Sullivan Notes The Obvious... Again

May 19th, 2011

Well, President Obama gave another important speech to, and about, the Middle East. Sully notes that the reactions to this relatively cautious, generally uneventful and extraordinarily non-specific performance are almost uniformly flat-out-nuts.

"The meme that a speech that said almost nothing new is a "stunning" attack on Israel is countered on the right with an embrace of the speech by neoconservatives. Yeah: you couldn't make this conservative cognitive dissonance up."

Agreed. I am still trying to figure out what it is that right-wing nuts seem to have heard that wasn't actually said. The full text of the President's prepared remarks follow the video. My only real critique of his message is, basically, way to go. Barack Obama said about as much as any sitting President right this minute could possibly say without making the worst, most hopeless place in the world even more horribly unstable.

The OTHER Obama Derangement Syndrome

May 16th, 2011
by F. Grey Parker

Let's face it. We are living through one of those not-so-great American Eras within which collectively confirmed delusion runs rampant. There are obvious examples. Some folks are allowing their fears to be exploited for a buck. Others are huddling together online and repeating untruths to feel better about themselves. There are also subtler and ultimately more dangerous forms of group-think undermining our progress. So it goes in a time of unrest.

The Complete SOTU & Responses

Jan 26th, 2011

Here is the full 2011 State of the Union Address

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Last night's responses are below.