The president puts in back-to-back 2 a.m. nights rewriting his speech to make it “sing”

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@WhiteHouse: “I think the tone is right. I think the framework is right.” — President Obama on his #SOTU

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How Obama Prepares for the Grueling State of the Union
The president puts in back-to-back 2 a.m. nights rewriting his speech to make it “sing” and hopefully sway Congress. A former speechwriter shares what it’s like inside the White House.

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I do believe that he reached the high notes! Damn he did indeed!

Sing it!

Today, women make up about half our workforce. But they still make 77 cents for every dollar a man earns. That is wrong, and in 2014, it's an embarrassment. A woman deserves equal pay for equal work. She deserves to have a baby without sacrificing her job. A mother deserves a day off to care for a sick child or sick parent without running into hardship - and you know what, a father does, too. It's time to do away with workplace policies that belong in a "Mad Men" episode. This year, let's all come together - Congress, the White House and businesses from Wall Street to Main Street - to give every woman the opportunity she deserves. Because I firmly believe when women succeed, America succeeds.

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2014/01/28/us/ap-us-state-of-union-text.html?hp&_r=0

Give America a raise!

And so much more~

Now, I don't expect to convince my Republican friends on the merits of this law. But I know that the American people aren't interested in refighting old battles. So again, if you have specific plans to cut costs, cover more people, and increase choice - tell America what you'd do differently. Let's see if the numbers add up. But let's not have another forty-something votes to repeal a law that's already helping millions of Americans like Amanda. The first 40 were plenty. We got it. We all owe it to the American people to say what we're for, not just what we're against.

And if you want to know the real impact this law is having, just talk to Gov. Steve Beshear of Kentucky, who's here tonight. Kentucky's not the most liberal part of the country, but he's like a man possessed when it comes to covering his commonwealth's families. "They are our friends and neighbors," he said. "They are people we shop and go to church with.farmers out on the tractors . grocery clerks . they are people who go to work every morning praying they don't get sick. No one deserves to live that way."

Steve's right. That's why, tonight, I ask every American who knows someone without health insurance to help them get covered by March 31st. Moms, get on your kids to sign up. Kids, call your mom and walk her through the application. It will give her some peace of mind - plus, she'll appreciate hearing from you.

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2014/01/28/us/ap-us-state-of-union-text.html?hp&_r=0

Thank you President Obama! You have an excellent ear, your tone is spot on and the message proves that you listen.

[Cha]

1. Thanks sheshe!

[sheshe2]

3. That was an awesome speech!

I have tears in my eyes, Cha!

[Cha]

7. Yes, I did, too, she.

thanks again for your thread.

[freshwest]

2. None of that 'the dog ate my homework' from our prez! That's for wannabe eye doctors... n/t

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[sheshe2]

4. The eye doctor is blind...

also deaf and dumber than dumbest.

This..

"My recovery has not been easy," he says. "Nothing in life that's worth anything is easy."

Cory is here tonight. And like the Army he loves, like the America he serves, Sgt. 1st Class Cory Remsburg never gives up, and he does not quit.

My fellow Americans, men and women like Cory remind us that America has never come easy. Our freedom, our democracy, has never been easy. Sometimes we stumble; we make mistakes; we get frustrated or discouraged. But for more than two hundred years, we have put those things aside and placed our collective shoulder to the wheel of progress - to create and build and expand the possibilities of individual achievement; to free other nations from tyranny and fear; to promote justice, and fairness, and equality under the law, so that the words set to paper by our founders are made real for every citizen. The America we want for our kids - a rising America where honest work is plentiful and communities are strong; where prosperity is widely shared and opportunity for all lets us go as far as our dreams and toil will take us - none of it is easy. But if we work together; if we summon what is best in us, with our feet planted firmly in today but our eyes cast towards tomorrow - I know it's within our reach.

This made me cry. Did you see it? Awesome!

freshwest

[freshwest]

5. No, but I read the transcript from the NYT here on DU. Can't get the video yet. n/t

[sheshe2]

6. I can't wait until you see it....

It was beauty in motion!

You will love it, freshwest!