Did you watch the State of the Union address last night? If not, this post may bore you beyond words. Even if you did, you might have been bored beyond words. Not that President Obama wasn’t inspiring. Not that he botched the speech. Far from it. He hit all of the right notes to attempt a bipartisan tone while, at the same time, cleverly inserting where he’ll knock down the gritty sandcastles of Congressional obstructionism.
Part of today's flog is once again focusing on the official Republican rebuttal (ignoring the non-official Michele Bachmann Tea Party rebuttal debacle – <rolls eyes>).
Ahhhhhh. How cute and earnest that wittle darling Rep. Paul Ryan was last night wif his wide Bambi-eyed rebuttal speech. Made me wanna just pinch that cutesy cheek and coo words of “What in the world are you SAYING, dude?” Really. WHAT was his point? “I’m earnest, folks. Really I am. Look at me and ignore the non-words coming out of my mouth insinuating doom and gloom. I’m the new face of the Republican party even though I’ve been around for seven years and barely anyone’s noticed me…until now that I want to drop Social Security and dump Medicare. And, above all, slash spending. Cut spending. Curb spending…” Blah blah blah.
On to the really fun part of last night’s gathering.
The State of the Union address was more than the usual union of opposites, as the Dem’s and GOPer’s decided to sit together for the first time ever, some joking with the press over who their “date” for the evening was with big smiles plastered over their faces like Prom Kings and Queens back in high school.
For example, a mildly giddy Barbara Boxer (D) spent the evening sitting with her “date", the beaming like a school boy Rep. John Mica (R) of Florida. Others had a more shot-gun-like marriage arrangement as with the pairing of John Kerry and John The Pain-McCain. They looked so…so…happy together…not. Or maybe Mr. McPain was half asleep and Kerry wanted to weep?
The tone of high school redux continued to play out in public yesterday when House Majority Leader Eric Cantor made sure everyone knew that House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi rejected his offer for them to sit together. Seems that Nancy already had another date lined-up for the night and felt the need to tweet her reason for rejecting Mr. Cantor in order to ward off the chance that Cantor would toss the corsage he had bought for her into the House Chamber like a forlorn lovesick sucky puppy.
Do people ever truly GROW UP?
If the behavior of the past two years in Washington is any indication, then the answer is perfectly clear.
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