So is the president going to speak to us like adults tonight or is he going to tell us

[RB TexLa]

the big bowl of steaming shit on the nations dinner table is ice cream with magic sprinkles and we shouldn't be afraid to take big bites out of it.

[babylonsister]

1. When has this president ever spoken down to you, or me? I

don't recall him ever doing so.

[Lex]

2. It sounds like you have your mind made up already.

[RB TexLa]

4. I'm thinking it will be a little of both, as the poster above you pointed out he's

been pretty straight forward on this stuff, but the government does want us to eat a little of the shit.

[bdamomma]

10. is the poster confused or something bush is not the President?

[RB TexLa]

13. No, I'm not. Everyone has mentioned him putting more "hope" in the speech

I used different terminology for it.

[bdamomma]

14. he inherited this crisis just a reminder.

[RB TexLa]

15. That doesn't change the fact that he will be speaking to us about it.

He can talk about it in reality or he can talk about it with hopefulness.

[bdamomma]

20. that is what the media is saying for him to be more hopeful

can we just stick to the reality of the situation, we see or some of us see that what the country is going throough won't be a easy fix and we will have to remain hopeful. This too shall pass.

[gblady]

19. I do not equate...

hope with ice cream with magic sprinkles.
Hope is responsible for a heck of a lot of changes.

[Deep13]

3. My guess, it will be a reality sandwich...

...with reassurances that his overall plan will work by mid-year.

[gratuitous]

5. If this was December

I'd say your analysis was spot-on. But this is February, and I'll bet a shiny nickel that we will not be hearing meaningless "I unnerstan'" phrases from the leader of the nation. Bush's chief product was his "I unnerstan'" {insert complicated situation here}, and for eight years nobody asked the obvious question: What does that mean, you "unnerstan'" the complicated situation? Because as sure as I'm sitting here, Bush didn't have the first clue about so many situations, from Iraq to Afghanistan to the Middle East to health care, but he claimed to "unnerstan'" all of them.

[tanngrisnir3]

6. At the very least, he won't speak in threes, like Bush did.

Sound, pause.....Sound, pause.....Sound, pause.

That used to drive me absolutely batshit.

[YOY]

9. Freedom, pause....Jesus, pause....terra, pause.

Yeah, that was him.

[stray cat]

7. He usually speaks like an adult - I don't see him changing

The bigger question is will the american people including the congress and senate act like thoughtful adults

[RB TexLa]

8. Not how he is going to speak, but what the message is going to be.

[bdamomma]

12. we are not mindreaders you will have to watch what he says tonite.

[amitten]

11. Has Bush returned...? nt

[H2O Man]

16. gosh

[ellenfl]

17. ha! i thought the rest of your subject line was 'to go shopping'. eom

[RB TexLa]

18. Pretty much is, just different wording.

:)

[havocmom]

21. I know some folks in TX are not rude dolts

like bush.

[madokie]

22. The latter of course

Oops our President is Obama now and he won't lie to us like our last one would and did, hell w lied to us even when the truth would have sounded better.