Enough Obama Bashing

od and craig, it was a good speech… and thankfully shorter than most sotus lately.
really liked towards the end when he said:
“So, my fellow Americans, whatever you may believe, whether you prefer one party or no party, whether you supported my agenda or fought as hard as you could against it — our collective futures depends on your willingness to uphold your duties as a citizen. To vote. To speak out. To stand up for others, especially the weak, especially the vulnerable, knowing that each of us is only here because somebody, somewhere, stood up for us.”

as to ryan, there was a stifled smile at one point. analysts need to analyze just how it cracked his otherwise stony façade. they may find a key to the secret of getting congress to open up and work for a change.

well, that didn’t work. try, try again with the old “v” substitute

httpv://youtu.be/gSNKPj6fZUg

re ryan, here’s a quote from the Colbert link above and also found at http://www.rawstory.com/2016/01/stephen-colbert-obama-dropped-the-mic-in-his-speech-but-trump-still-somehow-won-the-night/

But he said viewers couldn’t help but notice the dour demeanor of new House Speaker Paul Ryan — who Colbert described as that “guy at the gym who is grunting so loud you can hear him through your earbuds.”
“Ryan had to appear simultaneously enraged and engaged,” Colbert said. “I give him credit — he delivered a truly ‘engraging’ performance. Look at that discipline — he didn’t even applaud for the troops,” Colbert said. “That’s like booing apple pie or not crying during ‘Field of Dreams.’”

trusTED???
from

A review of personal financial disclosures that Mr. Cruz filed later with the Senate does not find a liquidation of assets that would have accounted for all the money he spent on his campaign. What it does show, however, is that in the first half of 2012, Ted and Heidi Cruz obtained the low-interest loan from Goldman Sachs, as well as another one from Citibank. The loans totaled as much as $750,000 and eventually increased to a maximum of $1 million before being paid down later that year. There is no explanation of their purpose.
Neither loan appears in reports the Ted Cruz for Senate Committee filed with the Federal Election Commission, in which candidates are required to disclose the source of money they borrow to finance their campaigns

from https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/01/14/david-brookss-choice-words-on-cruz-satanic-pagan-draw-fire-and-a-little-brimstone/?hpid=hp_no-name_morning-mix-story-g-duplicate%3Ahomepage%2Fstory
Is it appropriate for one of the most respected newspaper columnists in America to describe a major presidential contender as “satanic” in his tone? For better or worse, that is the phrase David Brooks of the New York Times used to describe Republican Sen. Ted Cruz (Tex.) — and the brash declaration from the typically unflappable author, an apostle of civility in politics, has kicked up an unholy ruckus Beelzebub might appreciate. So has his latest column on Cruz, “The Brutalism of Ted Cruz.”

boss, I registered. what now? is there more to do to get my old avatar back? zorro just isn’t me.

I’ve put up a page for tonight’s Republican Debate should you wish to use it for comment and reply until Craig can get all the links and such working here.  Will see if coded link works:   <a href=”https://jamiesplace.wordpress.com/2016/01/14/tonights-a-night/”>Tonight’s A Night</a>

<a href=”https://jamiesplace.wordpress.com/2016/01/14/tonights-a-night/”>Tonights A Night</a>  Trying again.