State Of The Union: Obama stresses U.S. strength

“Last year, Vice President Biden said that with a new moonshot, America can cure cancer”, Obama said. Obama spoke of the worst kept secret in Washington pressing the importance of getting money out of politics.

Obama is right that there are systemic factors, such as gerrymandered districts and fundraising pressures, that contribute to Washington’s political dysfunction. “We need a president who will defeat radical Islamic terrorism, and I think Americans don’t understand why President Obama and Hillary Clinton put their heads in the sand like ostriches rather than acknowledging the threat of jihadists who want to murder us”. We spend more on our military than the next eight nations combined. “Period”, he declared. “It’s not even close”.

And if there was any remaining doubt he was talking about Donald Trump, Obama got even more specific.

And addressing the revolt against “political correctness” that is the oddly energizing force of the 2016 campaign, Obama renewed his call to “reject any politics… that targets people because of race or religion”. “In the comign years, we should build on that progress by providing pre-through-K for all, offering every student the hands-on computer science and math classes that make them job-ready on day one, and we should recruit and support more great teachers for our kids”.

Behind Obama sat the new House Speaker Paul Ryan, who reacted dismissively to Obama’s remarks, saying in a statement, “I can’t say I was disappointed by the president’s speech, but that’s because I wasn’t expecting much”.

In his address, President Obama extolled what he believes are the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act’s accomplishments. To reduce the regulatory burden, to reform the tax code in a way that makes it simpler and fair, and to control spending to reduce the deficit and the debt so that we don’t leave that debt to future generations. Nina Turner (D) accused GOP presidential candidates Sen.

Senator Ted Cruz wasn’t here for the speech, but telling Megyn Kelly…

Mr Obama also said comparing the effort to tackle Islamic State to World War Three gave the group what it wanted. “That may work as a TV sound bite, but it doesn’t pass muster on the world stage”. “That’s the country we love.” he said. As he walked toward the exit after his hour-long speech, he turned back to the crowded House chamber and said, “Let me take one more look at this thing”.