State of the Joint
Fascinated by some of the partisan jockeying. Obama concedes that we can't have big deficits, only to get sarcastic applause from the GOP congressmen who spent like drunken sailors for so many years. Obama notes less than subtly that "we inherited a big deficit" and gets huge applause from his party, while the GOP congressmen suddenly sit on their hands. I'm still looking for a response from a congressional conservative about why the tax cuts for the richest didn't have the desired result on the economy (unless this is what they desired).
Didn't see the Jindal response, just read excerpts -- but it sounds like he took a classy and humble and thoughtful approach on behalf of the GOP. He's going to be a force in American politics. I do hear he's not necessarily looking at 2012, though.
Rob, kiddo, it was the Dems who got us into this mess.
Jindal's response was strange to say the least. He seemed to be two people, from the nose up, one hard stern gazing visage more reminiscent of those who would do us harm, and the other, a Sheri Lewis talking to a sock puppet spewer of the type of verbiage that seemed aimed at a kindergarten audience. If this was a "classy and humble" expression of the Republican Party, god help us if they ever gain national power again.