The SOTU has become a form of Double-Dutch, an elaborately orchestrated and choreographed form of rope-skipping where the competitors dance, gymnastically leap and posture while skipping rope to a rhythmic chant or song
Barack Obama, in true form and ready recognition he never had a thought that wasn’t given to him by an underpaid staff writer, read the Teleprompted State of the Union Address (SOTU) to the nation Tuesday night. It was jingoism (an appeal intended to arouse patriotic emotions) and doublespeak reminiscent of Orwell’s 1984.
