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2. Typical.. and some are whining about President Obama's SOTU.. where he talked about these issues..
Fri Jan 23, 2015, 05:01 AM
Jan 2015

Climate Change, Equal Pay for women.. and GLBT in the SOTU.. getting it out for the 31 Million who did watch on tv. More online..

We know nothing's going to pass with these idiots in charge of making laws.. but, Obama is getting it out there to illustrate what Dems stand for leading up to 2016.

State of the Union Is Still Prime Time for the President

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"He has the opportunity to talk to a large audience in our democracy and tell them what he thinks his priorities are, what his accomplishments are, and what his vision for the future is, which I think has merit," Minority Whip Steny Hoyer, D-Md., told reporters Tuesday afternoon."

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"But Obama can blame more than just disinterest for falling ratings, as even those who want to watch are turning away from traditional viewing methods. In 2014, more than half a million people watched the speech on the White House’s official YouTube channel, and dozens of other media outlets carried their own streaming video showing the address.

MOre..
http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2015/01/20/state-of-the-unions-smaller-audience-still-gives-obama-a-big-stage

Which is Whoosh! Right over their heads!

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