Deborah Wilkinson
Staff Writer
The State of the Union address is a time of listening, learning and legislation. The point of this huge speech is to sum up what happened in the past year of the presidency and to propose new measure and legislation. It is supposed to put Congress on track and brighten up dim processes.
What really happens is that people take sides and dig into their biases. It is all a show of who follows our leader and who does not. It’s really easy to tell what side any given member of Congress is on when they both clap and stand every 30 seconds, only when they agree.
The whole process seems more like a show of favors then any sort of meet. The crowd seems to believe that is the don’t clap and stand that they will be mistaken for the wrong side, that just brings us down to the picking sides problem. There is a simple answer that no one will chose; just don’t.
In his speech, Obama urged Congress to come together to stop the influence of special interests and to work together to confront our nation’s more pressing problems. He also tried avidly to reassure the public that the economy is on it’s way to recovery. Speaking rather like a kindergarten teacher he called for a common sense approach to American debt. He spoke about improving the economy, education, energy, the health care system and, of course, our national security.
Many politicians say he was trying to reach out to the Republican Party with his speech; there have been many threats from the republicans to filibuster many democratic bills. In truth, Obama was trying to reach out to every one, each and every person, because Congress can not make all these changes on their own. If this nation is to change in the dramatic way we need it to we will need the help of every person. To think about how much time he have spent arguing about the democratic majority in Congress instead of reading and legislating bills. It makes me sick.
The State of the Union address is supposed to do exactly what the title explains; inform us about the state of the union. The leader of our nation is the only person that has a complete idea of where our nation is, many people think they do, but no one has all the information he does. So when he stands up on that podium next year, in front of Congress and most of the top political minds in our nation, don’t think about the useless garble. Don’t think of which idiotic political party is in the lead or who will make a grand stand to shut down a bill. Just listen to the most informed person in our nation explain to us what is happening. Knowing what is happening to our nation is the first step to changing what is wrong as change is what our nation needs. Change is why we elected our current leader, for he will bring about a change in our culture and ideas that predictions could not.
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