Analysis of President Obama's 2011 State of the Union Address on Democracy Now! 1 of 2

[democracy1st]

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Analysis of President Obama's 2011 State of the Union Address on Democracy Now! 2 of 2

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President Obama delivered his second State of the Union address last night. Speaking before a newly divided Congress, Obama said the United States was in a 21st century version of the space race and in a global competition to create jobs in science and research. Obama focused much of his speech on the issue of jobs and proposed a number of deficit-cutting measures, including a five-year freeze in spending on some domestic programs.

President Obama began his address by paying tribute to Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona, but did not address the issue of gun control. He spoke about the need for clean energy, but did not mention the word "climate" once in his address. He talked about the economy, but never mentioned foreclosures. Democracy Now! gets a response to Obama's the State of the Union speech with longtime consumer advocate Joan Claybrook and the former mayor of Salt Lake City, Rocky Anderson, who is now director of High Road for Human Rights. The program also plays an excerpt of its interview with Dr. Atul Gawande about the history of healthcare reform in the United States.



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[Enthusiast]

1. When we voted for Obama

we thought we elected a Democratic President. Now many of us feel sadly mistaken. Maybe Obama is being pragmatic -he knows the nation is already under fascist rule and there isn't a fucking thing we can do about it. Or, maybe Obama is ideologically Republican (Reagan Democrat) whatever. Take your choice.

[xchrom]

2. joan is a terrific person -- i always love to hear her. nt

[Smarmie Doofus]

3. Rocky Anderson? I was going to ask how this guy...

... got elected Mayor of SLC ( of all places). But I did a little reading-up and understand a bit better.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_Anderson

Anyway.. the speech he described is the speech I would have seen had I watched it.... which I didn't.


A possible 2012 primary challenger to our incumbent President "Prosperity is Just Around the Trickle-Down Corner" Obama ?

I want the chance to vote for a *Democrat* for President.

[swilton]

4. +1

There is primary material out there - we just haven't been looking for it because we have been stuck in a paradigm that automatically accepts that the incumbent will be 'given' two terms. I applaud the 150 peace activists among others that, in a David Swanson post on DU earlier this week, recognized the fact that we need a paradigm shift.