To me, the two most notable parts of the SOTU address were:

1. Going after the Supreme Court. Un-Presidential, imprudent, and probably unprecedented.

2. This line:

As we have for over 60 years, America takes these actions because our destiny is connected to those beyond our shores. But we also do it because it is right. That’s why, as we meet here tonight, over 10,000 Americans are working with many nations to help the people of Haiti recover and rebuild. (Applause.) That’s why we stand with the girl who yearns to go to school in Afghanistan; why we support the human rights of the women marching through the streets of Iran; why we advocate for the young man denied a job by corruption in Guinea. For America must always stand on the side of freedom and human dignity. (Applause.) Always. (Applause.)

When he said the fragment in boldface, I felt nauseated. As the regulars here at the BC know, his “support” for the “human rights” of women marching in Iran was a big bucket of jack squat.

Shocking. Even to my low expectations.

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