The delusional character of Obama’s State of the Union address on Tuesday is perhaps matched only by its presentation by the media and supporters of the Democratic Party.

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A few snips:

The Times itself acknowledges, “Mr. Obama knows his prospects of getting Congress to agree are less than zero.” White House officials freely admitted ahead of the State of the Union that Obama had no expectations that the measures he proposed would be taken up on Capitol Hill. “We will not be limited by what will pass this Congress, because that would be a very boring two years,” White House senior adviser Dan Pfeiffer told the press before the speech.

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In his 2014 State of the Union, Obama called for ending tax loopholes for corporations that ship jobs overseas, investing tens of billions in infrastructure projects to create jobs, making pre-kindergarten available to every four-year-old child, regardless of family income, and enacting equal pay for women. Instead, one million people were cut off food stamps, long-term unemployment remained stubbornly high, poverty increased, and wages stagnated.

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The main purpose of Obama’s remarks was to give the various publications and organizations that orbit the Democratic Party—the Times, the Nation magazine (whose columnist John Nichols described the spech as a “serious effort to address income inequality”), the trade unions, and the network of pseudo-left organizations that present themselves as “socialist”—fodder for promoting the Democrats in the 2016 elections.

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If Obama had been in any way serious about those tax proposals he would have presented them when he had both houses with D majorities, to propose such now in beyond cynical.

Every time we think they've reached rock bottom they dig deeper.

. Having seen John Nichols speak I can tell you that he is as big a stooge as depicted. Nerdy type.

. Having seen John Nichols speak I can tell you that he is as big a stooge as depicted. Nerdy type.Yep.


"We will not be limited by what will pass this Congress, because that would be a very boring two years," White House senior adviser Dan Pfeiffer told the press before the speech.LOL. That is an all time classic, worth the price of admission.