Good News for Republicans

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As Paul Rahe always says, "Obama is the gift that keeps on giving." Surely he has one cool-headed, rational adviser who sees that every time he opens his mouth, his popularity diminishes. But the man just can't help himself.

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Jul 25, 2011 at 4:08pm ·
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I'm half-tempted to drunkblog this speech, but I only have 90 minutes to prepare.

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Jul 25, 2011 at 4:40pm ·
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I am happy to say that it would only be at the point of a gun that I would watch. I trust someone will give me the short version. I predict it will go along these lines: Righteous indignation, people will die, I'm the adult, whine, people will die, whine, whine louder, big ending.

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Jul 25, 2011 at 4:43pm ·
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Larry Koler

And tabula, the big question is will he ask us to eat our peas -- or will he perhaps choose another green vegetable?

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~Paules: I'm half-tempted to drunkblog this speech, but I only have 90 minutes to prepare. · _{Jul 25 at 4:40pm}

Please do!

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~Paules: I'm half-tempted to drunkblog this speech, but I only have 90 minutes to prepare. · _{Jul 25 at 4:40pm}

Please do! · _{Jul 25 at 4:54pm}

You can combine it with a drinking game. What are the drinking buzzwords and catch phrases? Shall we say "revenues"; "fair share"; and..."on the backs of the middle class"?

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Jul 25, 2011 at 4:56pm ·
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Diane Ellis, Ed.

~Paules: I'm half-tempted to drunkblog this speech, but I only have 90 minutes to prepare. · _{Jul 25 at 4:40pm}

Please do! · _{Jul 25 at 4:54pm}

You can combine it with a drinking game. What are the drinking buzzwords and catch phrases? Shall we say "revenues"; "fair share"; and..."on the backs of the middle class"? · _{Jul 25 at 4:56pm}

Use "let me be clear." ~Paules won't be standing after 15 minutes.

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"Let me make this perfectly clear," was a catch-phrase of another President with fiscal and other challenges.

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This may be what is so bad that Obama has rejected it and asked for air time. At the best case, if this is an accurate summary, there are a maximum of $32 B in actual, near term cuts being proposed. The rest of the "$1.1 T" in cuts are outyear, never gonna happen, stuff. This is unsourced, but I'm just throwing it out there for discussion and wariness. I gotta go feed kids and will be waiting for others to summarize the distortions from 1600. I'll take a deep swig from a beer, now, to make up for what I will miss during the live-blog from the more intrepid.

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Diane Ellis, Ed.

~Paules: I'm half-tempted to drunkblog this speech, but I only have 90 minutes to prepare. · _{Jul 25 at 4:40pm}

Please do! · _{Jul 25 at 4:54pm}

You can combine it with a drinking game. What are the drinking buzzwords and catch phrases? Shall we say "revenues"; "fair share"; and..."on the backs of the middle class"? · _{Jul 25 at 4:56pm}

Wine for whine, could get sloshy fast.

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CJRun: Thismay be what is so bad that Obama has rejected it and asked for air time. At the best case, if this is an accurate summary, there are a maximum of $32 B in actual, near term cuts being proposed. The rest of the "$1.1 T" in cuts are outyear, never gonna happen, stuff.

Standard Wimpy Tuesday payment plan. Prepare for the "full faith and credit" of the U.S. to be downgraded without any real, substantial, structural changes in how the government spends our money. The actual cuts are barely a rounding error in this year's deficit. It's time for the government to hit its arbitrary borrowing ceiling and have to make the hard choices on what's worth paying for and what is not.

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Jul 25, 2011 at 5:37pm ·
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Now if we could just get Peggy Noonan (Warning: possible WSJ pay-wall) to stop coaching the man to shut up and get out of the way.

I shay let the man shpeak! /hiccup And pour me another, barkeep!

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Drinking buzzwords? "I"

Then we'll read about the speech tomorrow to find out what he said.

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Here comes the straw man...

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The King Prawn

I believe we've heard this speech before.

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Jul 25, 2011 at 6:07pm ·
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It is so unpleasant listening to Obama B.S. us. I'm listening but it's awful.

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Jul 25, 2011 at 6:13pm ·
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Kervinlee

It is so unpleasant listening to Obama B.S. us. I'm listening but it's awful.

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Jul 25, 2011 at 6:14pm ·
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Kervinlee

It is so unpleasant listening to Obama B.S. us. I'm listening but it's awful.

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Jul 25, 2011 at 6:16pm ·
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Kervinlee

Sorry about the multiple posts (how did I do that?).

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