Daily Gut: Obama’s Afterschool Assembly

So, everyone had a State of the Union drinking game. Mine? Once Obama started talking, I drank.

See, to me, the speech came and went like one of those “serious” high school assemblies: you know, when a teacher finds out about a student defacing a locker with unicorn stickers, she decides we all need to sit in a humid gym for an hour and be told “it’s okay to be different.”

But in case you missed the speech, here’s my summary:

“We face challenges, IT’S NOT MY FAULT – but that’s what makes us great.”

Try that on a losing football team.

The point is, even though he never mentioned GWB, he more than alluded to the poor guy, constantly reminding us how Obie inherited this mess. Sorry dude, it’s been a year – it’s your mess now, and you’re making it messier. (more…)