I want to address the State Of The Union issue head-on in this post. George Washington and John Adams appeared in person to give their reports to the Congress. Thomas Jefferson didn't like the idea at all and just sent the constitutionally required duty of a report over to the Congress. This practice continued until Woodrow Wilson began to once again give a speech to the Congress. Wilson was the first to use radio.....and Truman was the first to use television....but Lyndon Johnson was the first to give the speech in the evening.
The televised event has since become a political stage show. I believed that I watched one of President Obama's addresses.....and that was without the sound on as I was writing a post on it and only wanted to describe the scene. In my opinion President Trump has forfeited his right to give this address in person because he is no longer a serious statesman. He would use his speech in a different manner but for the same purpose as that of his rally speeches. In effect....his constant tweeting has made a State Of The Union Address....televised to the nation....not only unnecessary but a very bad idea.
I ask you....do we need this nonsense? The Democrats would sit their on their hands....and the Republicans would cheer. Why? Because this is all politics folks....sick and offensive politics. Republicans might want to consider this....what would happen if one of the radicals in the Congress were to become President in 2020? The televised State Of The Union has had its day....put an end to the farce.
We are two distinctly different peoples today in the United States of America....while there is no legitimate discourse. Everything is said and done as to how it will relate to the next election. Therefore this annual speech is a very big deal....to the particular party whose president gives the speech....and not to the citizenry. It therefore makes the situation worse....not better.
Half of the people in America think that Donald Trump is a charlatan. Most of these are Democrats but some are people just like me.....who not only voted for Donald Trump in 2016....but celebrated. Would this then be a wise setting for a televised national speech to both houses of Congress....or more stoking of the fire within our nation that is already ablaze? By the way if President Trump had his druthers we would probably not even see Mueller's report when it is finished....if it were even allowed to be completed....yet we are told that it's an outrage that the President is deprived of a speech!
President George W. Bush's 2002 State Of The Union....after a previous address to a joint session of Congress ten days after the 9/11 attacks....was one time that a televised S.O.T.U. address was necessary. There will probably be another....but President Trump's mostly self-inflicted political problems is not a reason for one of them.
Maybe you are outraged at my opinion....that's my point folks! This is not a time to escalate a bad situation. We don't need an official 'national day of fasting, humiliation, and prayer' because this government....at this point in history....(but subject to change in a moment)....hasn't a clue as to the real meaning of those terms....but if this State Of The Union Address does not happen on Tuesday January 29th.....or even if it does.....especially if it does.....Christians might want to keep their televisions off during that time.....and pray for mercy on our collapsing nation.
The televised event has since become a political stage show. I believed that I watched one of President Obama's addresses.....and that was without the sound on as I was writing a post on it and only wanted to describe the scene. In my opinion President Trump has forfeited his right to give this address in person because he is no longer a serious statesman. He would use his speech in a different manner but for the same purpose as that of his rally speeches. In effect....his constant tweeting has made a State Of The Union Address....televised to the nation....not only unnecessary but a very bad idea.
I ask you....do we need this nonsense? The Democrats would sit their on their hands....and the Republicans would cheer. Why? Because this is all politics folks....sick and offensive politics. Republicans might want to consider this....what would happen if one of the radicals in the Congress were to become President in 2020? The televised State Of The Union has had its day....put an end to the farce.
We are two distinctly different peoples today in the United States of America....while there is no legitimate discourse. Everything is said and done as to how it will relate to the next election. Therefore this annual speech is a very big deal....to the particular party whose president gives the speech....and not to the citizenry. It therefore makes the situation worse....not better.
Half of the people in America think that Donald Trump is a charlatan. Most of these are Democrats but some are people just like me.....who not only voted for Donald Trump in 2016....but celebrated. Would this then be a wise setting for a televised national speech to both houses of Congress....or more stoking of the fire within our nation that is already ablaze? By the way if President Trump had his druthers we would probably not even see Mueller's report when it is finished....if it were even allowed to be completed....yet we are told that it's an outrage that the President is deprived of a speech!
President George W. Bush's 2002 State Of The Union....after a previous address to a joint session of Congress ten days after the 9/11 attacks....was one time that a televised S.O.T.U. address was necessary. There will probably be another....but President Trump's mostly self-inflicted political problems is not a reason for one of them.
Maybe you are outraged at my opinion....that's my point folks! This is not a time to escalate a bad situation. We don't need an official 'national day of fasting, humiliation, and prayer' because this government....at this point in history....(but subject to change in a moment)....hasn't a clue as to the real meaning of those terms....but if this State Of The Union Address does not happen on Tuesday January 29th.....or even if it does.....especially if it does.....Christians might want to keep their televisions off during that time.....and pray for mercy on our collapsing nation.
