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?1452694902For those keeping score at home, here are just some of the issues that President Obama raised during Tuesdays State of the Union address that Republican Senators and Congressmen in attendance refused to clap for, let alone get off their asses and cheer:
Equality for all Americans.
Cutting pollution levels.
A good education for our children.
Fighting terrorism.
The idea that America is the strongest nation on earth.
Avoiding war.
Making it easier to vote.
Anddrumroll, pleasesaving the best for last
We have created 15 million new jobs without you
We have cut the deficit without you
Unemployment is low without you
We have done all this good stuff without you
America works best without you
http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/1/13/1469254/-What-did-Republican-lawmakers-hate-about-President-Obama-s-State-of-the-Union-address
Wounded Bear
(58,757 posts)if the word got out how it happened and how they all did their best to make sure it didn't happen they'd be out of jobs.
daleanime
(17,796 posts)for more then just winning an election.
Doctor_J
(36,392 posts)I could see Bernie doing that. If he wins the nomination, I expect to see the GE campaign peppered with riffs like that.
SoLeftIAmRight
(4,883 posts)call them out
CrispyQ
(36,547 posts)The most harmful organization on the planet is the republican congress. The US should take the lead on climate change, but we have infants in Congress who deny science & are more concerned with a woman's uterus. If we maintain the status quo, we are truly fucked.
I read some FB posts this morning that almost made me feel hopeless.
saturnsring
(1,832 posts)grntuscarora
(1,249 posts)And unless we get a political revolution going soon, there's a good chance I'll be stuck with him for the rest of my life.
So let's get going people!!
Thanks, just had to get that off my chest.
Lizzie Poppet
(10,164 posts)...and more like dull-witted incomprehension.
thesquanderer
(11,998 posts)Jim Beard
(2,535 posts)then I learned copies of the speech had been distributed in advance and the congressional leaders determined when congress people would stand or not.