State of the Union Preview: ‘It’s Not My Fault’

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But I have been told that my pool entry is too broad, thus unfair, akin to predicting American Idol judge Simon Cowell will say, you can't sing. So I am being forced to break down "it's not my fault" into more specific sub-phrases. For those who have yet to finalize your blather-pool on what President Obama will say, here is how we did it:

• Number of times said __ -- It's Bush's fault
• Number of times said __ -- It's finance executives' fault
• Number of times said __ -- It's corporate executives' fault
• Number of times said __ -- It's obstructionist Republicans' fault
• Number of times said __ -- It's talk radio's fault
• Number of times said __ -- America is to blame

I am not going to give you the odds as to which is our pool's leading phrase; that would be cheating. But if you have a sure-winner that we missed, please email it to me marked private. Me cheating? I am just, aaaah, doing research. I do have a disclaimer since there is a way President Obama will sound like he is accepting blame. It is likely he will say something close to, "I should have communicated our message better." This could be mistaken as President Obama owning-up -- but he and all of us know how inundated we have been with his messages. Such a mea culpa would actually be the President blaming us for either not listening or not understanding his brilliance. Stupid us.

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