Another leak: White House talking points on State of the Union

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

Another leak: White House talking points on State of the Union given to cabinet agencies leaked to RAW STORY

2/2/2005
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What follows is the White House talking points on tonight’s speech, given as guidance to the Cabinet agencies, as leaked to RAW STORY Wednesday evening, exactly as received.

State of the Union Message Points

The Speech

This is a unique year for the State of the Union address because it comes on the heels of the Inaugural address. The two speeches provide an important opportunity for the President to articulate his domestic and foreign policy goals for the next four years to the American people and to the world.

The Inaugural address laid out the ideal toward which America will strive and the governing principles that will guide us. The State of the Union will lay out specific goals, immediate and long-term, for how and where we’ll lead America, and will present a blueprint for a second term.
This is an opportunity for the President to not only educate the American people, but also persuade Congress that the country is going in the right direction, but there is more work to be done.

The President will call on Congress to fulfill its obligation and achieve results for the American people rather than passing problems on to future Congresses and future generations.
The first half of the speech will focus on domestic topics; the second half will focus on foreign policy.

Domestic Policy

The President will speak directly to the American people and to Congress about Social Security and offer more details on how to move the debate forward. He will discuss why we need to permanently fix the Social Security system and why it’s necessary that we confront this problem today. He will express his willingness to work in a bipartisan manner and talk about why he believes personal retirement accounts are critical to helping future generations realize a secure retirement.

The President will talk about building on the economic momentum of the last few years, noting that 2.3 million jobs have been created in the last year.

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[Cha]

1. I want to know if bush is going to

acknowledge all the brave soldiers who have died for his lies?

[Donailin]

16. acknowledge Osama Bin Laden is still roaming free.

We need to make this the democrats talking point.

Osama Bin Laden! So where is he?

[murielm99]

2. I wonder who is doing all this leaking. nt

[paineinthearse]

3. Deep Throat 2005

[Im with Rosey]

6. I am also curious

Isn't it supposed to be some blood oath that NO LEAKS are tolerated in this unlawful admin? It makes me wonder why it is happening now, there must be some reason.

[54anickel]

13. Doesn't exactly read like a "leak". sounds more like a press release - I

mean, it doesn't seem like it's really anything new. :shrug:

Maybe it's some sort of test balloon. Get it out there, see what type of comments it draws on the web, make any adjustments as needed. Heck, I don't know - it's just a guess. Some new sort of opinion poll/focus group type of thing.

Not meant as a dig to RawStory, I love his stuff. Just maybe he's being used somehow on this "stuff".

[htuttle]

4. Sounds like another campaign speech

Yawn...

[Robbien]

5. Once again he is talking bi-partisan

Someone must have told him the Democrats are not on board and he is going to blame the Democrats for not working with him after he claims he is willing to be bipartisan.

[daleo]

7. Bush's speech:

Part 1, Domestic policy - steal from poor, give to rich.
Part 2, Foreign policy - see above.

[SmokingJacket]

8. Where is Rawstory getting this great stuff?

Is it... Laura??

Rummy, feeling guilty?

Hm?

[Mountainman]

9. rather than passing problems on to future Congresses and future generation

like his 5 trillion deficit which will likely get worse. Like his proposal to gut employer paid health insurance, his his plan to gut Social Security

[ticapnews]

10. Unique?

Unique:
#1 Being the only one of its kind: the unique existing example of Donne's handwriting.
#2 Without an equal or equivalent; unparalleled.

This isn't any more unique than the Olympics or a leap year.

The only way this SotU will be different is the number of people getting hammered while watching it will be higher than ever before...

[Demeter]

11. Go Big Mo!

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

If we had anymore momentum, we'd be back in 1929 already, whereas plans are to roll in the good old times about 3 years from now.

[wicket]

12. who is leaking all of this stuff??

I hope the keep it up! :evilgrin:

[paineinthearse]

14. sotu excerpts have been released by GOP

See http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x1559295

[finecraft]

15. Uh...didn't he promise 4 million jobs with his tax cuts?

When he was touting his tax cuts in 2001, didn't he say that his tax cuts would generate over 4 million jobs in 4 years? Seems like he's fallen a few million jobs short.