Reader Response (my first)

I watched the non-state-of-the-union speech last night with my friend Chris. Here's his take on it:

Last night, our nation witnessed the glimmering oratory skills of a leader
sincerely vested in the best interests of those who count, the American
People. President Obama's address was not directed toward his base or
merely those that voted for him, but to the American People. Today, the
People's reaction is overwhelmingly favorable. Only 8% of those polled
responded negatively.

Despite all of the theatricality of last evening's production, I continue
to be enthralled by this man. It's such a refreshing change to see a
president who can be forceful without being petty, honest without being
condescending, and optimistic without being delusional. And it doesn't
hurt that he can speak in complete sentences with minimal grunting.

But even more shocking was the "response" (to what, I'm head-scratchingly
unsure) by Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal. A Republican invoking wasteful
spending as the hallmark of THIS administration and mentioning the failures
in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina as an example of how big government
does not work is laughably offensive and effectively demonstrates how
stupid he and his ilk believe Americans to be. Aside from those obvious
gaffes, Jindal came across as supremely naïve and childish, out of touch
with poor and lower middle class citizens of his state, and, frankly, just
out of his league. If Fox News says so, you can bank on it.

If you must respond to a congressional address by a popular sitting
president, one does not want to call out their own party's mistakes as
those of your opponent's. Neither does one want to balk at popularly
supported ideas such as a high speed rail infrastructure and volcano
monitoring - should not Louisiana be at the forefront of the call for
natural disaster warning measures? First and foremost, one does not want
to have to follow the stylings of B. Hussein Obama.

Furthermore, and on the unrelated topic of President Obama's name: our
favorite nut-job-bag-of-antlers, Mann Coulter, AKA Skeletor has
relentlessly attempted to demonize him by consistently referring to him as
B. Hussein Obama. I suggest that we embrace it and even use it liberally.
In so doing, we demonstrate that the racial and ethnic prejudices to which
we were previously beholden no longer apply thereby robbing Mann of the
demonizing effect that she intends.

Just my $.02

CRS

**The writer's note at the end of this post has been removed. It offended some.