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I realize that CNN was the one who decided to give airtime to the Tea Party but I still think it's weird that the republicans were allowed two responses to the State of the Union Address. Perhaps not as weird as staring off-camera the entire time. I missed the entire address and the first republican response, only to be confronted with the eerie, off-my-shoulder stare of Bachmann. Also, I thought it was pretty tricksy of her to use a visual aid unemployment chart that cleverly only labeled odd-numbered years—so unless you looked closely, it seemed as if unemployment went up during a Democratic presidency, not during the tail end of the Bush era.
Anyone have thoughts on the main speech and responses from the republicans?
I realize that CNN was the one who decided to give airtime to the Tea Party but I still think it's weird that the republicans were allowed two responses to the State of the Union Address. Perhaps not as weird as staring off-camera the entire time. I missed the entire address and the first republican response, only to be confronted with the eerie, off-my-shoulder stare of Bachmann. Also, I thought it was pretty tricksy of her to use a visual aid unemployment chart that cleverly only labeled odd-numbered years—so unless you looked closely, it seemed as if unemployment went up during a Democratic presidency, not during the tail end of the Bush era.
Anyone have thoughts on the main speech and responses from the republicans?
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Date: 26/1/11 17:52 (UTC)I don't think you get it.
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Date: 26/1/11 18:18 (UTC)partial transcript here
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Date: 26/1/11 20:55 (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 26/1/11 18:43 (UTC)While driving to work this morning and listen to NPR 'All Things Consider' (I believe) they said Bachmann was looking at a Tea Party Video Feed webcam. I can't find the audio on their site yet. Probably up tomorrow.
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Date: 26/1/11 18:51 (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 26/1/11 19:41 (UTC)Namely my Everquest character had some much needed tradeskilling to do and then I had to watch an old Doogie Howeser episode with my kids (go figure, they are such huge Dr Horrible fans that they want to watch anything with Neil Patrick Harris or Felicia Day in it, still won't let them watch How I Met Your Mother or The Guild though).
I did however read the 3 speaches this morning.
I'd say from the Text Ryan's was the best, Obama's was surprisingly good, and Bachman sounded incoherent vapid and not worthy of consideration.
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Date: 26/1/11 22:40 (UTC)I'm thinking the only reason Bachmann's went national is because CNN wanted to create a story and the illusion of division among the republicans in congress.
To those of you that did see it, did Bachmann seem to be talking mainly to her constituents or mainly to the nation?
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Date: 26/1/11 23:02 (UTC)CNN picked it up because it was actually news, I think -- a second republican responding to the SOTU as part of a fringe party is somewhat newsworthy, and I think they were really hoping she would accuse Obama of being a space-lizard. I know I was.
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Date: 27/1/11 20:18 (UTC)I didn't bother watching the responses. The past two were completely flat, so I didn't think Paul Ryan's or Bachmann's were worth bothering with.