One Hour To Speech Time... Any Thoughts, Hopes, Concerns, Predictions ???

[WillyT]

Should we have a drinking game... say, a shot of your favorite liquor every time he says 'bi-partisan' ?

:shrug:

:beer:

:smoke:

[jody]

1. When all is said and done, more will be said than done. n/t

[mix]

2. I'm tired of speeches. nt

[FLPanhandle]

3. Small amount of hope left

Doubt I'll hear anything that I believe will make a difference or will lead to concrete actions. I have a little hope that I'm wrong though.

[saracat]

4. I'm thinking of going out to dinner, or just having a drink. I am sure the

recaps will run all night. I am really tired of speeches but I think this is the right thing for the President to do. The only speechmaker I ever enjoyed listening to was Clinton. I may not always agree with him but dang, he is one good speechmaker.

[chill_wind]

5. NYT's taking some guesses

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=4428369&mesg_id=4428408

For sure, we could probably start a drinking game on how many they get right/wrong...

:) :beer: :hi:

[doc03]

6. The Republicans will say he is taking over the oil industry

They will say it doesn't do any good to get angry, they want results. They will say this proves he doesn't have the experience to be President, they may even ask for him to step down. They will probably say he is grandstanding and using the gulf disaster just for politics.

[DCBob]

22. DrudgeReport headline: BP -- Barack Petroleum..

Mind numbing pathetic. You can always count on conservatives to dumb down a serious issue with simple-minded grade-school level humor.

[DCBob]

7. Use this opportunity to gain some momentum on alternatives to oil..

Thats the best that can come from this disaster.

[MannyGoldstein]

8. Unique, Historic Opportunity, Unprecedented

"some on the left", "let me be clear", ...

[mix]

9. The man is a platitude machine. nt

[tekisui]

10. I would like to hear him say he was wrong to want to expand offshore

drilling. That it cannot be made safe enough for the tremendous risk. It is time we get off of oil.

[Catherina]

14. I would like to hear that too n/t

[lonestarnot]

19. I would also like to hear that! And the unprecedented push he intends to make toward getting us off

the shit.

[Catherina]

11. Unprecedented federal response. Fierce advocate. n/t

[Cleita]

12. I'm prepared to be disappointed.

I'm sure he will promise to do some positive things, but his actions in the past have been pro big business and an unwillingness to rattle corporate cages. I believe this will be no different.

I think I splash my coffee with some Jameson's just to make it hurt a little less.

[mix]

17. He will be in finesse-mode. nt

[marylanddem]

13. He'd better give the speech of his lifetime or he'll get trashed.

The anger and frustration is running so high right now. But I doubt he can say anything that will really be encouraging, unless it's advising us that eating the shrimp from the Gulf is safe.

[DCBob]

15. He will get trashed not matter what he says...

That's America.

[lib2DaBone]

16. Stop talking.. shut the oil off.

[lamp_shade]

18. Good Sweet Jesus. Will ya listen to yourselves?

[mix]

20. citizens with concerns, how strange nt

[JoePhilly]

21. The press have become theater critics ....

They no longer report on facts or events ... only on how the "message" was "delivered" ... they focus on the "optics", the political "fall-out" ... they bring no new facts to the table ... no depth ... the "experts" they bring on are bought and paid for by political funds ...

The news is now a propaganda war ... one that the left fights only reluctantly ... while Fox News remains relentless.

Our Dem strategists, roll over and play dead ... the GOP strategists stay on message regardless of the question.

Its pathetic.

[chill_wind]

23. Bromwich sounds promising.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=4428369&mesg_id=4428452

Freepers are mad he's not an oil guy.

[Dr Morbius]

24. I hope he will announce an Apollo-size program,

to create economically viable renewable energy production, and also to facilitate the cleanup of the gulf. With a tax on fossil-fuel energy providers to pay for it.

Perhaps he could offer a billion dollars to any company that can produce a battery cheap and powerful enough to make electric cars feasible.

I don't much care, I just wish he'd be confident enough to go out on a limb.

[Cleita]

25. With all that lithium they found in Afghanistan, we may never get out of

the war there. :-(