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The Spectacle Blog
…and so he will probably not be attending President Obama’s next State of the Union Address, the AP reports.
Justice Alito drew heavy criticism after registering the tiniest bit of human emotion during last year’s speech, when Barack Obama falsely accused the Supreme Court of reversing “a century of law to open the floodgates for special interests — including foreign contributions — to spend without limit in our elections,” referring to the Citizens United decision, in which Alito voted with the 5-4 majority.
Alito then displayed a reaction to this statement:
H/T: Damon Root.
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Siegfried X| 10.18.10 @ 6:46PM
I would be amazed if any Justices go, and I wouldn't be surprised if some Congress people stay home. Obama lectured all of them in the last State of the Union like they were school children. I can't imagine why anyone would put up with it.
Tim*| 10.18.10 @ 6:53PM
Obama is The Peter Principle Poster Boy ,who plays The Blame-Credit Game over & over and The Supremes aren't obligated to sit there and listen to his Political Shuck & Jive .
The Tea Party Rebellion Escalates.
Rise Up In Rebellion !
John - TMF| 10.18.10 @ 7:03PM
There is one thing that Congress, probably newly elected Republicans can do...
Simply not invite Obambi to prance. The State of the Union need not be a speech. It is merely a report. It wasn't until recent times that it was even all that important a speech before a joint session of Congress.
No one on Capitol Hill has the stones to do this, but I would simply not invite him. I would have a very polite letter drafted and sent to the Office of the President of the United States (no need to mention The One at all), requesting the Constitutionally required report be submitted in triplicate (one to Speaker Boehner, one to the President of the Senate (Biden can keep one with lots of pens for the signatures.).... and one submitted for the Library of Congress.
That would be it. Over and done with, and no media event. No TOTUS drone, no phony jump scroll cadence, no need to have the GOP not bother to show up, and no putting perfectly fine Associate and chief Justices of the Supreme Court in bad positions.
(BTW: Washington's SOU was a letter... maybe it is a good time to churn up an old tradition.)
r/The Mighty Fahvaag
Rev Jesse Jackson| 10.18.10 @ 11:15PM
It's possible that some politicians don't lie, but we know the majority of them do lie. Our "dear" Pres. Obama seems to be "The heavy-weight champion of all liars." How can he do that? He obviously suscribes to the old line that "the end justifies the means." He has no fear of God. He claims to be a Christian and therefore should be familiar with the verse, "...and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death." Revelations 21:8 Good for you, Justice Alito. It's good to see that someone has "balls."
Siegfried X| 10.19.10 @ 12:16AM
Yes. And really, the state of the union address has been going downhill ever since Clinton turned into into a partisan finger pointing match.
ggoblue| 10.19.10 @ 7:24AM
i wouldn't be surprised if the porch puppy finds some excuse to skip the appearance...there will be a huge majority sitting to the right of the center aisle this time...all of whom obtained their seats by saying "he lies".
the only reason this punk shows up is because its even punkier not to.
14 days :)
Fed Up| 10.19.10 @ 8:18AM
I don't watch these things anymore, they're like an Oscar speech that never ends. If The Chosen One wants an audience to whoop and holler and drool and act like the Obamazoids he's accustomed to, like an attention whore rather than a leader, he should go back on The View or The Oprah Show, and say "you get a bailout, you get a bailout, you get a bailout!"