One More Reason To Avoid SOTU

By Semperpapa

Tonight is the night president Obama goes in front of Congress for his second State of the Union Speech. Much has been said and written about it, with pundits dissecting what we already know Obama will be saying.

I will stick with my usual approach of waiting for the transcripts and analyze it my way, far from the annoying arrogance that characterizes every speech the man makes.

I must admit that last year I did watch few minutes of the SOTU for entertainment purposes, because it was amusing to watch Nancy Pelosi jump up and down like a puppet every time Obama gave her a thrill up her leg.

This year there is one more reason me to avoid the visual of the event: the buffoonery of the “let’s sit together” farce, ushered in by the shooting of Rep. Giffords early this month.

So much has been made of this idiotic idea that by eliminating the physical separation between the Parties in the Chamber is going to foster a more civilized political discourse between the two political factions and a more pronounced collaboration on problem-solving.

Chuck Schumer will sit next to Tom Coburn; John McCain with Tom Udall.

Olympia Snowe will sit with Dick Durbin, Mark Kirk and Mary Landrieu, really not much of a departure from her voting record.

Chuck Grassley with Ron Wyden? Really? Not much of a difference for Grassley!

I am personally more interested in what the president will be saying than the charade bunch of politicians will engaged in to feed their sanctimonious self promotion.

There are much more important issues that those elected to office need to concentrate on than the “strange bedfellow” comedy.

Millions of unemployed Americans could care less about the seating location of some politician.

Millions of small business owners are concerned about paralyzing regulations practically shutting down their livelihood.

Millions of Americans are concerned about the out of control spending robbing ours and future generations of the potential to enjoy the opportunities that our Nation has been traditionally offering.

Millions of American are concerned about Obamacare and the government takeover of 1/6 of our economy and the destruction of the best health care system in the world; about appointed officials (czars) instituting policies that affect the whole population without any Congressional oversight.

Millions of Americans are concerned about the invasion being perpetrated by illegal aliens through a southern border the leadership in Washington is refusing to secure.

Millions of Americans are concerned about Military budget cuts being considered while our enemies are increasing their military spending at neck breaking pace.

And millions of Americans are concerned about our Military being stretched so thin in its mission in Iraq and Afghanistan, forced to fight with one hand tied behind their back and yet having to contend with untimely social engineering pet projects.

The point of this is that in the context of the issues our Country faces today, from the economy to security to the rule of law, where a specific politician sits during the speech really means nothing.

Last November, the American people did not vote politicians into office to have a good old kumbaya session (next we will hear that they will pass a bong around too!), but to advance the demands of their constituencies.

I do not want my Representative to make nice with some liberal counterpart who wants to raise my taxes and could not care less about our troops in arm’s way or the police force on the streets of America.
I want my Representative to fight for the values he promised to support and I gave him my vote for.

We will see the travesty of the whole thing tonight. Pundits will be more attentive to the seating arrangement than the new conglomeration of empty promises the president will spew.

Personally, I will just read about it and save myself some aggravation.

Just my thoughts!