UPDATE: After the jump, you can view the full liveblog in plain HTML format.
brendanloy, 12:05 PM: RT @dmataconis @jeffdonald “Drinking Game” is currently a trending topic in DC. I love my city.
brendanloy, 4:05 PM: The OFFICIAL State of the Union Drinking Game 2010. (Let me be clear: This is for entertainment purposes only.) ff.im
brendanloy, 4:54 PM: John and Elizabeth Edwards separate: bit.ly Once again, I am shocked, SHOCKED!!, I tell you.
brendanloy, 4:55 PM: Burning bagel empties City Hall: bit.ly These people can’t even toast a bagel, and you want them running your health care? 😛
brendanloy, 4:56 PM: ?!?!?! RT @allahpundit Breaking on CNBC: Pelosi has the votes to pass ObamaCare?
brendanloy, 5:20 PM: RT @ktumulty Just came from Pelosi session. Tweets are wrong. She did NOT say she has the votes to pass Senate… ff.im
brendanloy, 7:31 PM: Axelrod: Obama will call for repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” in tonight’s SOTU ff.im
brendanloy, 8:00 PM: Hillary to skip SOTU; everybody panic? ff.im
Testy McTest, 8:04 PM: This is a test chat-comment. Test, test, test.
brendanloy, 8:05 PM: This is a test liveblog post. Test, test, test.
brendanloy, 8:07 PM: I’ll start Liveblogging around 7pm Mountain Time, after I put the girls to bed. In the meantime, you can view my prior tweets (below) and possibly some new ones (above), if I tweet anything new. Oh, and feel free to chat away!
B Minich, 9:07 PM: So, we just learned that the iPad will cost around $400-700 (more with 3G). Will Obama announce a stimulus plan to give the nation $400-700?
brendanloy, 9:10 PM: Teaching Loyette how to say “Wolf Blitzer.” So proud.
B Minich, 9:12 PM: Does she have to repeat herself a lot?
brendanloy, 9:13 PM: Update: Loyette now ignoring CNN and reading “The Cat in the Hat” to herself. Probably a good choice.
brendanloy, 9:43 PM: twitpic.com – Obama leaving WH; Biden, Pelosi in Da House. 20 minutes to go.
brendanloy, 9:43 PM: 
B Minich, 9:45 PM: Pelosi should be in Da House. She is DA SPEAKER!
brendanloy, 9:49 PM: You know, this is the first State of the Union since Loyette was less than a month old. That was by Bush, and she wore an elephant outfit.
B Minich, 9:50 PM: is she wearing a donkey costume tonight?
brendanloy, 9:54 PM: 1 girl down, 1 to go. Likely to start liveblogging SOTU a few minutes late.
Kyle, 9:57 PM: Let’s see if this works.
Kyle, 9:58 PM: So, since Obama is speaking, is Loyette dressed in a jack @ss outfit?
casey, 9:59 PM: They let black people in Congress now? I hope they have a metal detector…
casey, 10:02 PM: Claaaaaaasss…. Claaaaaaassss… SHUT UP!!!
Vicki Lopez, 10:06 PM: Hello, all.
brendanloy, 10:09 PM: I’m here! Just missed the first intro (“Madame Speaker…”), so I rewound my TiVo and watched it. Yes, I’m that much of a nerd.
B Minich, 10:10 PM: Hello. I’m not watching, I’ll just snark here with all of you
B Minich, 10:10 PM: its more fun that way
casey, 10:11 PM: Umm, Congress? Thank you means “STFU and stop clapping.”
brendanloy, 10:11 PM: I sort of miss seeing Dick Cheney up there, looking all grumpy and crotchety. As opposed to Biden looking smarmy and gaffe-prone.
brendanloy, 10:11 PM: Gee, I wonder if he’ll say the State of the Union is strong.
casey, 10:11 PM: Biden probably thinks he’s at the beach or something.
casey, 10:11 PM: I hope his speech is less than 220 years.
B Minich, 10:12 PM: rumors have reached us that Biden is taking part in a SOTU drinking game
brendanloy, 10:12 PM: inevitababababable
Brendan Loy, 10:12 PM: 
Marty, 10:12 PM: Nancy AKA Blink Pelosi
casey, 10:12 PM: Wait.. Is the south seceding again?
Marty, 10:12 PM: her botox is so bad her face is permanently in that state
B Minich, 10:13 PM: let me say this: the State of our Union is not strong, and every president saying this doesn’t change that fact
brendanloy, 10:13 PM: “Again, we are tested, and again, we must answer history’s call.”
Kyle, 10:13 PM: Pelosi’s face looks especially stretched tonight.
brendanloy, 10:13 PM: We prevented a Depression, bizzatches!
brendanloy, 10:13 PM: Geithner looks concerned that maybe the State of the Union is not strong
Marty, 10:13 PM: pelosis mouth looks numb….or like she is squeezing one out
B Minich, 10:13 PM: (by the way, has Obama said the State of our Union is strong?)
casey, 10:14 PM: (not yet)
Marty, 10:14 PM: obama going WITHOUT a power tie??
B Minich, 10:14 PM: (good. this is like whispering, right? nobody can hear me except casey, right?)
brendanloy, 10:14 PM: He’s winding up toward it now, I think. “I see the anxieties…” (waiting for the “but”)
casey, 10:14 PM: Yeah, children can’t write for crap. I hear you.
brendanloy, 10:14 PM: Just made a reference to Elkhart, Indiana!
Marty, 10:15 PM: the toughest to read are those written by children (because their handwriting is garbage)
brendanloy, 10:15 PM: The Greater South Bend – Elkhart Region: center of the political universe since the day after Brendan Loy left!
casey, 10:15 PM: (just barely, B)
Kyle, 10:15 PM: Geitner looks that way Brendan, because he just got anal reamed by Congress over the AIG bailout today.
Marty, 10:15 PM: that’s why i am proposing a national “kill limbaugh day”
brendanloy, 10:15 PM: “We face big and difficult challenges…”
casey, 10:16 PM: I want to get a head.
B Minich, 10:16 PM: wait for it . . .
K., 10:16 PM: No ovation inflation yet. I’m impressed.
brendanloy, 10:16 PM: “A stubborn resilience in the face of adversity.” Here it comes.
B Minich, 10:16 PM: did anybody see John Stewart make fun of Obama bringing his Telepromter to a 6th grade class?
B Minich, 10:17 PM: wait for it . . .
Marty, 10:17 PM: YOU LIE!!!
brendanloy, 10:17 PM: “It’s because of this spirit, this great decency and great strength that I have never been more hopeful about America’s future than I am tonight.”
casey, 10:17 PM: OOOoooh, he’s hopeful… For change, maybe?
casey, 10:17 PM: I give up.
brendanloy, 10:17 PM: “Despite our hardships, our union is strong”
B Minich, 10:17 PM: hope and change!!!!!!!
B Minich, 10:17 PM: gaahhhh!!!!!!!!
brendanloy, 10:17 PM: Hey, that was, like, a throwaway line
brendanloy, 10:17 PM: Not even “the state of” our union
B Minich, 10:18 PM: let me remind our presidents that saying it every year makes it dumb and useless
brendanloy, 10:18 PM: Inappropriate applause by one jackass! haha
Marty, 10:18 PM: hey O remember the wars we’re in?
Jeff, 10:18 PM: Most urgent task? Really seemed like HC by August was the urgent task.
brendanloy, 10:18 PM: “Tonight, I’d like to talk about… Apple’s new tablet”
casey, 10:18 PM: Don’t hate, Obama. Love.
brendanloy, 10:18 PM: “We all hated the bank bailout” … not sure the levity will go over well
brendanloy, 10:18 PM: STOP SMILING, BIDEN
Marty, 10:18 PM: LOLBAILOUTLOL yeah because that shit is funny
casey, 10:18 PM: Ha ha ha ha… Root canal.. That’s what you get when you pay your writers minimum wage.
brendanloy, 10:19 PM: Geithner smirking
B Minich, 10:19 PM: hey, i think he should pass legislation to give every American the money to buy THE TABLET!
brendanloy, 10:19 PM: “I supported the last administration’s efforts” on the bailouts
casey, 10:19 PM: Ummm, no you haven’t.
Kyle, 10:19 PM: Geitner: “My @ss still hurts from this morning.”
Marty, 10:19 PM: i propose we send an exploratory group to pandora and search for unobtanium
brendanloy, 10:20 PM: Biden, STOP SMILING LIKE A JACKASS
casey, 10:20 PM: Yeah, who needs banks! Let’s take all their money!
K., 10:20 PM: TO THE PITCHFORKS!
Jeff, 10:20 PM: WHy not have the banks send us all a check rather than send it to the gov?
B Minich, 10:20 PM: what did i tell you? he’s playing one of the SOTU drinking games
brendanloy, 10:20 PM: haha
Marty, 10:20 PM: WE’RE SLASHING PRICES!!!!
B Minich, 10:21 PM: he may have even pregamed it
casey, 10:21 PM: Everything must go!
Jeff, 10:21 PM: Cut taxes for first time home buyers? Didn’t we subsidize them?
brendanloy, 10:21 PM: We cut taxes! The Republicans aren’t clapping because they love taxes!
casey, 10:21 PM: Can’t take the smarmy jokes…
B Minich, 10:21 PM: Our lowest prices ever!
brendanloy, 10:21 PM: “I thought I’d get some applause on that one” YOU LIE!!
Marty, 10:21 PM: THIS IS NOT FUNNY
Jeff, 10:21 PM: Sit down Nancy!
brendanloy, 10:21 PM: Obama is being dumb
B Minich, 10:22 PM: The Republicans are confused!
Marty, 10:22 PM: whoa a whole 2 million people working!??!?!
brendanloy, 10:22 PM: 2 million Americans working now who would otherwise be unemployed
Jeff, 10:22 PM: How in the heck can the possibly know it is 2M still working?
B Minich, 10:22 PM: this is good, i suppose
brendanloy, 10:22 PM: Harry Reid yawned
casey, 10:23 PM: That’s right, bitches.
B Minich, 10:23 PM: Jeff: i think they consulted the Oracle at Delphi
Jeff, 10:23 PM: Why a standing O for that?
brendanloy, 10:23 PM: @Jeff How can the Republicans know it’s zero, or close to zero? Answer: neither can know.
brendanloy, 10:23 PM: Talk to Brendan Loy, who bought a house because of the Recovery Act (true story!)
Jeff, 10:23 PM: Absolutely agree. No way to know what the market will or won’t do.
casey, 10:24 PM: Oooh, you made window jobs. Aren’t you Julius freaking Caesar.
Jeff, 10:24 PM: Tell my sister, a guidance counselor at a HS in Michigan how this is going to save her job?
Jeff, 10:24 PM: She fears getting pink slipped next month.
B Minich, 10:24 PM: *raises hand* you could talk to me too
casey, 10:24 PM: Oh, the anguish.
B Minich, 10:24 PM: and i live closer then Brendan Loy
K., 10:24 PM: JOBS FOR THE MOBS!
Marty, 10:24 PM: hey how about we focus on ending the war that is a monetary black hole?
Jeff, 10:24 PM: Mich cutting education spending 40%
brendanloy, 10:24 PM: “That’s why I’m calling for a new jobs bill tonight.” Everyone stands
Jazz, 10:25 PM: I missed the first part – anything on Edwards’ sex video?
B Minich, 10:25 PM: Marty: no, war is too in vogue among DC peoples
Marty, 10:25 PM: the war that shall not be named
brendanloy, 10:25 PM: Yes Jazz, they played it on a big screen right before introducing O
Marty, 10:25 PM: he hasn’t even mentioned the war(s) yet….or soldiers
Jazz, 10:25 PM: Marty: he’s a Nobel Peace laureate – ending a war is grist for the right wing mill. We’ve got war forever, now
B Minich, 10:26 PM: THE VOLDEMORT WAR!!!!!!!
LNSmithee, 10:26 PM: Is that window manufacturer in Philly the same one headed by the hubby of one of the green job honchos?
casey, 10:26 PM: Enough with the small towns bullcrap already. Go to Los Angeles or something.
brendanloy, 10:26 PM: Banks aren’t lending enough to small business because BANKS ARE EVIL
Marty, 10:26 PM: Allentown is a fucking dump…
Jeff, 10:26 PM: See but unlike govt. Small businesses try NOT to live on CREDIT!
casey, 10:26 PM: Wait… Let’s give banks free money gets applause? Wasn’t that money he took earlier in the speech?
brendanloy, 10:27 PM: Are the Republicans periodically booing/hissing, or is it a weird CNN audio artifact?
B Minich, 10:27 PM: talking war does him no good – Americans want to hear about domestic issues, its too hard to think about what do do about war
LNSmithee, 10:27 PM: Yeah, I remember the last time you talked extemporaneously about small business…remember Joe the Plumber?
Marty, 10:27 PM: Next? Chicken necks!!
Jeff, 10:27 PM: Fox News accidentally played some out Q music. FAIL.
Jazz, 10:27 PM: The “infrastructure of tomorrow” = pothole repair
Youngblai, 10:27 PM: Holy cow, GW Bush took over Obama’s body!
casey, 10:27 PM: Yeah. Fuck europe and china.
LNSmithee, 10:28 PM: Oh, brother. Steal from the rich banks, give to the poor(er) banks.
Marty, 10:28 PM: oooo high speed rail…….in Tampa
Jeff, 10:28 PM: HS Rail is a good thing. I agree.
B Minich, 10:28 PM: Youngbial: you’re just noticing?
Jazz, 10:28 PM: DisneyWorld already has high speed rail
Jeff, 10:28 PM: What is a clean energy facility? Nuclear?
Youngblai, 10:28 PM: No, I mean _really_
B Minich, 10:28 PM: high speed rail badly needs to connect DC to NEw York and Boston. it would make my life much easier and more fun
K., 10:28 PM: We should get rid of SOTU. (Loud roar)
Youngblai, 10:29 PM: Like, I just had to look at the TV to make sure I wasn’t imagining things.
casey, 10:29 PM: Yeah! Tax those companies that get tax breaks!???!?
Jazz, 10:29 PM: Tax breaks for companies that create jobs here in America: drink
Marty, 10:29 PM: high speed rail from tampa to sarasota…..awesomeeeeeeNOT
brendanloy, 10:29 PM: Is it just me, or are Congress’s outfits unusually eclectic?
Jazz, 10:29 PM: Give me a jobs bill, mofos
LNSmithee, 10:29 PM: China has the fastest trains b/c China has the cheapest workforce and the strongest central govt — if Beijing wants it done, it gets done…not an American value
Marty, 10:30 PM: hahaha brendan i was thinking the same thing…lots of color
B Minich, 10:30 PM: yeah, Marty, i’m with you – this strikes me as a dumb idea. HSR really needs to connect major cities first, otherwise, nobody will use it and it will be declared a BUST!
Jazz, 10:30 PM: New foundation for long term growth = pothole repair
brendanloy, 10:30 PM: “what some call the Lost Decade” … who calls it that? other than Obama just now?
brendanloy, 10:30 PM: I thought the Lost Decade was Japan in the 90s
B Minich, 10:30 PM: and Florida high speed rail
Jeff, 10:30 PM: Jobs grew slowly because unemployment was under 5% in the last decade!
Jazz, 10:30 PM: Prosperity built on outsourcing to China, don’t forget
K., 10:30 PM: the japanese
casey, 10:31 PM: The creators of the show “Lost” consider it the Lost decade.
B Minich, 10:31 PM: Jobs grew? i thought he’d lost weight! 😉
casey, 10:31 PM: Let’s wait another 10 years and then think about it again then
K., 10:31 PM: haha
LNSmithee, 10:31 PM: He’s appropriating the language used against him. Jiu-jitsu, brendan-san
Jazz, 10:31 PM: China’s not waiting to revamp its economy = taking our last few jobs
B Minich, 10:31 PM: I’ve heard Krugman say that this is like the Lost Decade in Japan
brendanloy, 10:31 PM: China’s not waiting, Germany’s not waiting, India’s not waiting. YOU FORGOT POLAND
Jeff, 10:31 PM: China, Germany, India? Now we are comparing us to these places?
Marty, 10:31 PM: they are filling their potholes
K., 10:31 PM: nice line
brendanloy, 10:31 PM: “I do not accept second place for the United States of America”
Jazz, 10:32 PM: Japan stock market = 40,000 in 1988. 10,000 today. Solid role model
Marty, 10:32 PM: i’d rather live in the US than India any day of the week
casey, 10:32 PM: We’re no 1!
Jazz, 10:32 PM: and we don’t want to be #2
Marty, 10:32 PM: second place is the first loser…i think he got that on a No Fear T shirt
Jazz, 10:32 PM: if you know what I mean
brendanloy, 10:32 PM: “It’s time to get serious about fixing the problems that are hampering our growth”
Kyle, 10:32 PM: The 2000s was nothing like the 90s were for Japan. When the Dow is 2500, then talk to me.
B Minich, 10:32 PM: Jazz: Obama means it as a cautionary tale, not a role model. he’s saying “let’s not go down Japan’s road”
casey, 10:33 PM: Who does no 2 work for?
brendanloy, 10:33 PM: “Look, I am not interested in punishing banks. P.S. BANKS SUCK”
Jazz, 10:33 PM: The money’s not good B. Minich
B Minich, 10:33 PM: USA! USA! Goooooo USA! Beeeeeat CANADA!
Jazz, 10:33 PM: #2 works for the wastewater treatment industry, or something
casey, 10:33 PM: C’mon, Obama. We all know middle class people are too dumb to make financial decisions.
Marty, 10:33 PM: legalize it Barry!
Kyle, 10:33 PM: BTW: Japan tried to stimulus spend its way out of the 90s.
brendanloy, 10:34 PM: Kyle, Japan did half-assed stimulus
LNSmithee, 10:34 PM: The guy who bowed at the hip to every world leader he encountered says “I don’t accept 2nd place for the USA”
Youngblai, 10:34 PM: Thanks Kyle, I was just about to point that out
Jeff, 10:34 PM: Seems like Glass Steagall worked for oh, 60 years or so.
Youngblai, 10:34 PM: As opposed to the half-a**ed stimulation we’re doing now, oh gracious host?
casey, 10:34 PM: Japan’s stimulus only looked half ass becuase American asses so fat.
Jeff, 10:34 PM: The model seems to exist for financial regs.
Jazz, 10:34 PM: Japan also had the most ridiculous bubble ever, to be fair.
brendanloy, 10:34 PM: Agreed, Youngblai, but that’s the liberal argument against stimulus, not the conservative argument against it
B Minich, 10:34 PM: India in 30-100 years is going to be viewed like the USA is now – the great democracy the world looks up to
Jeff, 10:35 PM: OOH 1200 Jobs
Marty, 10:35 PM: Japan might as well be anotherp lanet
K., 10:35 PM: Pelosi blink count: 12,982
Jazz, 10:35 PM: B Minich you must not read Sully’s blog
B Minich, 10:35 PM: 1200? SWEET!!!!!
LNSmithee, 10:35 PM: When will someone interview Armando Falcon, Jr., the only bureaucrat who saw the collapse coming?
Jeff, 10:35 PM: YES Nuclear, there are Libs pissed at that.
brendanloy, 10:35 PM: Safe, clean nuclear power plants
B Minich, 10:35 PM: Jazz: why do you ask?
brendanloy, 10:35 PM: DRILL BABY DRILL
Jeff, 10:35 PM: Offshore drilling?
Marty, 10:35 PM: nu cu lur
Jazz, 10:35 PM: The part about beacon of democracy
Jeff, 10:35 PM: How about drilling in Alaska!
Jazz, 10:35 PM: being the US
brendanloy, 10:35 PM: Biden was just massaging his finger in an odd way
casey, 10:36 PM: Wait… Dems drill now?
Jeff, 10:36 PM: Sarah Pallin could help with that.
brendanloy, 10:36 PM: Pelosi and Biden need to stop being goofy
Jeff, 10:36 PM: Wow, Nancy shot up on that one!
LNSmithee, 10:36 PM: @K. – If Pelosi’s eyes bat any faster, she’ll start to fly
Kyle, 10:36 PM: Hah! Peloi just had an orgasim.
B Minich, 10:36 PM: sweet, about time someone got the nuclear ball rolling.
K., 10:36 PM: Lots of farting on hands from republicans on that one.
brendanloy, 10:36 PM: Pelosi is all like, THE HOUSE RULEZ, THE SENATE DROOLZ
B Minich, 10:36 PM: espicially if we believe climate change is such a big deal
casey, 10:36 PM: Morons
Jeff, 10:36 PM: I really struggle having to watch Nancy
B Minich, 10:36 PM: BIDEN! PELOSI! STOP FLIRTING BACK THERE!
Jazz, 10:36 PM: Overwhelming scientific evidence – where the heck’s Gahrie?
brendanloy, 10:36 PM: “I know there are some who disagree with the overwhelming scientific evidence on climate change” … Republicans react uncomfortably
K., 10:37 PM: SCIENCE!
Jazz, 10:37 PM: Clean energy will lead the globe – clean coal
massK, 10:37 PM: can we go back to jobs
casey, 10:37 PM: B Minich — gross
Marty, 10:37 PM: DARWIN WAS WRONG YOU LIE KIRK CAMERON IS A GENIUS
B Minich, 10:37 PM: wow, if gahrie were here . . . i don’t think we’d get a word in edgewise
Jeff, 10:37 PM: What goods? We don’t make much anymore.
LNSmithee, 10:37 PM: @B Minich C’mon, Joe flirting w/Nancy? Joe’s wife is hot.
casey, 10:37 PM: We’ll never export while our currency is so puffed up.
Jazz, 10:37 PM: Kirk Kameron should do a response
Jeff, 10:37 PM: We should make the iPad HERE!
Marty, 10:38 PM: @casey jill biden is smokin
casey, 10:38 PM: More exports = weaker dollar. Must, otherwise won’t work.
brendanloy, 10:38 PM: Re: jobs, as @mattyglesias put it the other day: If “focusing on jobs” created jobs, incumbents would never lose elections.
B Minich, 10:38 PM: Jeff: i think the US has been a beacon of democracy. but India is where the USA was in the late 1800s/early 1900s, i think
Jazz, 10:38 PM: Oh and by the way – the dollar is going further into the shitter. What. You want the exports, or what?
K., 10:38 PM: 97% of active climatologists are WRONG I tell you!
Jeff, 10:38 PM: Maybe we are all wrong, maybe a Jobs bill is actually a bill giving authority to Steve Jobs and an army of little Jobs’ to run the economy!
brendanloy, 10:38 PM: whoa, Janet Napolitano clapping at like 1/5 normal human slapping speed
B Minich, 10:39 PM: RE: Biden’s wife: Elin Woods was pretty hot too . . .
LNSmithee, 10:39 PM: “The clean energy economy?” More like the “Change infrastructure at the point of a gun” economy
Youngblai, 10:39 PM: Hey man, I reject the liberal/conservative binary.
casey, 10:39 PM: What? Who cares about Panama?
Kyle, 10:39 PM: Was CAFTA ever passed?
LNSmithee, 10:39 PM: @B Minich Biden doesn’t have as many choices as Tiger. Get real.
Youngblai, 10:39 PM: I’m a member of the “pragmatist” party.
brendanloy, 10:39 PM: “Fourth…” wait, is Obama listing something?
B Minich, 10:39 PM: Jeff: i like your idea of a Jobs bill. we need to clone Steve Jobs and have him run America!!!!!
K., 10:40 PM: TEACH OUR YOUNG THAT THE WORLD IS 5000 YEARS OLD NOW!
B Minich, 10:40 PM: Or at least American businesses!!!!
Youngblai, 10:40 PM: Wow, that guy looks like he’s tipsy and having trouble following.
Marty, 10:40 PM: ARNE – WORST NAME EVER
Jazz, 10:40 PM: National competition to improve our schools – we had an idea: reward success!!! Wow, Obama, you take my breath away…
brendanloy, 10:40 PM: Biden looks like he’s texting or tweeting or something
casey, 10:40 PM: That’s dumb. We should reward failure and embrace the status quo that steals the future.
LNSmithee, 10:40 PM: @brendanloy He’s always listing something. Then he goes on so long you forgot what the previous ones were.
massK, 10:40 PM: he’s reading your blog
Kyle, 10:40 PM: Obama lies! the best path out of poverty is a lucky lottery ticket!
Jazz, 10:40 PM: If Obama does the whole mom sit down and read with your kid thing again, drink, drink a lot
Jeff, 10:41 PM: I thought Biden was live blogging at Brendanloy.com!
brendanloy, 10:41 PM: BREAKING NEWS “a high-school diploma no longer guarantees a good job”
K., 10:41 PM: We must start by burning all of Ayn Rand’s books!
Youngblai, 10:41 PM: Wow, the market’s going to be going down like the Hindenburg tomorrow.
LNSmithee, 10:41 PM: I’ll believe he’s serious about education reform when the DNC severs the hip it shares with the teachers’ unions
B Minich, 10:41 PM: BREAKING NEWS: The earth revolves around the sun
brendanloy, 10:42 PM: wait, what was that debt forgiveness thing? i wasn’t paying attention. is Obama going to pay my law-school loans?
B Minich, 10:42 PM: BREAKING NEWS: cats and dogs don’t like each other
Jazz, 10:42 PM: All debt forgiven after 20 years? What, is the government flush with money? Sorry, 20 years? Oh? He’ll be gone by then. I get it now.
casey, 10:42 PM: No! Professor’s salaries must keep going up! Boooo!
Marty, 10:42 PM: no shit RE tuition costs – I wokr at an Ivy League school and don’t know how all these kids do it
K., 10:42 PM: Wrong way to start a sentence: “Last year I asked vice president Biden to…”
Jazz, 10:43 PM: Soulless jobs on Wall Street Marty…Obama will get to that
brendanloy, 10:43 PM: Last year, I asked Vice President Biden to chair a task force. He totally f***ed it up, and said a bunch of dumb s**t. So this year, I’m going to do it myself.
B Minich, 10:43 PM: i’ve heard he’s going go forgive student loans, yes. 20 years, but i think you have to pay
casey, 10:43 PM: We’re working to artificially inflate the artificially inflated house prices…
Jeff, 10:43 PM: @ Brendan LMAO!
brendanloy, 10:43 PM: “we still need health insurance reform”
LNSmithee, 10:43 PM: @Marty – How do they do it? Exotic dancing and pot peddling
brendanloy, 10:43 PM: Republicans not standing, apparently because they thing we do NOT need health insurance reform
brendanloy, 10:43 PM: oh wait, now they’re standing
brendanloy, 10:44 PM: must have gotten a text from Boehner. “stand, dumbasses”
Jeff, 10:44 PM: There it is…HC reform. Whew!
casey, 10:44 PM: not funny, don’t laugh, goddamn all of you to hell!
Jazz, 10:44 PM: Obama is a funny dude
B Minich, 10:44 PM: AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT: www.youtube.com
Youngblai, 10:44 PM: I was wondering about the grad school stuff too, Brendan. “Yeah, great that four year college thing–but if you went past that, got nothing but bubble gum and a can of pooh for you. Oh wait, breaking news–Bazooka Joe just went out of business.”
LNSmithee, 10:44 PM: Hey, Joe – we can watch you scratching your neck…knock it off
Jazz, 10:44 PM: Nice to laugh into a segue about financial ruin
brendanloy, 10:44 PM: “We are closer than ever to bringing more security to the lives of so many Americans”
Marty, 10:45 PM: i hate this SOTU so much I am going to start prepping to file my taxes….peace out yall
B Minich, 10:45 PM: but of course, i’m not watching, so i’ll just snicker in the corner and try to distract everyone
casey, 10:45 PM: Booooo… Fat kids are happy kids… Booooo…
Jeff, 10:45 PM: Michelle will make our kids skinny again!!!
Youngblai, 10:45 PM: Um, why is he talking about the First Lady like she’s not his wife?
brendanloy, 10:45 PM: Mickey Kaus jumping for joy right now, as Obama makes the “security” argument for HCR instead of the Oszagist cost-cutting argument
Jazz, 10:45 PM: Michele Obama movement to tackle childhood obesity? Thought I recognized that woman throwing stones at Taco Bell. Drop the chalupa
B Minich, 10:45 PM: whoa, Marty. when the choice is taxes and SOTU, and you choose TAXES . . . wow
LNSmithee, 10:46 PM: “Let’s clear some things up”? Dude, every time you say “Let me be clear” it’s like we’re looking at you through a bathroom window
K., 10:46 PM: Orzag
LNSmithee, 10:46 PM: orszag
casey, 10:46 PM: We will save nearly 1 bazillion dollars.
brendanloy, 10:46 PM: Let me be clear: If you don’t pass this bill, I will cut you.
Jeff, 10:46 PM: Takes VP Biden a lot longer to get up than Nancy P.
brendanloy, 10:46 PM: @Jeff That’s what she said
B Minich, 10:46 PM: So he’s referring to Michelle Obama like she’s not his wife? kinda like Bob Dole and the 3rd person
Jeff, 10:46 PM: Oh, thats it. You didn’t explain it to me clearly enough.
Jazz, 10:46 PM: Most Americans wondering “What’s in it for me?” Most Americans = Ben Nelson
Youngblai, 10:47 PM: Dude! We’re going to go to hell if we _pass the bill_.
brendanloy, 10:47 PM: “By the time I finish speaking tonight, more Americans will have lost their health insurance.” Who loses their health insurance at 9:47 PM??
casey, 10:47 PM: “BOoooo, I think we should walk away, booooo”
Kyle, 10:47 PM: Ha ha. Nice one Brendan.
Jeff, 10:47 PM: Damn, BCBS just called….
B Minich, 10:47 PM: wow, i didn’t know companies called families this far after business hours
Kyle, 10:48 PM: But it’s like 5:47 in Hawaii. Someone there could have just gotten their HC insurance termination notice.
K., 10:48 PM: Let me (party of) no.
casey, 10:48 PM: If any of you douchebag idiots have some stupid jackass ideas that make no sense, I would loooove to hear them.
Jeff, 10:48 PM: Let me know, Let me know, Let me know.
brendanloy, 10:48 PM: If you have better ideas, “let me know.” Republicans stand. Of course their ideas don’t do those things, but shhh.
brendanloy, 10:48 PM: “Let’s get it done”
casey, 10:48 PM: Git er done.
Youngblai, 10:49 PM: I ask Congress to commit political seppuku _right now_.
Jazz, 10:49 PM: Massive fiscal hole = Joe Biden’s favorite bar
casey, 10:49 PM: second
B Minich, 10:49 PM: reminds me of the SNL skit where Geithner sets up a hotline where Americans can call him with ideas on how to fix the economy
LNSmithee, 10:49 PM: When the only choices you are given are bad, “NO” is the correct answer.
Youngblai, 10:49 PM: Dude, I’m sorry, is this a State of the Union or a “Hey, Republicans suck!”
brendanloy, 10:49 PM: IT’S ALL BUSH’S FAULT
Youngblai, 10:50 PM: *smacks forehead*
casey, 10:50 PM: I had a massive physical hole once. Let me tell you — hard to fix.
B Minich, 10:50 PM: we’re still blaming Bush? *sigh*
Jazz, 10:50 PM: Last guy’s fault = politics of change
LNSmithee, 10:50 PM: Please, casey – TMI
Kyle, 10:50 PM: Now would be a good time for a “you lie”.
Jeff, 10:50 PM: Hey, that’s it let’s keep blaming the last 8 years.
Youngblai, 10:50 PM: As they tell you when you sign for any command in the military, “Once you sign, don’t start to whine.”
B Minich, 10:50 PM: Bush has been gone for a year now. people aren’t going to buy that
Jazz, 10:50 PM: Does McCain have cancer again?
Jazz, 10:50 PM: His cheek not look so good
brendanloy, 10:51 PM: @LNSmithee And where were the Republicans offering alternative choices to fix the broken system over the last 30 years, during much of which they had the power to institute the mini-reforms they now disingenuously claim to support?
Jazz, 10:51 PM: I kinda suck as a President, but I would have been pretty good were it not for that crappy Dubya
B Minich, 10:51 PM: Jazz: LOL
casey, 10:51 PM: Raffle + bake sale.
Jeff, 10:51 PM: Charge the BANKS!
brendanloy, 10:52 PM: Starting in 2011, we will freeze gov’t spending for 3 years … except for two-thirds of government spending, which is off limits
B Minich, 10:52 PM: mmmmm, bake sale!
LNSmithee, 10:52 PM: News flash — there wasn’t a demand for it, and once people saw what Dems offered, they rejected them.
casey, 10:52 PM: Yayy, veto us. yayy.
K., 10:52 PM: We will fuel the economy by sticking dick cheney in a zoo and charging admission.
B Minich, 10:52 PM: spending freeze: stupidest gimmick i’ve ever seen
LNSmithee, 10:52 PM: Dems answer was always something leading to universal care. Americans don’t want it.
Jeff, 10:53 PM: 20 billion of the 1 trillion. I believe that is a “drop in the bucket” defined.
brendanloy, 10:53 PM: @LNSmithee Once people saw what the GOP’s effective but inaccurate propaganda convinced them the Dems offered, you mean
Youngblai, 10:53 PM: Brendan–yes the system is broken. But is _government_ the way to fix it? Show me where it says in the Constitution my government can _compel me_ to buy insurance.
Jazz, 10:53 PM: @K: I like the Dick Cheney zoo, but you’d need some serious barbed wire to keep the public safe. Barbed wire=less fun
Jeff, 10:53 PM: Technically, we don’t need healthCARE reform, we need Health INSURANCE reform.
Youngblai, 10:53 PM: Really Brendan? Did you read the bill? I did. It scared the piss out of me. Mainly because I’m a cynic who believes in the law of 2nd and 3rd order consequences.
Youngblai, 10:54 PM: Thank you Jeff
LNSmithee, 10:54 PM: @brendanloy Are you saying that Obama hasn’t been an ardent supporter of Universal Care?
Jeff, 10:54 PM: Oh, Biden beat Nancy out of the chair that time.
casey, 10:54 PM: OOooh, showdown. “You don’t pass Congress? I makey executive order. Now what!”
brendanloy, 10:54 PM: @Youngblai What other institution can fix the massive systemic problems? Again, if there was a conservative, non-government-based proposal to do so, where’s it been for the last 30 years?
Youngblai, 10:54 PM: So I’m going to tell Congress to go screw itself…like lots of Presidents do!
Jazz, 10:54 PM: Pay as you go = new taxes
Youngblai, 10:54 PM: Regulation–not as reform.
Kyle, 10:54 PM: You people! You just aren’t smart enough to realize how great Obamacare is.
casey, 10:54 PM: ha ha ha that’s a good joke
B Minich, 10:55 PM: Biden/Pelosi need to be incorporated into next year’s alcoholic games
Jazz, 10:55 PM: Freeze takes effect next year, when the midterm election is over, er, when the economy is stronger
Youngblai, 10:55 PM: And you didn’t answer my question about the bill.
LNSmithee, 10:55 PM: @brendanloy Are you suggesting that’s not what he wants eventually? When has BHO actually said “I DON’T want single-payer?” Trick question — he hasn’t, and he won’t
K., 10:55 PM: the three republicans still in office laughing
Gretel, 10:55 PM: Next year?
Jeff, 10:55 PM: We’ll do it next year? Ok, so I will tell my wife, we don’t have to cut expenses until NEXT year.
Youngblai, 10:55 PM: Read that sucker and I’m sorry, the end state was plain as the nose on my face.
Youngblai, 10:55 PM: And I’ve got a big nose…
Youngblai, 10:55 PM: 😀
Gretel, 10:55 PM: Great I am going shopping..
Youngblai, 10:55 PM: BLAME BUSH AGAIN
Youngblai, 10:55 PM: *slaps forehead*
casey, 10:55 PM: Yeah, he’s totally going to beat Bush in 2012.
Jazz, 10:55 PM: Damn you Dubya. Damn you all to hell. Spurred by Gretel’s log
Jazz, 10:55 PM: logo
brendanloy, 10:56 PM: @Youngblai I haven’t read the bill, and I honestly don’t know if it’s a good bill. What I do know is that I don’t see a realistic constructive effort from the Right to even *try* and fix the problems. In this case I’ll take the Devil I don’t know over the Devil I do, because the Devil I know is really terrible
Jeff, 10:56 PM: Haven’t we had a Dem controlled congress since ’06?
Gretel, 10:56 PM: Or a lack of common sense…
Jazz, 10:56 PM: Obama just used the words “Let’s invest in our people without leaving them a mountain of debt”. In my drinking game, those words = downing a fifth in one shot
casey, 10:56 PM: “Doubts about how Washington works.”….. Washington works??
brendanloy, 10:56 PM: This is a weird speech by Obama. It doesn’t feel to me like he’s addressing the nation. Just the Congress. Does anyone agree/disagree?
LNSmithee, 10:57 PM: @brendanloy You see, there you go. You’re giving yourself the choice between two “devils,” thinking that one would be better than the status quo. Who says?
Gretel, 10:57 PM: Accountability….oh wait Obots do not have that gene….
Youngblai, 10:57 PM: I don’t disagree (note that I dont’ believe the GOP is the Right anymore than I think I’m the pope)
K., 10:57 PM: For republicans, “common sense” means the world is 5000 years old.
Jeff, 10:57 PM: Frankly Washington is best when it doesn’t work!
Youngblai, 10:57 PM: AGREE
casey, 10:57 PM: Whoa, no applause for lobbyist exclusions… Ridiculous.
B Minich, 10:57 PM: i’ve come to think that the private insurance way of doing things is worse then a single payer system. unless we majorly reform our current system, we’re screwed, and the government running health care isn’t going to be worse.
Alec, 10:57 PM: Youngblai, surely it’s legit for him to point out that the budget deficit didn’t suddenly materialise on 21 Jan 2009. Yes – it’s his responsibility now, but putting it into context does not equal blaming Bush.
Kyle, 10:57 PM: Brendan, the reason why health care “reform” efforts fail is because most people actually like the current health care system. It’s eggheads on the left who think that our current system is a POS. When you tell people that the government’s reform threatens the system they currently have, people turn against the “reform” effort.
LNSmithee, 10:57 PM: @K. What’s with the creationist-bashing? What’s that got to do with anything?
Youngblai, 10:57 PM: I hate to say it, but I feel like we’re past the point where we can even have a decent conversation anymore between either side.
Gretel, 10:57 PM: Dems/repubs all the same…vote all encumbants out in Nov!
K., 10:58 PM: supreme court doing a little farting on their hands
casey, 10:58 PM: They’re actually applauding the flood of political spending.
brendanloy, 10:58 PM: Obama smacks down SCOTUS, as they sit there sheepishly. Heh.
Youngblai, 10:58 PM: As someone pointd out, the Dems have had control of the House since ’06.
Jazz, 10:58 PM: @Brendan – it sounds like a speech from a guy whose administration is falling apart, and he’s just throwing a bunch of shit against the wall to see what sticks. Bush used to do that too, probably because in Dubya’s case he couldn’t be bothered to think too deeply about stuff.
Youngblai, 10:58 PM: I’m sorry, but if this was so horrible, Nancy should’ve been groinslapping ol’ W from Jan ’07 on.
casey, 10:58 PM: Hey — where’s Pelosi’s flag pin?! That anti-American whore!
Gretel, 10:58 PM: EARMARK REFORM? Seriously?
brendanloy, 10:59 PM: Earmark reform. Glenn Reynolds FTW!
Jeff, 10:59 PM: Give Pres Obama his props…he is a great campaigner. He is deftly separating himself form “Congress”.
LNSmithee, 10:59 PM: Dude, all your anti-lobbying promises in your ’08 campaign were busted before you were inaugurated
Youngblai, 10:59 PM: As to SCOTUS–if you say a corporation is a _person_, then the decision is clear.
Jazz, 10:59 PM: One website for earmarks – visionary
B Minich, 10:59 PM: hold it, wasn’t that McCains ENTIRE CAMPAIGN? and didn’t Obama say it was DUMB??!?!
Gretel, 10:59 PM: Then deny the earmark is an earmark …like the visitors log?
Youngblai, 10:59 PM: Or what part of “Congress shall make no law…” was in Swahili
Kyle, 10:59 PM: B. Minich: Yes, but remember all Obama statements come with an expiration date.
brendanloy, 10:59 PM: 2008 Obama: earmarks are unimportant, spending freeze is irresponsible. 2010 Obama: we must reform earmarks & freeze spending!
Jazz, 10:59 PM: Making fun of Obama as Messiah meme = jumped the shark
Youngblai, 10:59 PM: Wait, wait, “Let’s work together now that I’ve hit you in the face with a bottle for the last 10 minutes…”
Jazz, 10:59 PM: Not serious celebrity President
LNSmithee, 11:00 PM: @Youngblai Swahili? Are you … no, I won’t go there…
B Minich, 11:00 PM: Kyle: as i never really trusted him or McCain to begin with, i’m not surprised
Gretel, 11:00 PM: I hope he fails
casey, 11:00 PM: Interesting…
Youngblai, 11:00 PM: It’s an expression
Jazz, 11:00 PM: Most embarassing headlines = video of John Edwards’ penis
brendanloy, 11:00 PM: “We can’t wage a perpetual campaign where the only goal is to see who can get the most embarrassing headlines about the other side”
Youngblai, 11:00 PM: Seriously, don’t even try..
K., 11:00 PM: (party of) NOOOOOOOOOOOO!
brendanloy, 11:01 PM: “I’m speaking to both parties” — seemingly scolding Dems for clapping too much?
LNSmithee, 11:01 PM: “I kinda like to be the President so I could show you how you’re money’s spent” — War , “Why Can’t We Be Friends”
Jeff, 11:01 PM: he is B**** slapping a lot of people tonight.
Jazz, 11:01 PM: You people got to play nice
Gretel, 11:01 PM: Party of self interest self serving
brendanloy, 11:01 PM: “Washington may think…” Obama keeps ascribing sentience to a city
Jazz, 11:01 PM: You’re a bunch of children
Scott, 11:01 PM: I agree Brendan, this is a weird speech. I’m having trouble with his overall point
B Minich, 11:01 PM: Obama’s right on this perpetual campaign stuff. not sure how we fix this paralyzing polarazation, though
casey, 11:01 PM: Go back to Kenya with the post-partisan garbage.
Jazz, 11:01 PM: In other news, Fox News suddenly up and apologized
Jazz, 11:01 PM: And, Obama really is the Messiah
brendanloy, 11:01 PM: “after last week, it’s clear that campaign fever has come even earlier than usual”
LNSmithee, 11:02 PM: OMG…A guy who sends people out to bash Fox News every maddog day is decrying partisanship!
Gretel, 11:02 PM: OR as Evan Thomas said :”ike God”
brendanloy, 11:02 PM: to Democrats, I would remind you, we have the biggest majority in decades, and people expect us to solve problems, not run for the hills
Youngblai, 11:02 PM: Like I said, post-partisan while I knee you in the nads.
K., 11:02 PM: zing
Alec, 11:02 PM: Since when was Fox News a political party?
Gretel, 11:02 PM: I want a real President…I want a real President
Jeff, 11:02 PM: *SLAP*
Jazz, 11:02 PM: You are not leaders. Especially you Republicans. Vote Democrat ’10
brendanloy, 11:02 PM: “just saying no to everything may be good short-term politics, but it’s not leadership. we were sent here to serve our citizens, not our ambitions”
brendanloy, 11:03 PM: Partisanship sucks. Vote Democrat! Heh
Gretel, 11:03 PM: Ditto
Alec, 11:03 PM: Too many jokes in this speech.
Gretel, 11:03 PM: Vote incumbants out
brendanloy, 11:03 PM: agreed Alec
Jazz, 11:03 PM: No drama Obama just made his third joke of the night, and the third joke of his political career. Creepy
Youngblai, 11:03 PM: Seriously. Maybe the GOP guys _are_ serving their constituents.
casey, 11:03 PM: We need another 9/11!
brendanloy, 11:03 PM: inside baseball jokes directed at Congress
LNSmithee, 11:03 PM: “I’m trying to change the tone of our politics. So forget that riff on Bush and the GOP you just heard”
Jazz, 11:03 PM: Loss of unity after 9/11?? Glenn Beck 9/12 project, dude!!!
brendanloy, 11:03 PM: “I’m not interesting in re-litigating the past. Bush is guilty, no need to litigate!”
Jeff, 11:03 PM: Not interesting in relitigating the past? But it is all Bush’s fault?
Gretel, 11:03 PM: Bush is to blame…aint it so…right Nobama
Youngblai, 11:03 PM: I’m not interested in relitigating the past. Especially the last 8 years when that jackass was in charage.
B Minich, 11:04 PM: @Brendanloy “Because last week, we up and lost the frickin state of Massachusetts, which is bluer then Babe the Blue Ox!”
Youngblai, 11:04 PM: *looks at Brendan* Wow, yeah, same wavelenth there.
brendanloy, 11:04 PM: heh
Alec, 11:04 PM: Feels like we’re eavesdropping on a private conversation.
Gretel, 11:04 PM: yeah MA Go Brown!
Jazz, 11:05 PM: Every President sounds good when they’re killing terrorists. He should take a page from Bush and start with this stuff
Gretel, 11:05 PM: OK so the Panty Bomber woke him up…after the surfer was taken care of
K., 11:05 PM: WTF?! Al Franken got invited to this?
Jeff, 11:05 PM: Al Franken makes it look like an SNL skit….sorry.
B Minich, 11:05 PM: now technically, this IS a speech to Congress. but i’m not sure it should sound like it
Jazz, 11:05 PM: Rather than desperate jokes about domestic problems
brendanloy, 11:05 PM: I somehow messed up Alec’s comment and can’t fix it
LNSmithee, 11:05 PM: Mr. Short Term Memory from SNL would LOVE this speech
casey, 11:05 PM: I forgot Al Franken was a Senator now. I was like, “WTF is Al Franken doing there?”
B Minich, 11:05 PM: LIZARDPANTS BOMBER!!!!
Kyle, 11:05 PM: Obama’s problem is that his base hates it when he kills terrorists. They want him to use compassion to win their hearts.
brendanloy, 11:05 PM: there we go
brendanloy, 11:06 PM: “Feels like we’re eavesdropping on a private conversation.” – agreed
Jazz, 11:06 PM: We are responsibly leaving Iraq to its people. People of Iraq, go ahead with your civil war
Gretel, 11:06 PM: Sure…how new timeline….;)
Jeff, 11:06 PM: We outta here….see ya Iraq!
Jeff, 11:06 PM: Forget trying to establish a Democracy in the middle east.
brendanloy, 11:06 PM: Iraq – “this war is ending and all of our troops are coming home”
B Minich, 11:06 PM: good. glad we’re leaving Iraq. lets hope we stay out
casey, 11:06 PM: And let me tell you, Iraq is practically exploding with happiness over our withdrawal.
Gretel, 11:07 PM: Fine bring them home and also wash our hands of the “fighting peace negotiators” too.
K., 11:07 PM: Want some cheese with those Kurds? See ya
brendanloy, 11:07 PM: Don’t Ask Don’t Tell coming soon?
LNSmithee, 11:07 PM: @K. I think you mean whey…
B Minich, 11:07 PM: and that we can get up the guts to leave Afghanistan, which is a useless money hole
K., 11:07 PM: Your not allowed to ask
B Minich, 11:08 PM: (i’m getting grumpy tonight)
Gretel, 11:08 PM: Veterans ROCK!
LNSmithee, 11:08 PM: @brendanloy Poor choice of words, dude
B Minich, 11:08 PM: and meanwhile, you Congressmen, GET OFF MY LAWN!!!
Gretel, 11:08 PM: Look at Biden
K., 11:09 PM: ahh NU-CLEAR
casey, 11:09 PM: Quit embracing visions and start doing stuff, dude.
brendanloy, 11:09 PM: @LNSmithee Yeah because any reference to gay people is necessarily a reference to sex!
Gretel, 11:09 PM: tweet tweet twiddle twiddle
Jeff, 11:09 PM: Must be past VP Biden’s bed time.
Jazz, 11:09 PM: We prosecute two wars, we’re confronting the greatest danger…” by “we”, it does sound like the 1,500 of us special folks in this room
Jazz, 11:09 PM: Meaning, specifically, not that bitch Hillary
LNSmithee, 11:09 PM: I think there should be a law that we should see Biden’s text messages if he’s going to do them in front of us.
brendanloy, 11:09 PM: nuclear weapons must not fall into terrorist hands blah blah
Gretel, 11:09 PM: RIGHT…OK>>>I get it you are magic
brendanloy, 11:09 PM: @LNSmithee LOL
Jazz, 11:09 PM: We rule. Hillary suxx
Jazz, 11:10 PM: “That man doesn’t have a texting machine in his lap. He’s just happy to see President Obama!”
brendanloy, 11:10 PM: 
B Minich, 11:10 PM: Hillary is in London, we can bad mouth her in this chamber! she’ll never know!
Gretel, 11:10 PM: Iran faces consequences …a promise….what will that cost us?
casey, 11:10 PM: hahaha
Gretel, 11:11 PM: I am hungry
Jazz, 11:11 PM: The new initiative for bioterrorism = Jack Bauer
K., 11:11 PM: OMG, a president who believes in science. Wtf?!
Jazz, 11:11 PM: Jack Bauer = Bush years
Jazz, 11:11 PM: So ha ha Obama, bush lover
casey, 11:11 PM: “We are embracing a dream to plan to develop the capacity to hope for….”
Gretel, 11:11 PM: Hope N Change in Nov
B Minich, 11:12 PM: @casey “We are embracing a dream to plan to develop the capacity to hope for….” CHANGE
Jazz, 11:12 PM: We stand with a girl who urines…oh yearns, my bad
brendanloy, 11:12 PM: Fearless prediction: Andrew Sullivan will think this speech proves once again that Obama is a genius
B Minich, 11:12 PM: HOPE! CHANGE! ITS ALL HOPEY CHANGEY!
Gretel, 11:12 PM: All those countries we help will back us …right?
Mike, 11:12 PM: We are working with Muslim communities around the world to promote science, education and innovation?
Gretel, 11:13 PM: Except those that “Drive trucks”
K., 11:13 PM: Obama reportedly reads sullivan, according to the washington post.
B Minich, 11:13 PM: Brendan: now THAT’S a bold prediction!
Jazz, 11:13 PM: Muslim science = bioterrorism
casey, 11:13 PM: His administration shouldn’t have a civil rights division. It should have a civil rights union.
Gretel, 11:13 PM: Hopium
brendanloy, 11:13 PM: Don’t get me wrong, I think Sullivan is fantastic, but the degree to which he predictably swoons over any given Obama speech is a bit comical
Gretel, 11:13 PM: What ever
K., 11:13 PM: don’t tell! Don’t tell!
brendanloy, 11:13 PM: Don’t Ask Don’t Tell! Repeal it! Military guys don’t stand!
LNSmithee, 11:13 PM: @Gretel Hopium…that’s a good one!
brendanloy, 11:14 PM: Speaking of Andrew Sullivan…
Kyle, 11:14 PM: If Obama reads Sullivan, that would explain why he’s so suprised that people disagree with his policie
Jazz, 11:14 PM: He will work to repeal a law. I will also work to win the lottery next week. See you at 7/11
brendanloy, 11:14 PM: Wow, he lingered on gays in the military for all of 3.5 seconds
casey, 11:14 PM: He kind of breezed over that.
K., 11:14 PM: I think the military is like scotus. they aren’t supposed to cheer
brendanloy, 11:14 PM: @K. hmm, maybe so
Gretel, 11:14 PM: Bama-logic…just forget everything you know…and swallow hard
B Minich, 11:14 PM: Brendan: and then, three weeks later, he’s declaring Obama failed. 😉 followed by a post in which he says that no, he hasn’t FAILED, he’s just disappointing
Alec, 11:14 PM: Now that we’ve had Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, how about DC voting rights? Maybe just maybe?
brendanloy, 11:14 PM: Meanwhile I’m waiting for a reasonable opportunity to post the graphic of Putin rearing his head over Alaska
Jazz, 11:14 PM: I guess he isn’t throwing the gays against the wall, knowing beforehand that their interests don’t stick
Gretel, 11:15 PM: What labor?
brendanloy, 11:15 PM: I don’t think I’ve ever done a political liveblog without posting it
B Minich, 11:15 PM: i think being supported by Sullivan would be a bit dizzying
brendanloy, 11:15 PM: And I occasionally post it during sports liveblogs and whatnot
Gretel, 11:15 PM: Not your values Blobama
casey, 11:15 PM: This guy totally lost his mojo.
Mike, 11:15 PM: We all know we he really wants to ensure that everyone who plays by the rules and everyone who doesn’t can contribute to our economy and enrich themselves.
Kyle, 11:15 PM: O.k. 1 hour and 14 minutes. This guy needs the STFU.
K., 11:15 PM: sullivan’s definitely the smartest gay catholic conservative Obam-fan I’ve ever read.
brendanloy, 11:15 PM: Americans losing faith in media!
B Minich, 11:15 PM: Brendan: didn’t he mention drilling?
Youngblai, 11:15 PM: Losing?
LNSmithee, 11:15 PM: I’m serious about this — who are these women who aren’t being paid like men?
Gretel, 11:15 PM: No media…all opinion
Jeff, 11:15 PM: EVIL BANKS!
Gretel, 11:16 PM: Bush did this
casey, 11:16 PM: This means you Fox News.
K., 11:16 PM: I dont think the media will be spending much time on this part of the speech
brendanloy, 11:16 PM: lol @ K
Jazz, 11:16 PM: Politicians tear each other down = “we” lose faith. We? I lose faith when I lose my job. I don’t give a shit what Karl Rove says about you, Obama
Youngblai, 11:16 PM: and boy did you sell us a pig in a poke.
B Minich, 11:16 PM: Americans losing faith in the media? that’s unpossible! i mean, they’ve only been skeptical of the biased media for YEARS!!!!!
brendanloy, 11:16 PM: you forgot HIV-positive British beagle-lover
Gretel, 11:16 PM: I am cynical…”Change I did not beleive”
brendanloy, 11:16 PM: “I never suggested that change would be easy”
Mike, 11:16 PM: There’s so much cynicism out there because our politicians lie like thieves. He’s making me more cynical right now.
brendanloy, 11:17 PM: ah, screw it
brendanloy, 11:17 PM: 
Youngblai, 11:17 PM: LOL
B Minich, 11:17 PM: well, Putin is cynical
casey, 11:17 PM: tee hee
Jazz, 11:17 PM: Obama says he won’t play it safe. Such as spending more than 1.2 seconds on Don’t Ask Don’t Tell
Gretel, 11:17 PM: More lies, lies and Crap N Change hopium blabber
casey, 11:17 PM: or 10,000 years ago
Alec, 11:17 PM: What are the lies, Gretel?
casey, 11:17 PM: yeah, do it hard
Mike, 11:17 PM: “here” ? That’s wasn;t in the script. LOL
Jazz, 11:18 PM: To do what was hard = impose a VAT. Bring it Barry. Bring it now
casey, 11:18 PM: do it hard for the children!
Gretel, 11:18 PM: Nov we are unafraid to do what is hard…vote all the bums out
casey, 11:18 PM: Meth
Gretel, 11:18 PM: Me I me I
Mike, 11:18 PM: where were the lies? e.g., when he claimed not to have put lobbyists in decisionmaking positions was a pretty blatant and easily proven lie
Gretel, 11:18 PM: Hopium
Jazz, 11:18 PM: You can’t cut entitlements. That’s too hard. But maybe the VAT. Do it. Tough guy
B Minich, 11:18 PM: we need new politicians. this bunch is annoying and petty
Brendan Loy, 11:19 PM: 
casey, 11:19 PM: I’m so sick of his super-faggy “I have a 4-year old teary-eyed dream” crap.
brendanloy, 11:19 PM: Becky (who is at a friend’s house babysitting) texts: “Does Obama seem like a disappointed school teacher or is it just me?”
Gretel, 11:19 PM: We R AMerica an din Nov we reclaim our country
LNSmithee, 11:19 PM: This is what drives me nuts — when he pretends we all KNOW what’s “best for the American people” but don’t do it b/c of selfish reasons
Kyle, 11:19 PM: Tell Becky that Obama is disappointed that we all don’t see how awesom he is.
brendanloy, 11:19 PM: USA USA USA
Gretel, 11:19 PM: ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
Jazz, 11:19 PM: The 8-year-old boy sent me his allowance to send to Haiti. It included a note that he never would have done that with Dubya, cause if you recall Dubya sucked and couldn’t get anything done
B Minich, 11:20 PM: USA! BEAT EVERY COUNTRY IN VANCOUVER!
casey, 11:20 PM: The spirit is in me! Hallelujah!
Jeff, 11:20 PM: Didn’t we start a new last year?
Gretel, 11:20 PM: Thank God it is over
Mike, 11:20 PM: Weird winddown. Instead of applause, everyone’s eyes got a little bleary until that last full sentence
LNSmithee, 11:20 PM: I wanna see these letters he’s getting. Are they all from Ellie Light?
brendanloy, 11:20 PM: “I don’t quit. Let’s seize this moment to start anew….” wow, he suddenly decided, at the last minute, to give a speech, and then it was over. weird
Alec, 11:20 PM: jeez louise, he went long.
Gretel, 11:20 PM: Every speech is a New
K., 11:20 PM: Who were those people in the last row sitting on their hands?
K., 11:21 PM: sorry, that was the republican party wasn’t it
B Minich, 11:21 PM: well, we’ll start ANEW anew. including the stuff that he did that didn’t work
Mike, 11:21 PM: The SCOTUS still looks pissed
casey, 11:21 PM: Chicken wings and hookers in the lobby, everybody.
Kyle, 11:21 PM: I don’t care how this speech ended. What’s most important is that it ended.
Gretel, 11:21 PM: Ellie Light the 9th
Gretel, 11:21 PM: gitto
Gretel, 11:21 PM: ditto
B Minich, 11:21 PM: Obama better hope he doesn’t need SCOTUS anytime soon@
Jeff, 11:22 PM: Oh Boy SCOTUS won’t be a friend.
brendanloy, 11:22 PM: So… good speech? bad speech? I thought it was pretty bad
Youngblai, 11:22 PM: I’m depressed now.
casey, 11:22 PM: Now for Repooplickin response.
LNSmithee, 11:22 PM: Thanks Brendan. Good night, my fellow Americans.
Gretel, 11:22 PM: SCOTUS, POTUS, SOTU…
casey, 11:22 PM: s s s s s s s s s sucked!!!
B Minich, 11:22 PM: SCOTUS hates POTUS. could be a fun kids story type rhyme
brendanloy, 11:22 PM: Didn’t feel very presidential
Jeff, 11:22 PM: I think it almost seemed a bit “panicky”
Gretel, 11:22 PM: Good night, have to go pull teeth
casey, 11:22 PM: Where’s Bobby Jindal? I want me some Bobby Jindal.
brendanloy, 11:22 PM: He seemed more presidential, at times, when he was a candidate, come to think of it
Youngblai, 11:23 PM: Really? Repooplickin? Oh yeah…that’s going to win people over.
K., 11:23 PM: we need a republican speech now to make that one look good
B Minich, 11:23 PM: seemed quite “PULL UP, PULL UP!”
Gretel, 11:23 PM: Oh wait now you all go get your whippins and get in bed …POTUS
Jeff, 11:23 PM: I am not sure he didn’t alienate EVERYBODY on some level.
Jazz, 11:23 PM: The speech might have been tolerable if it were like the Bush speech a couple days after 9/11. But he’s been building to this moment for months, and certainly since Brown’s loss. Given expectations, I think he laid a giant egg tonight
Mike, 11:23 PM: I thought it was awful. Huge stretches where even the Dems were not clapping. Kindof like when the car salesman suggests that we cut the bullshit and he’ll give you the deal you really want.
Youngblai, 11:23 PM: Maybe the reason folks on the left are shedding independents is you guys act like spoilt brats when you don’t get your way.
Gretel, 11:23 PM: Fired down Fired down
B Minich, 11:23 PM: response is being given by the new Governor of Virginia, McDonell
Kyle, 11:23 PM: Chris Matthiews criticized the camera work, said the speech was great.
K., 11:24 PM: nd alum ronald mcdonnell to give the response
Jazz, 11:24 PM: Plus the fiery bullshit at the end was way too staged. Obama is too good for that.
Kyle, 11:24 PM: I actually think half of MSNBC’s audience (pathetically small as it is) are actually conservatives who watch the liberals on there just to laught at them.
Jeff, 11:24 PM: End of speech was over the top.
B Minich, 11:25 PM: Jazz: i’m not so sure Obama’s too good for that. the more i see, the more i think he’s in over his head.
B Minich, 11:25 PM: makes me think of Carter
B Minich, 11:25 PM: now to be fair, he came in at an EXTREMELY hard time to govern
Jazz, 11:25 PM: B Minich = that’s a good point, you might be right
Mike, 11:25 PM: next up – the equal and opposite bullshit
Youngblai, 11:26 PM: Just sayin’, if VA secedes tonight…
Gretel, 11:26 PM: I watch MSNBC Morning Joe to get the far left point of view
casey, 11:26 PM: Worst SOTU I can remember. Watched them all since Clinton.
brendanloy, 11:26 PM: Agreed re: the end of the speech, it was like he tried to make up for the fact it wasn’t actually a speech to the nation for the first 85 minutes by throwing in 30 seconds of flowery rhetoric
casey, 11:26 PM: Watching white house live chat.
Jeff, 11:26 PM: @ B Minich…I agree. Starting to seem like Pres Obama is struggling to build coalitions and navigate the Hill.
Gretel, 11:26 PM: Yep
K., 11:26 PM: I don’t think obama’s very good at that populist nonsense both parties are trying to pull these days
brendanloy, 11:26 PM: Andrew Sullivan: “This was the president I supported and still support and will support because he alone is calling us away from the cynicism, the ideology, the rhetorical poison, and the red-blue divide that keeps us from the reform we desperately need.” andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com
Gretel, 11:26 PM: I don’t think obama’s very good
Gretel, 11:27 PM: cynicism…anyone can drive a truck
B Minich, 11:27 PM: is Obama a measured leader in an age of populism? it would stink to be him, then
K., 11:27 PM: OMG: typical gay catholic beagle-lover hiv positive conservative obama lover response!
Kyle, 11:27 PM: People here called it. Sullivan is hopeless. His lips are just glued to Obama’s c*ck (figuratively, of course).
Jeff, 11:27 PM: Great campaigner, not good at governing.
brendanloy, 11:27 PM: GOP response to actually be delivered in front of an audience
Jazz, 11:27 PM: That’s so typical Sullivan. He’s way in the tank for Obama. Obama may be a wonderful guy, but there are hundreds, maybe thousands of wonderful people who happen not to be particularly good at their jobs
Gretel, 11:27 PM: cynicism…cling to guns and religion
K., 11:28 PM: wtf! is there another chamber of government I didn’t know about?
Kyle, 11:28 PM: Good one cynicism.
Gretel, 11:28 PM: cynicism…open transparency
Kyle, 11:28 PM: I meant, good one Gretel.
Gretel, 11:28 PM: cynicism…Kevin Jennings
K., 11:29 PM: is that ronald mcdonell!?
Gretel, 11:29 PM: Maybe if he looked in a mirror he might see what we all see….LOOSER
Youngblai, 11:29 PM: Like I said–if VA secedes tonight…
Gretel, 11:29 PM: I want a new President
brendanloy, 11:29 PM: Ezra Klein: “Watching that speech, you would think Obama was on top of the world. That, in itself, seems like a significant accomplishment.” Or suggests Obama is delusional?
K., 11:29 PM: seriously, did the republicans just invent a new chamber?
Gretel, 11:30 PM: delusional..out of touch wiht real AMerica
Gretel, 11:30 PM: with I mean
Jazz, 11:30 PM: Watching ABC – they showed Alito shaking his head and mouthing “that’s not true” when Obama said that the ruling about campaign finance would ruin democracy
B Minich, 11:30 PM: it seems to me that the new VA governor gets the nod for this response if possible. basically, if VA is in different hands then the WH, the governor gets this national speech
K., 11:30 PM: laugh track
brendanloy, 11:31 PM: SportsCenter is not on at 8:40
Jazz, 11:31 PM: 10:40 dude
brendanloy, 11:31 PM: shh
K., 11:31 PM: don’t tell that to the bad joke writers
Gretel, 11:31 PM: Obama is so out of touch…like we care about what he wants…we want jobs, less taxes
Jazz, 11:32 PM: In fairness to Obama, McDonnell hasn’t a fucking clue how to solve the national clusterboink either
Jeff, 11:32 PM: @Brendan…travel time needed to get home from the Hill.
B Minich, 11:32 PM: out of touch with the “real America” yeah, whatever. i can’t stand that criticism. it is patently false. Obama is FROM the real America
Gretel, 11:32 PM: Obama wants to export American goods…like is that the GDP
brendanloy, 11:32 PM: @Gretel Let’s see, gov’t spending to create jobs + lower taxes = higher deficits… which you can then blame on Obama, yes?
Jazz, 11:32 PM: Entrepreneurship policies! Yeah! Yeah! Thomas Jefferson! He ought to quote the cavemen from the Geico ads. They have some good ideas too
brendanloy, 11:32 PM: “Today, the federal government is simply trying to do too much”
Gretel, 11:33 PM: Yep, and Bush and Frank, and Pelosi, and all encumbants
K., 11:33 PM: this guy must have practiced a bit more than kenneth the page did last year
brendanloy, 11:33 PM: 3 million Americans have lost their jobs, “yet” Dems keep spending money and increasing the debt. Yet?
Jazz, 11:33 PM: Limited role of government at every level – Paul Krugman just had a heart attack
casey, 11:33 PM: Hey buddy, you don’t like it, move to Russia.
K., 11:34 PM: yayaya small government yayaya
Jazz, 11:34 PM: But its okay, no actual Republicans believe that limited government crap
B Minich, 11:34 PM: whoa. trippy
K., 11:34 PM: tehehe best medical system in the world
Youngblai, 11:34 PM: Wow, the education system’s gone to hell when someone’s saying Thomas Jefferson = GEICO Cavemen. I mean, really–did you just pay someone to do your history homework?
brendanloy, 11:34 PM: ScribbleLive having some hiccups there. I think I got rid of all the duplicates
K., 11:34 PM: common sense= no scientific analysis allowed
Jazz, 11:35 PM: @Youngblai – this guy’s ideas all come from Jefferson. Why stop at Jefferson? The cavemen had some good ideas several thousand years earlier
Gretel, 11:35 PM: Repub/Dem shake them up in a bag and pour it out and they would all be purple. No difference self serving..self interest …if it takes 160 million to win teh POTUS, what must the ROI be?
brendanloy, 11:35 PM: “We welcome your ideas on Facebook and Twitter” [laughter]
Youngblai, 11:35 PM: I’m with Gretel
Jazz, 11:35 PM: The audience was a twitter when a Republican mentions twitter.
brendanloy, 11:35 PM: “Our solutions aren’t thousand-page bills that no one has fully read.” Because we don’t have to actually govern! We can make overly simplistic proposals that we would never pass if we had the ability to do so! Yay!
Jazz, 11:35 PM: But Dems are out of touch
Youngblai, 11:35 PM: Because the cavemen didn’t write them down real well?
K., 11:35 PM: haha new technology= funny to people who don’t believe in science
casey, 11:35 PM: Is it just me, or doesn’t “driling Virginia” just sound illegal?
Gretel, 11:36 PM: They do not read the bills they do not write…all self serving self interest special interest
B Minich, 11:36 PM: OK, Nate Silver is typically smart, but i do you agree that this was a “3 run home run”? because everyone here thought it was bad
Jazz, 11:36 PM: Because the cavemen’s ideas are about as contemporary to the loss of the middle class to China as Jefferson’s would be
K., 11:36 PM: actually you agree with the president
Kyle, 11:36 PM: I don’t mind a few applauses, but this is too many. I just had to deal with that sh*t for over an hour.
Youngblai, 11:36 PM: Not really Jazz
brendanloy, 11:37 PM: Hmm, I don’t agree with Silver, but it’s interesting that “Obamacare is up to 50% likelihood of passage on Intrade right now.”
Gretel, 11:37 PM: I want a good job…eh a job would be OK
Youngblai, 11:37 PM: Of course, that depends on which Jefferson you mean.
K., 11:37 PM: this guys soundbites are even worse than scotus’
K., 11:37 PM: potus’
Youngblai, 11:37 PM: Writer of the Declaration, Federalist, anti-Federalist (after the Sedition act), or President Jefferson?
casey, 11:37 PM: Notice the setting… Not like Jindal alone in a mansion. It looks like SOTU-light.
Jeff, 11:37 PM: Good night all…Thanks Brendan. Enjoyed it as usual.
Gretel, 11:37 PM: Bayh in IN is out…voted for Obama care…stupid Obot
Youngblai, 11:38 PM: This guy sounds like an actor. Seriously
B Minich, 11:38 PM: well, the speech is bound to boost health care reform, because it couldn’t have looked worse. smiling at reform for no reason will make people more confident
Jazz, 11:38 PM: The success of our armed forces is allowing us to draw down our troop levels in Iraq. Like my daughter. Iraq = peaceful future, thanks to my daughter
K., 11:38 PM: no way Bayh is out. it would help if you actually knew something about politics
B Minich, 11:38 PM: but i don’t think that means the speech was good
Gretel, 11:38 PM: My son too and all of our USN in Haiti on US Comfort
casey, 11:38 PM: I disagree. We should spend $$ to protect terrorists.
brendanloy, 11:38 PM: “Americans were shocked” to learn Al Qaeda wants to attack us?
B Minich, 11:39 PM: and yes, Gretel, i don’t think Bayh is out. we need more evidence
Gretel, 11:39 PM: Nope…he is out
Kyle, 11:39 PM: Bayh got lucky when Pence decided not to run. He owes some higher being a lot right now.
brendanloy, 11:39 PM: It is neither true that Bayh is definitely out, nor that Bayh is definitely not out
K., 11:39 PM: don’t be so commital man
Kyle, 11:39 PM: By “out” do you mean “retireing” or “will be defeated?”
brendanloy, 11:39 PM: heh
Gretel, 11:40 PM: Now he starts publicall talking about fiscal responsibility…in an election year…right after his Dec vote yes to Obamacare
B Minich, 11:40 PM: agreed: Pence not running helps Bayh. but yes, he’s both in and out. like Schrodinger’s politician
brendanloy, 11:40 PM: I meant be defeated
Jazz, 11:40 PM: Government closest to the people governs best = John Edwards motto
Gretel, 11:40 PM: Defeated
Gretel, 11:40 PM: Pence Rocks
Jazz, 11:40 PM: the scriptures – drink
brendanloy, 11:40 PM: 538 puts Bayh’s chances of winning at 63% www.fivethirtyeight.com
Gretel, 11:41 PM: Rural IN + no jobs, no hopium for jobs
B Minich, 11:41 PM: Gretel: he’s also not running against Bayh
K., 11:41 PM: Pence is worth about double his name
Gretel, 11:41 PM: Duh
Jazz, 11:41 PM: America is no longer the great length of promise = don’t worry, listen to an Obama speech
Jazz, 11:41 PM: length = land
Gretel, 11:41 PM: they pur Coakley ahead of Brown too
Kyle, 11:41 PM: Pence is great, and if he was in, I’d say Bayh would more than likely be on his way out.
casey, 11:41 PM: Good night everybody. I hope you all renew the promised dream of change.
brendanloy, 11:42 PM: “Where opportunity is unequal, we [government] must make it open to everyone” Wait, what?
K., 11:42 PM: ok, so your argument is that Bayh will lose, even though there’s no evidence that he will
B Minich, 11:42 PM: fare thee well Casey. dream of rapping economists
Jazz, 11:42 PM: I’m leaving too. This speech was awesome until someone started talking about Indiana
brendanloy, 11:42 PM: 12 minutes
B Minich, 11:42 PM: hold it. is Obama speaking again? did he invade McDonnell’s chamber and take over?
brendanloy, 11:43 PM: but OMG his kids are going to miss the episode of SportsCenter that started at 10:40
Gretel, 11:43 PM: Just wait…10 more months of no jobs…even poorer Hoosiers…just wait
Kyle, 11:43 PM: Bayh was behind Pence by 3 points, when a Pence candidacy was but a mere wet dream of the right wing of the GOP.
K., 11:43 PM: mcconnell succeeded in not sucking
K., 11:43 PM: that’s a republican win
Kyle, 11:44 PM: An incombant as well known as Bayh is behind a guy who isn’t even running, that’s usually a very bad sign for the inumbant.
Gretel, 11:44 PM: No hopium = no vote
B Minich, 11:44 PM: so anyway, tonight we had three speeches, and the best one was given by a guy running a corporation making phones, mp3 players, and computers.
Gretel, 11:45 PM: Krauthhammer Rocks
Kyle, 11:45 PM: I think the problem for IN Republicans, and Bayh’s good luck, is that the ex-Congressman who will probably face him (starts with an H, but forgot his name) is a mediocre campaigner.
brendanloy, 11:45 PM: Here is what Silver wrote about Indiana, before Pence announced he isn’t running: “Here’s a surprise — although not really to the Republicans, who keyed into the opportunity almost immediately after Scott Brown’s victory. Indiana, last year aside, is still a fairly red state, and the political climate over the past year hasn’t permitted conservative Democrats like Bayh to stay smilingly above the fray. One caveat: the computer stupidly doesn’t distinguish between Mike Pence and John Hostettler, because neither candidate has been polled and the only variable it uses to distinguish them is their highest level of office achieved (both have been U.S. Representatives). But Hostettler is a notoriously weak candidate and Pence, I’m sure, would be a strong one.”
Gretel, 11:46 PM: Just wait…only someone who sees the temerature can know
Jeff, 11:46 PM: Ok, can’t resist jumping back in. I live in NW Indiana and am a Republican. I am hard pressed to actually think IN Republicans will defeat Bayh in November.
Gretel, 11:46 PM: political temerature
K., 11:46 PM: what’s the temerature?
brendanloy, 11:46 PM: 
Gretel, 11:46 PM: Chicago politics
B Minich, 11:46 PM: hrmmmm, Gretel . . . i think Jeff can see the political temperature
brendanloy, 11:47 PM: 
Gretel, 11:47 PM: missed the “p” as in hopium and changey
K., 11:47 PM: Biden: you know I’m not as stupid as I always sound
brendanloy, 11:47 PM: 
brendanloy, 11:48 PM: Just going through Yahoo’s slideshow … news.yahoo.com
B Minich, 11:48 PM: is there a reason we’re posting pictures of the speech now?
B Minich, 11:48 PM: oh
brendanloy, 11:48 PM: 
B Minich, 11:49 PM: oh, Janet . . . someone needs to nudge her now
K., 11:49 PM: note to self: never fall asleep next to rahm. He’s one crazy mofo
B Minich, 11:49 PM: oh . . . didn’t notice Rahm was next to her. yikes!
brendanloy, 11:49 PM: 
brendanloy, 11:50 PM: Uh-oh… Loyacita just woke up and started crying
B Minich, 11:50 PM: well, g’nite to all!
brendanloy, 11:51 PM: 
brendanloy, 11:51 PM: Thanks to everybody for stopping by… I’m going to log off to go check on the baby, but feel free to keep chatting 🙂
K., 11:55 PM: earth