State of the Union 2010 (don't watch the video in front of your kids)

I was taken away by Obama when watched The State if the Union. I had to work the night of the address so I used my DVR to record it. After I got out of work that night I went home hoped into bed and turned on the speech. All I saw were big smiles and big promises, this made me feel good as I fell asleep. I am an independent voter so I don’t have any predisposition to dislike Obama. When I woke up in the morning I realized that I had fallen asleep at some point in the speech, so I had to watch to watch it again. This time I thought that I would watch it with my “Media Tool Kit” as I’m watching the address I noticed Obama seems to be trying to sell himself to us. He uses Flattery: of our work ethics. Humor: the bank bailout was as popular as a root canal. Testimonial: Obama loved this technique he told us about many blue collar Americans that were so grateful for all of his polices. Fear/Defensive Nationalism: “There no reason Europe or china should have the fastest trains or new factories that manufacture clean energy products”. I don’t like how he uses “Washington” as if he is not part of it. These are just a few of the many “Tools of Persuasion” he used. But what I think is the most amazing thing of all is that even thought he had such a long State of the Union address (at 71 minutes the longest in 45 year) he seemed to say nothing. Not to say the topics he touched on were not important in there own right but I don’t feel like Obama wanted to more that skim over any of the more controversial questions.if you would like to check out the White House Website Click Here.  


Don’t be afraid to disagree,

James Wicks