PRESIDENT WHUSS AND THE STATE OF THE UNION
By Chriss W. Street
During the morning before the 2014 State of the Union Address, White House Counsel John Podesta fired up the Democrat faithful with visions of a passionate President Obama about to declare rule by executive orders to vanquish his obstructionist Republican adversaries. But instead of triumphant warrior fervently wielding his pen as a sword and his phone as a shield, the President seemed to politely sleep-walk through his prepared speech to the joint-session of Congress. With his poll numbers at the same level as President George W. Bush the year before the Republicans were annihilated in the 2006 mid-term elections, Barack Obama seemed incapable of defiantly rallying his troops for a do or die Constitutional struggle with Congress. Whether they support the President’s policies or not the American people expect their national leader to be resolute. The person that gave the address tonight was a whuss. Continue reading