State Of The Union Tweets 2011

Before

Obviously Michele Bachmann wasn’t there when the Republicans read the Constitution at the beginning of the year. #TCOT #TeaParty 8:40 PM EST
Wow, what a leader. That’ll kick off my #SOTU and absence from tweeting. 8:42 PM EST
No one’s talking about Joe Wilson? Will he be gagged?Â #HeresHoping 8:50 PM EST
That’s the entire #SOTU, Obama shaking everyone’s hands. 9:09 PM EST

State Of The Union

Bill Maher said it best. The common ground seems to always be where the Republican is standing. #SOTU 9:15 PM EST
New jobs will come from China… and be there too. Where are those cars and computers made? China. #SOTU 9:24 PM EST
So we’re supposed to stroke research and development by not spending? Got it. #SOTU 9:25 PM EST
But when parents have to work 12 hour days just to make ends meet, it’s kinda hard to teach those good principles. #SOTU 9:31 PM EST
Wasn’t there a hiring freeze for teachers in most states? #SOTU 9:34 PM EST
Yes there are many illegal immigrants in our schools, but the DREAM act killed their chances of being citizens. #ThanksRepublicans #SOTU 9:37 PM EST
These other countries actually invest in their infrastructures. We should take a lesson from them. #SOTU 9:39 PM EST
Obama hasn’t even mentioned NAFTA or lack of terrifs which hurt jobs in this country. #SOTU 9:45 PM EST
Debt began a decade ago? Try three decades ago with the Republican hero, Reagan. #SOTU 9:48 PM EST
We knew he’d say it. “The state of our Union is strong.” When is it not strong? Why is it always sugar coated? #SOTU 10:14 PM EST

Republican Response

You didn’t cut spending a few years ago. Huge debts are due to Republican spending. 10:28 PM EST
And even more people would lose their coverage if #HCR wasn’t passed. And the health insurance mandate? A Republican idea. 10:29 PM EST
You thought endless borrowing was alright under Bush. 10:33 PM EST

Tea Party Response

Barely worth mentioning, but I’ll make a few points that I didn’t on twitter since the Tea Party Express website was slow:

So the economic collapse had nothing to do with failed Bush policies or lack of government regulation which helped to ship jobs overseas?
The stimulus saved jobs that would have been lost. That’s a fact. And the stimulus would have done a lot more if 1/3 of it wasn’t tax breaks.
Did I miss something? I don’t hear anyone telling me what light bulbs to buy.
NothingÂ was stopping businesses from dropping health insurance before, so why didn’t they? It would have been a lot cheaper.
I remember gas being a lot more expensive under that oil man Bush.
I’ll pay $100 million in government regulations if I can drink clean water, eat clean food, and buy safe products. Thanks.
We can start making things again when we reinforce tariffs and stop giving tax breaks to companies who ship jobs overseas.

Janny January 26, 2011