Tomorrow, President Obama will, with all the pomp, ceremony and camera angles the media can arrange, perform what has become The Great State of the Union Extravaganza.
Article 2, Section 3 of the Constitution (ours) requires that the Executive "...shall from time to time give the Congress information of the state of the union and recommend to their consideration such measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient ..."
There's nothing that says he has to do this in person. Indeed, many presidents have simply sent them a written report. Look around, I'm sure you'd know what to write !!!
What this thing has turned into is a huge Public Relations gimmick surrounded by sympathetic persons in the galleries, Congressmen and Supreme Court justices mouthing criticism, the President's party applauding and the losers saying "shut up and deal."
There won't be anything said you (assuming you follow something other than FOX News) haven't already heard. Nothing new or innovative and certainly nothing that that group of 535 overpaid, underworked "representatives" will be willing to act on.
After the President's speechifying in the Congressional chambers, the other side (in this case the Republicans) will get their hack on National TV to tell you just how wrong the President was and why they aren't going to support anything he said. We'll even (maybe) get a chance to hear another guy tell us just how wrong both parties are.
Hopefully, you've got a movie recorded or your NetFlix subscription is paid up and can get through the evening with a drink and some popcorn.
Hopefully, I'll be Driving4$$ ...... otherwise, I've got a good book and don't need to be tortured.
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