Never before seen behind the scene footage of how the State of the Union is written.

[FarLeftFist]

http://curiositycounts.com/post/16669591652/a-never-before-seen-behind-the-scenes-look-at-how

Interesting stuff. Obama is in on it from the ground floor and makes the edits until he feels it encompasses his complete vision.

[Number23]

1. Oh, how I love stuff like this

Thanks for posting.

[Grateful for Hope]

2. Very interesting

It doesn't surprise me that Obama is so involved.

[Whisp]

3. thanks for finding this.

I love details!

[nofurylike]

4. that is great!! thank you so much for posting that, FarLeftFist ! nt

[FarLeftFist]

5. Yeah I like how this current administration does alot of these videos. There's SO many.

Obama and his staff have continuously been giving us such unique and intimate views inside of the WH and behind the scenes footage.

[nofurylike]

6. yes! isn't it wonderful?

i, too, am delighted to be allowed to see our First Family's real life, at least as much as we have been. they always fill me with even greater admiration!

thank you, again, FarLeftFist!

[treestar]

7. Neat stuff!

People need to see how it is done and that it's not so simple. You see those threads about what the POTUS should have said - people who think they can just write the speech and that it doesn't have a lot of work go into it.

[zipplewrath]

8. A whole west wing episode

There was a West Wing episode about the general process. Obviously there was some humor injected into it, but I suspect it was not all that far from the truth. The epsiode starts out with Sam telling someone "You should have seen what was almost in it" or some such thing, and then they go back in time and illustrate the whole process.