Which word was missing from Obama’s speech last night? "If Obama was serious about economic expansion, we’d have heard a serious approach to domestic energy production last night. The fact that we didn’t demonstrates Obama’s lack of depth in economics, perhaps even more than his retread of Porkulus did."
Here is the Text of Obama's speech; look for any trace of an energy discussion.
Fact Sheet: The American Jobs Act From The Council on Foreign Relations.
Hugh Hewitt: The Speech That Broke The Patience of the Country? "If the president refuses to engage the country or his political opposition seriously, then the country should revoke the presumption that the president deserves a serious hearing.
"The speech was a joke, and the man who gave it is perilously close to becoming one as well."
Michael Barone: The unhappy warrior "When Barack Obama says, “This isn’t political grandstanding,” you have a pretty good clue that that is exactly what it is. Lest anyone doubt that, consider this from the third-to-last paragraph. “You should pass it. And I intend to take that message to every corner of the country.”"
NBC First Read calls the speech "The Fiery Obama" and says it was the Obama his base wanted to see. Stephen Hayes and Charles Krauthammer referred to it as the first campaign speech ever given before Congress.
Reaction Roundup: Heritage Responds to Obama’s Jobs Speech One contributor's thought: "The President tonight missed an opportunity to constructively address one of the major problems facing the economy: regulation.
"After acknowledging that “there are some rules and regulations that put an unnecessary burden on businesses, and claiming credit for the small steps taken so far toward reform, he then slipped into a rhetorical — and rather cartoonish — description of the issue.
" “What we can’t do,” he said, “is let this economic crisis be used as an excuse to wipe out the basic protections that Americans have counted on for decades. I reject the idea that we need to ask people to choose between their jobs and their safety.” "
Another Heritage contributor also noted the absence of the word "energy".
Pajamas Media: Obama Versus the Strawmen "During his jobs speech, the president offered as the alternative to his approach a collection of absurd positions suggesting the Republicans want the end of government." ....
"This president can not make any speech on the economy without injecting a class warfare approach. He did it again tonight, calling for millionaires and billionaires to pay their fair share, and offering another strawman test"...
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Obama can not be taken seriously as anything other than the proverbial bull in a china shop: destructive in the extreme and anything he accomplishes that makes America stronger is caused by sheer dumb luck. TD
Heritage: More ‘Stimulus’ from President Obama "...President Obama is insisting Congress immediately pass a bill that doesn’t exist. No legislative details have been offered; nothing has been scored by the Congressional Budget Office; there has been no debate or negotiation; and there is no accompanying plan on how to pay for it. " (Emphasis added)
Lloyd Marcus: Obama's Despicable Jobs Speech "Obama's jobs speech was reminiscent of a cliché scene in cowboy movies. A loud mouth guy stands on the steps of the jail-house and enrages the crowd to overrule the sheriff, drag out the prisoner and hang him without a trial."
Rick Moran: The 'hidden meaning' found in Obama's words "...people have lost confidence in Obama's ability to do anything positive for the economy. Once the feel good rhetoric fades away, the stark reality of a nation in crisis with a president who doesn't know what he's doing will return.
No need for "code words" to figure that one out.
Thomas Lifson: Using a Joint Session of Congress as a Prop;
"Make no mistake: the president cheapened and degraded the majesty of an address to both Houses of Congress. We have every reason to expect that with the precedent now set, Joint Sessions are fair game for appropriation by future presidents seeking a majestic backdrop for political posturing."
Boortz: So … what did we hear in Ruler Obama’s speech? "I worked to try to distil it into [six] basic points." Also at this source:
Class warfare,
This is not The American Dream
Dana Milbank: The irrelevancy of the Obama presidency "Obama spoke quickly, urgently, even angrily. Rep. Jesse Jackson ... stared at the ceiling. Rep. Peter Welch ... scanned the gallery. Rep. Jim Moran ... was seen reading a newspaper. And Republicans, when they weren’t giggling, were mostly silent."
Obama: Paul Ryan Is Right "“Millions of Americans rely on Medicare in their retirement….But with an aging population and rising health care costs, we are spending too fast to sustain the program. And if we don’t gradually reform the system while protecting current beneficiaries, it won’t be there when future retirees need it. We have to reform Medicare to strengthen it.”
"Isn’t that what Paul Ryan and the House Republicans have been saying for months, while Obama has been busy demagoguing their plan?"
We go first to that engineering elite, Rosie O'Donnell to discuss the lie that one can actually melt steel with fire. 
