4 Republicans Will Now Be Responding To Obama's State Of The Union Address

[ProSense]

4 Republicans Will Now Be Responding To Obama's State Of The Union Address

The state of our union is....well, it depends on who you happen to listen to.

President Barack Obama will deliver his annual State of the Union address Tuesday night where he is expected to make the case for government as a force for good at a time where conservative-driven focus on deficits has paralyzed Washington from taking meaningful action to create jobs and bolster the economy.

The official GOP response is set to be delivered immediately after by Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), the fourth-ranking Republican in the House, who will appeal to women voters on behalf of a party that has often found itself marred by wild musings on abortion and rape.

Americans will also get a rebuttal from Tea Party Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT), who supported a quixotic effort to shut down the government, that will follow the President as well. Or they can tune in to a pre-recorded address by Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), a possible 2016 contender, which will air on YouTube after Obama finishes speaking.

Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) announced Monday she will deliver her own State of the Union response in Spanish that will be televised by CNN, Telemundo Univision and other channels.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/4-republicans-will-now-be-responding-to-obama-s-state-of-the-union-address

[JoePhilly]

1. This is getting hilarious!

[spinbaby]

17. Really

I can hardly wait to see what Jon Stewart does with this.

[JHB]

50. Queue up the Benny Hill theme!

[Swede Atlanta]

2. We can only hope they remain this divided going into the 2014 mid-terms....

[liberal N proud]

3. It take 4 republicans to counter one Obama

That is a pretty sad.

[3catwoman3]

35. Ooohh...

...excellent point!

[IllinoisBirdWatcher]

4. Republicans represent 1/3 of American voters

so this means that each of these four TeaPublican idiots will be speaking for about 8-9% of the voters.

The 53% of us who elected President Obama demand equal time.

That means we need the networks to give progressives SIX responses to the TeaPublicans.

[Donald Ian Rankin]

13. Are your numbers intentionally misleading?

That 1/3 and that 53% refer to very different things. They may well both be legitimate in their own right, but juxtaposing them is misleading.

[A Simple Game]

31. I noticed that too. n/t

[IllinoisBirdWatcher]

46. OK, Gallop says only 47% Democratic

http://www.gallup.com/poll/159740/democrats-establish-lead-party-affiliation.aspx

Party Identification (Including Independent Leanings), Annual Averages, Gallup Polls, 1991-2012

The estimates are based on an aggregate of all 2012 Gallup and USA Today/Gallup polls, consisting of more than 20,000 interviews.

So reduce my Democratic, Progressive, and Liberal responses to the three TeaPublicans down to 4 instead of 6.

We have one President, elected twice by a majority of American voters, making one State of the Union address.

Why are the airwaves being cluttered with THREE responses from a minority which represents anywhere between 29% and 42% of the voting public? Must be liberal bias.

[Donald Ian Rankin]

49. Again, those are the wrong numbers

The measure of balance will be "amount of time given to President's speech" vs "amount of time given to responses"; how many responses that airtime is split between is not relevant to media bias.

[IllinoisBirdWatcher]

52. Obviously they are not YOUR numbers

but that doesn't make them "wrong."

But if it establishes a new standard that Democrats, Liberals, and Progressives each get guaranteed network time to respond to TeaPublicans, I don't mind at all.

While each of these TePublican factions claims to represent some group, every time I see their names they all have the same (R) behind them. They claim to be a "party" yet morf themselves into separate factions for taking over the airwaves.

It is not the issue of number of minutes, but the issue of access to a media platform.

[NightWatcher]

5. who is delivering the response in pig latin

oosay isay eliveringday esponseay in igpay atinlay?

Is Garrett Morris going to translate for the hard of hearing, as well?

[2naSalit]

18. Naw

But I'll bet Caribou Barbie would be willing to pay to do it!!

[okaawhatever]

6. You know, the Republican woman from Florida who is responding in Spanish and will be carried on CNN

and Telemundo will probably have an impact. Hopefully the President's address will be translated for the Spanish language channels.

It's clear what the Republicans are doing. They're dividing up their message and making it target specific. Of course, it's because they don't want the Latino voters to hear what Mike Lee has to say, or the crazy Fundie lady from Washington state. How much you wanna bet all these messages contradict one another? Let Rand Paul fans know what the Latino woman is saying. Let Mike Lee fans hear what the Latino woman says, and so on.
It's disgusting when you have to hide your message from so many. Effective, but disgusting.

[Laelth]

43. +1. n/t

-Laelth

[ProSense]

7. LOL!

LOL Cruz demands State of the #Benghazi address

by Jed Lewison

Last seen holding President Barack Obama and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid accountable for shutting down the government in October, Ted "Calgary" "LOL" Cruz has demands for President Obama's State of the Union speech later tonight:

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) on Monday called on President Obama to use his State of the Union address on Tuesday to answer questions about the 2012 attack that killed four U.S. officials in Benghazi, Libya, as well as other issues like IRS targeting and ObamaCare.

It's like Texas elected Glenn Beck, but without the sense of humor. The good news is that he's still hilarious. Awesomely so.

Oh, and pardon the quick programming announcement, but tune back in later tonight starting at 9 PM ET: We'll be liveblogging the president's speech, and the comment threads are sure to be a blast, as always.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/01/28/1272929/-LOL-Cruz-demands-State-of-the-Benghazi-address

[Agnosticsherbet]

8. Republican multiple personality syndrome continues.

It could not happen to a more deserving group.

[corkhead]

9. hopefully one of the networks will have them all split-screen - jabbering simultaneously.

[VWolf]

34. Ten bucks says

Jon Stewart will.

[factsarenotfair]

10. Democrats need to demand equal time. Seriously.

I'm so tired of right-wingers dominating the MSM I could scream.

[QuestForSense]

19. I'm with you on this.

When did being subjected to an over-abundance of right-wing crap become fair and balanced?

[hobbit709]

11. 4 times stupid = EXTREME STOOPID

[3catwoman3]

23. An opportunity...

...for a new word - quadristupid, or maybe quadroopid

[dickthegrouch]

12. Way to show party unity!

If they don't trust each other to send the 'right' message, why should we trust any of them?

[Arkana]

14. "Why yes, our message is completely unified. Why do you ask?"

[Xyzse]

15. That is pretty funny.

Now how would they know who to listen to?

[lpbk2713]

16. Obamacare ... Benghazi ... Obamacare ... Benghazi ... Obamacare ... Benghazi ...

It's time to make out a Bingo card.

[freshwest]

20. Left out Hannity who is Louie's guest. Their combined IQ is less than zero. n/t

[FSogol]

21. Is it too late to book the "fake sign language guy" from South Africa?

[pinboy3niner]

22. S.E. Cupp's take: "It represents the intellectual diversity of the Republican Party."

[HappyMe]

26. Whatever you say, Sippy Cupp.

[3catwoman3]

30. Replace "intellectual diversity"...

...with "moral bankruptcy" and it would be more accurate.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

33. That's the polite way of saying Dumb and Dumber.

[Aldo Leopold]

38. "or it gets the hose again."

[11 Bravo]

24. They wanted to ensure a cumulative IQ of at least 100 among the responders, and ...

with only three they were woefully short.

[reformist2]

25. Their level of crazy seems to be rising exponentially!

[Cha]

27. 4Xas much bullshit.. just what the brainwashed need. They cannot handle that this man

was elected the POTUS.

[FarCenter]

28. Maybe we should crowd-source a DU State of the Union message?

[Todays_Illusion]

29. That infamous dialog control seems to have slipped, here is an article about some of the

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changes in U.S. conservatism/Republican to a more libertarian style of conservatism.

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/09/the-fall-of-the-heritage-foundation-and-the-death-of-republican-ideas/279955/


The Atlantic leans very libertarian.



*Edit for typo, infavous to infamous.
I thought I had spell checked for the inevitable typos.

[pansypoo53219]

32. another sign of presidenting while black.

next time there is a GOP president i expect a progressive + GREEN response. this is bullshit.

[B Calm]

36. The liberal media allows this?

Sarcasm pointed to Rush Limbaugh!

[librechik]

37. boy those WATB Repub cowards are pretty afraid of the HORRIBLE

COMMUNIST agenda that the half black Kenyan is about to deliver. So afraid that Americans are so stupid they will just instantly be hypnotized by the terrible, painful con games the Democ RATS are blatantly spewing while throwing 1000 dollar bills down the toilet! The poor sheeple have no choice but to obey the grand dictator of the New Order as he forces decent healthcare options and women's rights down their unwilling throats! HOW DARE HE!!!

The entire army is coming down on Obama's head, eyes flashing, Bibles flying, and flagrant ignorance of science arrogantly displayed! (only to impress the other males in the monkey troop how tough they are on uppity females and the lazy poor)



It's almost as if Obama could hurt them! Just by talking! Yet they declare his agenda is weak and powerless. Huh.

Shouldn't they just ignore him?

[CTyankee]

39. Another clown show like during the 2012 repub primaries!

They decided that that did so much for their brand they would do it again after the SOTU.

Maybe they could get Clint Eastwood to do a cameo!

[lpbk2713]

47. What's that I see off in the distance?

Why I do believe their limo is arriving in preparation for the SOTU ...

[CTyankee]

48. I'll be serving popcorn for that show!

[moondust]

40. The Republicans' new drone program!

[czarjak]

41. If Mitt were delivering;

More for me and my church, F... Y..!

[sinkingfeeling]

42. Can we get 8 Democrats to respond to the 4 GOP responses?

[ProSense]

45. .

[JI7]

44. hahahhahah

[catbyte]

51. Jesus. Talk about the Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight. Yeah, they're united