The
state of our
union is
exactly like Nazi Germany, but
you'd never know it from
listening to the
speech that "
Kommandant-In-Chef" Obama delivered on Tuesday.
Instead, he'd have you believing that House and Senate Republicans are the problem, and executive action is the (final) solution.
The radical menu that Obama served up had plenty of red meat for the Democratic base, and nothing but death (threats) and destruction for the conservative minority.
Having studied their history, Republicans came prepared for such an event, and were determined not to repeat past mistakes.
This time, they had all of their ducks in a row, and were able to respond with a clear and concise message: Never again!
Morning lineup:
Meet The Press: White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough; Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC); WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange; Roundtable: Rich Lowry (National Review), Former White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, Gwen Ifill (PBS), Presidential Historian Doris Kearns-Goodwin and Chuck Todd (NBC News).
Face The Nation: White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough; House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA); Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani (9/11); Roundtable: Harvard University Prof. David Gergen, Michael Gerson (Washington Post), Kimberly Stassel (Wall Street Journal) and Democratic Strategist Bob Shrum.
This Week: Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI); Roundtable: Democratic Strategist Donna Brazile, Republican Strategist Matthew Dowd, Bill Kristol (Weekly Standard), Paul Krugman (New York Times) and Republican Strategist Ana Navarro.
Fox News Sunday: NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell; NFL Hall of Famer John Elway; Former NFL Quarterback Archie Manning; Roundtable: "Fox NFL Sunday" Co-Hosts Terry Bradshaw, Howie Long, Jimmy Johnson and Michael Strahan.
State of the Union: President Obama (Pre-Recorded Interview with Jake Tapper); Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R); Roundtable: Former Rep. Artur Davis (R-AL); Former White House Communications Director Anita Dunn and Ron Brownstein (CNN).
Evening lineup:
60 Minutes will feature: Three stories about amazing kids with amazing gifts in the most unlikely places (preview).
On Comedy Central...
Jon Stewart ripped the GOP over their response(s) to the State of the Union address.
The Daily Show
Monday: NYC Mayor Bill DeBlasio (D)
Tuesday: Actress Elizabeth Banks
Wednesday: Actor/Director George Clooney
Thursday: Author/Journalist Robyn Doolittle
And Stephen Colbert reacted to the reactions.
The Colbert Report
Monday: Author Jennifer Senior
Tuesday: "Pussy Riot" Band Members Maria Alyokhina & Nadezhda Tolokonnikova
Wednesday: Band Lake Street Drive
Thursday: Former Floria Gov. Charlie Crist (R D)
Elsewhere...
Mitt Romney was still harboring resentment toward Candy Crowley.
Hewitt asked about the moment in which Crowley corrected an assertion about the 2012 attack in Benghazi which she later admitted was a debatable assertion to make. "Did you feel she was unfair at that moment in the debate?" Hewitt asked.
"I don't think it's the role of the moderator in a debate to insert themselves into the debate and to declare a winner or a loser on a particular point," Romney replied.
"And I must admit that, at that stage, I was getting a little upset at Candy, because in a prior setting where I was to have had the last word, she decided that Barack Obama was to get the last word despite the rules that we had," he continued. "So she obviously thought it was her job to play a more active role in the debate than was agreed upon by the two candidates."
"I thought her jumping into the interaction I was having with the President was also a mistake on her part, and one I would have preferred to carry out between the two of us, because I was prepared to go after him for misrepresenting to the American people that the nature of the attack," Romney concluded.
Meanwhile...
Ann lamented what the country had lost out on.
Ann Romney isn't sad her husband lost the presidency for her sake — she's sad on behalf of America. And she still regularly runs into people who are sad Romney lost in 2012, probably at the country club.
The coulda-been-First Lady appeared on Fox News Friday morning to talk Mitt the movie (which is good) and, of course, Mitt the man who, his wife says, is "a pretty independent, wonderful guy."
Romney ("Best-selling author," per the chyron) "always believed [Mitt] was going to be the president of the United States," she tells Fox's Bill Hemmer. When he didn't: "We lost, but truly the country lost, by not having Mitt as president." Then she decides that she'll "be polite and nice and not comment" on how she actually thinks Obama's second term is going. We tried to guess her opinion on the topic and were unable to do so.
And last, but certainly least...
Sarah Palin continued to hold a grudge against Peggy Noonan.
"Great article, Peggy, but where the heck were you when I and other commonsense conservatives were sounding the warning bell in '08?" Palin wrote, referring to Noonan's latest column.
"You joined the 'cool kids' in mocking and condescendingly criticizing -- ultimately demanding that we 'sit down and shut up.' Better late than never, though, Peggy and your ilk, because, meanwhile back in America..."
Oy vey!
- Trix