Oh snap!
Barry and Bobby are jousting over whose speech will be more optimistic. President Barack Obama delivers his address at 9 p.m. to a joint session of Congress, and the response will be given by Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal.
According to Politico.com, Jindal rips into Obama for being pessimistic:
“A few weeks ago, the President warned that our nation is facing a crisis that he said ‘we may not be able to reverse.’ Our troubles are real, to be sure. But don’t let anyone tell you that we cannot recover - or that America’s best days are behind her.”
Oh, Mr. Jindal. You should have called Hillary Clinton and asked her about Mr. Obama’s optimism and how it plays to the electorate.
From the White House, here’s an excerpt of the President’s speech:
The weight of this crisis will not determine the destiny of this nation. The answers to our problems don’t lie beyond our reach. They exist in our laboratories and universities; in our fields and our factories; in the imaginations of our entrepreneurs and the pride of the hardest-working people on Earth. Those qualities that have made America the greatest force of progress and prosperity in human history we still possess in ample measure. What is required now is for this country to pull together, confront boldly the challenges we face, and take responsibility for our future once more.
Who can’t feel the love?
