Well the last time I live tweeted an Obama speech people really seemed to enjoy it so I figured, why not, I’ll take on the State of the Union too. So here you go… all my tweets from last nights speech and from the Republican response given by Bob McDonnell. My point in bla bla translating the two speeches wasn’t necessarily that they were poorly delivered (and actually I think McDonnell did a pretty amazing job in his speech) but, rather, that, like nearly all modern political speeches, they are nearly meaningless rehashing of already known, and even decades old, talking points surrounded by overwhelming heaps of tired rhetorical tricks and lots of bla bla.
Anyway, enjoy:
Obama: bla bla bla bla bla hey guys bla bla bla the constitution says I gotta bore you to death tonight
Obama: bla bla bla bla I inherited a mess just like the world wars bla bla *Biden head shake* bla bla bla
Obama: bla bla bla bla random small town reference bla bla bla wall street hates children bla bla
Obama: bla bla bla bla this is the hardest presidency EVAH bla bla bla *fox letting teleprompter screens in the frame* bla bla Continue reading Live Tweeting President Obama’s State of the Union Speech