I thought the speech must be in 4D, but then realized the breeze had shifted over from the back pasture of the horse farm down the road. But the stench adequately describes the speech.
President Obama is a lame duck in a fanciful adventure of exaggeration, story telling, and sleight of hand. His speech can be summed up succinctly:
“My fellow Americans, the state of our union is awesome and we need more government to make it awesome.”
The president had to rehash his prior lists because none of the things he wanted done in 2011, 2012, or 2013’s speeches ever passed Congress.
In the complex conundrum of lie upon half-truth, the president sought to take credit for fracking, which he opposes; oil drilling, which he opposes; and a decline in unemployment, which he has only accomplished by driving people from the work force altogether.
President Obama, touting his health care plan more and more people hate each day, actually had the nerve to say, with a straight face, “That’s what health insurance reform is all about – the peace of mind that if misfortune strikes, you don’t have to lose everything."
More:
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2014/01/28/president-obama-lame-duck-in-fanciful-adventure-exaggeration/
Sitting in middle Georgia Tuesday night, the snow poured down muting all the sounds outside. I did not watch President Obama’s State of the Union. I read the transcript. I had read — not skimmed it — before the president had even gotten to “My fellow Americans.”
I smelled an awful stench as I read through the speech. At first I thought the speech must be in 4D, but then realized the breeze had shifted over from the back pasture of the horse farm down the road. But the stench adequately describes the speech.
President Obama is a lame duck in a fanciful adventure of exaggeration, story telling, and sleight of hand. His speech can be summed up succinctly:
“My fellow Americans, the state of our union is awesome and we need more government to make it awesome.”
The president had to rehash his prior lists because none of the things he wanted done in 2011, 2012, or 2013’s speeches ever passed Congress.
In the complex conundrum of lie upon half-truth, the president sought to take credit for fracking, which he opposes; oil drilling, which he opposes; and a decline in unemployment, which he has only accomplished by driving people from the work force altogether.
President Obama, touting his health care plan more and more people hate each day, actually had the nerve to say, with a straight face, “That’s what health insurance reform is all about – the peace of mind that if misfortune strikes, you don’t have to lose everything."
More:
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2014/01/28/president-obama-lame-duck-in-fanciful-adventure-exaggeration/