State, Union, speech

I was at the computer playing solitaire during the president’s talk last night. Oh. SOTU? No, I will not succumb to EUA (Excessive Use of Abbreviation) as do TV people and much of the twittering & texting GP (General Public).

The house office room is close enough to the living room that I heard the president’s rhythm, but not all his words. I heard applause from the Party Faithful, more applause, greater applause, thundering applause, and I waited for SEIG HEIL! SEIG HEIL!

I have heard that you lose a debate at first mention of Nazi, but this is not a debate, only opinion.

From the New York Times:

“Inside the White House and out, advisers and associates have noted subtle but palpable changes in [President] Obama since his re-election. ‘He even carries himself a little bit differently,’ said one confidant who, like others, asked not to be identified discussing the president. He is relaxed, more voluble and even more confident than usual, these people say, freer to drop profanities or dismiss others' ideas--enough that even some supporters fear the potential for hubris. . . .

“As the president prepares to outline his second-term agenda, it is clear from these personal accounts as well as his public acts, like his bold Inaugural Address, that he has shown an assertiveness, self-possession, even cockiness that contrasts with the caution, compromise and reserve that he showed for much of his first term.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/12/us/politics/watching-a-victorious-obama-for-signs-of-change.html?_r=0

By way of http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324196204578300131285647290.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_MIDDLETopOpinion

(I do not recall any “caution, compromise and reserve” from his first term.

(The really bad thing about the state of the Union speech – TV talkers will spend a week telling us what the president said.)