I hearby call for a public option to REC (& kick) THIS THREAD if you thought it was a great speech

[underpants]

:patriot:

[johnaries]

1. One of the best I've ever heard, if not THE best. nt

[Condem]

2. Damn straight, underpants.

I fucking hate "rec this thread" posts, but this one is only our future.

[BootinUp]

3. It was better than I expected.

I think Obama will get his bill to sign. That was his A-Game tonight. I think the repuke heckler even inspired Obama's performance up another notch.

[depakid]

4. That speech was a failure

in that it not only gave away the store- passed the buck, took gratuitous smacks at progressives while enabling and legitimizing the sources of the problem, but gave almost no one a coherent narrative.

Wow. Even I didn't think the administration would so willingly fail to learn from their obvious mistakes.

[mopinko]

16. well thanks for kickin' the thread, anyway.

welcome to ignore. long time comin'.

[depakid]

18. Enjoy- he'll get a quick jump in the polls, followed by a trend line downward

and btw:

be my guest with respect to public policy:

[grantcart]

21. why don't you take a minute to outline in careful detail your complete

thinking about the speech in a seperate OP so that everyone might gain from your insights and have an opportunity to respond with a comment.

[Cha]

75. Oh you mean instead of thinking

posting a bunch of monkeys is sooo clever?

[DaLittle Kitty]

51. WELL Said, This Was "The Great Capitulator" At His Finest! Koolaide Drinkers Missed Da CONTENT...

However! :think: The "Store" is BANKRUPT! :puke:

[Cha]

73. A failure to you but that doesn't mean

shit in the big scheme of things that are going to get done.

[mia]

5. I was impressed by his speech and delivery.

:kick:

[NoPasaran]

6. It was better than I had expected

[bushisanidiot]

7. Outstanding speech! He announced the public option and kicked repukes asses while

doing it.

woo hoo!!

That's my Prez!!

[salguine]

68. he didn't "announce" a public option. He made a lukewarm statement of support of it. Saying

"he announced it" makes it sound like it's actually coming. I'll bet you anything you like there's not going to be any public option.

[Cha]

74. There's a lot of work to be done but

we're all going to work towards a happy ending.

[chieftain]

8. K & R

[snacker]

9. Kick.

[JimWis]

10. K&R

[Jennicut]

11. Kickin!

[steve2470]

12. k and r nt

[quiet.american]

13. K&R nt

[Lifelong Protester]

14. anytime someone calls upon us to act on our better nature

that speech is for me. I was so nervous for him before hand (just glad it was him and not me kind of thing, AS IF) and he nailed it. He is THE man for THE times.

[lfairban]

15. K&R

Ball say, "Goodbye Park".

[Honeycombe8]

17. Done! (I'm still anxious about what will get passed, but a great speech it was for sure!) nt

[horseshoecrab]

19. K&R n/t

[thoughtcrime1984]

20. Kick

[onestepforward]

22. K&R

[andym]

23. K&R n/t

[eridani]

24. A public option in 2013 is useless.

We could buy into Medicare volutarily starting next year.

[Lilyeye]

25. K&R

[tosh]

26. Kick.

[RBInMaine]

27. Excellent Speech ! Now let's kick some Republican ASSES!

[mzteris]

28. gladly -

He's simply amazing.

:kick:

[felinetta]

29. Brilliant speech. I am proud that I voted for Pres. Obama and I'm a huge liberal.

[yellerpup]

30. Great speech from a great man.

K&R! :dem: :dem: :dem:

[Kadie]

31. K&R

:hi:

[waronxmas]

32. K&R!

The whining pussies be damned! Support the president to get things you want done instead of just bitching on the internet

[CitizenPatriot]

33. damn fine speech

one of the best ever.

Without sounding sappy, I have to say that even my conservative father thinks we as a nation have been blessed to have Obama, "the right man" when we so desperately needed him.

His strength, follow through, diplomacy and moderate temperament make him a salve for 8 years of synthetic cowboy and hatriots.

[Pharaoh]

34. One of the best speeches

I have ever seen! K&R

[CitizenPatriot]

36. yes!!!

:toast::toast::toast::toast:

that's our president. what a long road it was.

[polmaven]

35. It was an excellent speech

with excellent content.

[Cherchez la Femme]

37. Well....

I'll rec for single payer

as for the speech, it was good, but ultimately meaningless without insistence, much less mention, of the public option

[lolamio]

38. K & R

[jenmito]

39. REC (& kick)! :)

[nolabear]

40. Happy, and relieved, he's the president!

And that's no lie.

[DaLittle Kitty]

52. Wait till ya get yer Bill For the Massacusetts Plan Insurance That yeer Mandated To Buy!

:)

[salguine]

71. No shit!

[Joey Liberal]

41. Great Speech! nt

[JNelson6563]

42. I agree.

:patriot: :toast:

[politicasista]

43. Kick & Rec

Great speech! Good stuff. :kick: :patriot:

[NecklyTyler]

44. K&R

[euphoria12leo]

45. K&R

Great Speech.

:toast:


:thumbsup:

[barbtries]

46. i'm listening to it now

and kicking on faith

[NYDem Observer]

47. K&R Amazing Speech

[berni_mccoy]

48. K&R! You Rock underpants!

[SWr]

49. OPEN FOR ALL!!!!!

[mecherosegarden]

50. K&R N/T

[October]

53. The best speech!

Personal favorite.

[Moosepoop]

54. K&R! n/t

[madmax]

55. k&r

[ProSense]

56. Harkin agrees:

Harkin: President wants public option as part of health-care reform

[BREMPRO]

57. great speech- k&r

[alteredstate]

58. kicked

and recommended

[graywarrior]

59. A "don't fuck with me" great speech!

[Robb]

60. DESPITE the rule...

I kick, I rec. But please remember:

[greyghost]

61. Kick

[fadedrose]

62. The speech was too good to waste on the eggheads in Congress..

Given to all Dems it would have raised the roof of the Capitol....

[tomm2thumbs]

63. Keeek & Reccc!

[kestrel91316]

64. K& effin' R, baby!!!!!

[opihimoimoi]

65. Game changer....Obama kicks ass.....GOP = sour lemons...looked like they SUCK

[classof56]

66. Rec and a big kick!

:kick:

[proud patriot]

67. kick kick kick a roo

:bounce:

[DuaneBidoux]

69. Just like the good old days.

[WinstonSmith4740]

70. Right there with ya!

FABULOUS speech. And I remember Kennedy. He truly hit it out of the park. Even Clinton wasn't this good. Showed coolness and restraint under fire, all while (politely and graciously, of course) cutting the Republicans nuts off.:toast:

[TomCADem]

72. K & R

:fistbump:

[saltpoint]

76. Apart from that fool, Joe Wilson, yelping out "liar" in the joint session

of the 111th Congress, the night was Barack Obama's.

This is a political town, Washington, DC, and there were a whole buncha politicians there gathered what to hear what this new guy has to say and how he planned to say it.

The hot-headed shrieking and squawking of the past summer grew fainter with each complete sentence that Obama delivered.

Public polling following the address indicates that it was also politically successful and persuasive.

The final legislation is not going to be sculpted to the most progressive manifestation of reform but it is going to set the terms for the debate from this point forward.

A lesser president could not have achieved what Obama achieved last night in that address, and he delivered to both the anonymous citizen in Grey Bull, Wyoming and Hamilton, Ohio, but also to the hostile audience on the red side of the Congressional aisle.

It was a hard-walloped stand-up double and it knocked in several runs.

[underpants]

77. Great post

:applause:

[saltpoint]

78. Hey there underpants.

Good to see you on these boards. Always a pleasure.

The Prez fired up the dugout last night. Let's keep the Pukes on the run.

:hi: