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I did not watch the "State of the Union" address on the telly last night. Have come to view the annual event as boring as watching paint dry...
The State of the Union is an annual address presented by the President, to the United States Congress. The address not only reports on the condition of the nation but also allows the president to outline his legislative agenda and his national priorities.
The practice arises from a command given to the president in the Constitution of the United States:
| “ | He shall from time to time give to Congress information of the State of the Union and recommend to their Consideration such measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient. | ” |
— Article II, Section 3 of the U.S. Constitution
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While not required to deliver a speech, every president since Wilson has made the State of the Union report as a speech delivered before a joint session of Congress. Before that time, most presidents delivered the State of the Union as a written report.
What began as a communication between president and Congress has become a communication between the president and the people of the United States.
Last night, President Obama used his time addressing Congress to fire off the first brutal blow to his opponent in the upcoming presidential contest for the 2012 election to the office of President of the United States. Mind, other presidents have used the 'State of the Union' address in like manner before President Obama.
What bothers me as a GAY man AND a Republican is President Obama's charade of seeming to be wanting 'fairness' for all when he clearly is not able to deliver that.
Mitt Romney was never mentioned by name but you can bet that the "Buffett Rule" is all about the rate of tax that Mr. Romney paid in 2010 and 2011. As if it was a curse to do well and make buckets of cash that the law says you do not have to pay large taxes on. What Mr. Romney did is what many well off persons, Democrat and Republican, do.
There were other things in the address that bothered me but I am more concerned about the theme of the address. "Fairness".
Life is not FAIR and all things are not EQUAL. I doubt that they ever will be.
I do not have a crystal ball and can not say with certainty that Mitt Romney will be the Republican nominee for the office of president. It looks that way, but the ground seems to keep shifting for the Republicans this year.
By all accounts, Mitt Romney is a nice man. He has worked hard, made buckets of cash, raised 5 boys well and given of self in service to his country. It would seem that like many folks in America, his views on homosexuals are not the most enlightened and that could play in to his actions if he were to be elected president. It gives me pause in how I would vote..... PAUSE, mind, not completely put off by him.
Barack Obama was elected President of the United States with "Great Expectations". Three years on, it does not seem that President Obama was 'the greatest thing since butter on sliced bread'. There are those who believe him to be touched by greatness. So much so that to hear that another might consider a replacement of, is dangerous and foolish.
I have been told that it is impossible for me to be a gay man and a republican. It seems so horrid a thing that it has caused some known to to be quite angry at.
I did not vote for Obama the first time out, and would not vote for this time. I do not feel he is the right person for the job. Just that, for no other reason. Mind, there are some who want to read more into that than there is. I can not stop them from...
President Obama seems more concerned about 'illegal aliens' and their treatment than how this country deals with the poor, the old and the treatment of 'native born' gay men and women. His speech last night played to the voting block of the 'spanish speaking' voters AND to those who feel that it is OK to go after everyone who has made a dollar or two. Mr. Obama went for the votes, not about 'fairness'.
If I have learned anything in 64 years of living, it is that life is not fair. One does not get all one would like and LIFE does not play out as one would hope. I have learned to live with the limits placed on me by some of my choices in life. Being GAY was never going to be easy but rather think I have dealt with it well. I am comfy with self and content with my actions to help make others more aware of what being homosexual means. We are not all the same. I have also come to terms with poor choices made about my retirement and feel no anger toward folks who prepared for 'golden years' better and are better fixed. Somehow I manage to keep going.
The title of this post proclaims to one and all a very personal statement. It will be a shocker to newbies of the blog but you who be 'aufait' with the old geezer will not be shocked.
I do not wish to convert anyone and most certainly force one to change from one side of the political fence to the other. In a very small naive way, mearly wanted to give another slice of life to folks and let them think on what is coming down the road in the months ahead.
Mitt Romney is not evil, no more evil that Barack Obama. Each man plays to the folks he feels best suits and one will win come November. I do believe that I am capable of making up my own mind and deeply resent some questioning my ability to be gay and republican...
