Obamabeans understands that many of our readers lead hectic schedules and will find it hard to read the entire transcript of the President’s speech. In an effort to help them understand the gist of the speech without all the soaring metaphors, etc., the following is a summary:
- Hope = Good
- Change = Good
- Bush = Bad
- Children = Good
- Spending limits = Bad
- Tax increases = Good
- Fairness = Good
- Democrats = Good
- Republicans = Bad
- Bush = Bad
- Children = Good
- White House = Good
- House of Representatives = Bad
- Rich people = Bad*
- *Exception: Rich celebrities = Good
- Undocumented workers = Good
- “Green jobs” = Good
- Real jobs = Bad
- Bush = Bad
- Children = Good
- Big Business = Bad
- Big Banks = Good
- Negotiations = Bad
- Doing things my way = Good
- Guns = Bad
- 2nd Amendment = Bad
- Bush = Bad
- Children = Good
- Most of the Constitution = Good
After assembling this summary, some of our editors were concerned that we left out too much detail; however, after further review it was established that there actually was no detail present in the speech.
©Obamabeans 01/22/2013