PREVIEW: ThinkProgress’ State of the Union Extravaganza
PREVIEW: ThinkProgress’ State of the Union Extravaganza
ThinkProgress launched last year on February 2 with real-time rapid response to the State of the Union address.
Next week, we’ll mark our first full year on the Internets with several events around this year’s State of the Union. Here’s the schedule — hope you’ll tune in:
1) Monday morning — SOTU Prebuttal: The Progress Report — our daily e-newsletter — will feature a special State of the Union prebuttal edition. We’ll tell you what Bush is going to say, and what you need to know. (Not a subscriber? Enter your email address at the top of the screen.)
2) Tuesday, 8 PM ET — Live Pre-SOTU Webcast: We’re teaming up with Air America’s Majority Report for a panel previewing Bush’s speech. You can listen in on Air America, or watch the video webcast live on ThinkProgress.
Hosted by:
Sam Seder, Air AmericaFeaturing:
Duncan Black (Atrios), Eschaton
Chris Bowers, MyDD.com
Anna Greenberg, V.P., Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research
John Halpin, Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress
Matthew Kerbel, Editor, Get This Party Started
Judd Legum, Editor, ThinkProgress
John Podesta, President and CEO, Center for American Progress
Amy Sullivan, Editor, The Washington Monthly
3) Tuesday, 9 PM ET — SOTU Live-Blogging: Check ThinkProgress for real-time research-intensive rapid response to the State of the Union address.
4) Tuesday, 10 PM ET — ThinkProgress Radio: A live two-hour SOTU wrap-up featuring Judd, Faiz, and Nico from ThinkProgress, broadcast nationally on Sirius satellite radio and on several terrestrial stations (we’ll have a full list on Tuesday).
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Online Filibuster email to key Democrats…
http://www.savethecourt.org/site/c.mwK0JbNTJrF/b.1387935/k.5362/Fax_to_Filibuster_Alito/apps/ka/ct/contactcustom.asp
It can’t hurt…
January 27th, 2006 at 5:58 pmI’m all goosepimply just thinking about it.
WORFEUS is in.
January 27th, 2006 at 5:58 pmHoward Dean!
January 27th, 2006 at 6:23 pmPlease read this!
The Republican Nemesis
*****THIS JUST IN ***** being the “non-partisan” site Think Progress purports to be, Judd, Faiz and Nico will be debating Charles Krauthammer, William Buckleyand John Hinderaker.
January 27th, 2006 at 6:37 pmIf they’d like to come on and duke it out, we’d be happy to have them…
January 27th, 2006 at 6:46 pmTear him a new one Guys!!!
January 27th, 2006 at 6:50 pm*****THIS JUST IN ***** being the “non-partisan†site Think Progress purports to be, Judd, Faiz and Nico will be debating Charles Krauthammer, William Buckleyand John Hinderaker.
Comment by mighty aphrodite
You must be joking, Mutt! The only one there who could open his mouth without embarassment is Buckley, and he’s dead. Buckley, Jr. probably wouldn’t have anything positive to say about Bush and his kid is an apple that fell as far from the tree as Poppy Bush’s did. And Poppy Bush was no Rhodes Scholar, if you recall.
January 27th, 2006 at 6:55 pmYou probably know nothing about WFB, Jr. Mutt…
He got his early education in your favorite place… France.
Buckley was born in New York City to lawyer and oil baron William Frank Buckley, Sr., and Aloise Steiner Buckley. The sixth of 10 children, young Buckley moved with his family to Sharon, Connecticut. He soon moved to Paris where he attended first grade and learned French. By age seven, he had had formal training in English at a day school in London. As a boy, Buckley developed a love for music, horses, swimming, hunting, story-telling, and the importance of his religious faith; all of which would be reflected in his later writings.
January 27th, 2006 at 7:00 pmKerry made only one severe mistake when he ran – he selected Joe Lieberman as a running mate. I often muse whether Lieberman or Novak would place first in the ugliest male (Human, if we exclude Ann Coulter.) contest and that’s both in mind and body.
January 27th, 2006 at 7:11 pmThe right come in and duke it out? In person? Nawww, hows about a no-bid inflated contract, hiring that job out privately at taxpayer expense.
January 27th, 2006 at 7:11 pm[...] If you are near a computer, though, check out Think Progress‘ SOTU Live-Blogging on the event. [...]
January 27th, 2006 at 7:13 pm“Kerry made only one severe mistake when he ran ”
Do you mean Gore?
January 27th, 2006 at 7:17 pmYup.
January 27th, 2006 at 7:18 pmGore should have used Clinton more too. You can bet if GWB recovers, the Republican candidate will use him. I guess Gore was too embarrassed.
January 27th, 2006 at 7:22 pmSounds like a plan. I mean, I am if I was a liberal I would say that and be looking forward to it.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but maybe Think Progress can keep the facts straight from all the bull we’ll hear that night. As for junior, I hope he doesn’t do that lame-assed “winking” shit to someone off camera.
But I do hope Laura is there. I kind of like looking at the back of her ass and the way she stands all Stepford-like and looking adoringly at junior—-like she’s thinking about hauling his ashes later.
January 27th, 2006 at 7:23 pmJsP,
January 27th, 2006 at 7:27 pmAre you advocating cremation? Can they do that to a sitting president?
Bush is in too far with his Authoritarian needs to really present any semblance of democratic speeches to we the people and the world at large. Wordlwide, People know what is happening here in America. It is a major portion of Americans who have shirked their primary civic duty remaining largely ignorant of the astonishing audacity of this Bush Administration and its Rightwing cronies and the real dangers these people present for We The People. We are The government NOT BUSH Cheney or any of the other cesspooled brained lunatics he cavorts with. We hired him temporarily to steer our truck. We did not buy him the present truck he is using crammed full of lies and and bloodthirsty Cannibals to send us over the cliff. He is smart clever and extremely dangerous. He has even more clever people behind him who are even MORE OF A DANGER to the world than the current democratically elected Hamas in the middle East. From what I see of the Rightwingers here most of them intend to sell their mothers children and Grandchilren out for the higest bidder. They love to eat pablum sugared with toxic dust so they can allow themselves not to be Responsible FOR THE WHOLE COUNTRY. These Rightwingers are indeed the Brown Shirted future Gestapo leaders America will see if we continue to allow them to push us over the cliff. Frankly I believe some Uniform Company already has an order for millions of Brown Shirts to put to use IF WE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE DO NOT WAKE UP.
January 27th, 2006 at 7:31 pmWalt, “Hauling his ashes” is an old redneck term passed on to my by an old uncle. He was always wanting some skag that looked like Ann Coulter to “haul his ashes.”
Correct me if I’m wrong, but it means to get laid.
Unless it really is Ann Coulter, in which cremation works.
January 27th, 2006 at 7:33 pmLet’s see:
9/11- take a drink
January 27th, 2006 at 7:41 pmTerror, terrorist, terrorism- drink
OBL (back mysteriously in time for the midterms)- take a drink
Democracy (on the move, on the march, on the phone, on the shitter, on the fritz…)- drink
Iran- take a shot, take another
Yowza! I’ll be hiding.
January 27th, 2006 at 7:42 pmJsP,
January 27th, 2006 at 7:50 pmI never heard that term, but, I was raised in Dallas and degreed at A&M. Makes me wonder why I disagree with leaders #41 and #43 until I recognize the fact that thney are both carpet-bagging Yankees who moved to Texas in order to avoid CT taxes.
“*****THIS JUST IN ***** being the “non-partisan†site Think Progress purports to be, Judd, Faiz and Nico will be debating Charles Krauthammer, William Buckleyand John Hinderaker. Comment by mighty aphrodite”
This just in, a partisan brain like mighty aphrodite believes everyone that disagrees with her partisanship is a partisan. Poor thing, we forgive you honey for your blindness. It’s a brain problem, you can’t help your bouts of irrational emotions that cause you to make those silly irrational and unfortunately boring rants of yours. It’s OK though, because we know like religious fanatics, drug adicts or other people with similar ‘partisan’ brains, you aren’t responsible for your actions. If they ever find a treatment for partisan brain syndrome, I’d be happy to refer all of the republican partisans like yourself for treatment. It’s the least that a concerned citizen who cares about all americans (liberals and conservatives alike) can do.
Just know mighty, throught that veil of hatred, fear and anger that you filter everything through, that we still love you despite the fact that you’re a partisan. We know it’s not you but the animal brain that’s talking. We forgive you for your weakness.
January 27th, 2006 at 7:54 pmRP,
January 27th, 2006 at 8:43 pmThe correct term is “reptilian brain”.
I am not going to watch Bush’s State of the Union address, because he will LIE so much that my brain might explode >lol.
Watching him move his jaw back and forth, and glare at everybody in the Congress as he smirks, is just too disgusting to view!
I can read about his LIES on the Internet the next day!
January 27th, 2006 at 8:45 pmGod, I hate Friudays => no Daily Show!
January 27th, 2006 at 8:45 pmRun spell checker before posting, Run spell checker before posting, Run spell checker before posting!
January 27th, 2006 at 8:49 pmGod, I hate Fridays => no Daily Show!
Wow, this is off topic, but it is very interesting.
CNN
January 27, 2006
Study: New Orleans could become vanilla city
Wow, that is exactly why I said that Bush didn’t do shit after Katrina. I knew those bastards wanted the land.
I really hate being right about shit like this.
January 27th, 2006 at 9:10 pm#27 – SpudgeBoy,
January 27th, 2006 at 9:30 pmI think that you are far too right (correct)! The black community made New Orleans what it was; now they are being expelled. I’m a WASP but Mom was a nurse. What this administration is doing to the disadvantaged would chill her bones.
Anyone catch Jon Stewart’s take on the Press Conference; Bush kept getting mesmerized by the swinging camera, stopping his speech to follow it’s back and forth motion.
Back to Jon, who taps his pencil a few times before looking into the camera to say:” If that thing was shiny, we would have lost him for weeks!”
CLASSIC!!!
Re: Katrina; What a BAST**D!! It’s so like him.
January 27th, 2006 at 9:32 pmTrue blue I liked his reference to Bushes statement about throwing a corrupt leadership out of power, his facial expression was classic, and the visual of the four horsemen of incompetence hit the mark.
January 27th, 2006 at 10:19 pmBush’s state of the Union? Here’s my version!
Alright, who cares about their civil liberties? Who cares about their democracy? Who respects the founding fathers for the courage it took to build this nation, to create it from nothing more than ideas? Who has that same courage to lead our nation into the next century? Do what it takes. Get the word out that we want NO votes on the Alito nomination.
Call your senators!
Email your senators!
ALITO DOESN’T CARE ABOUT CIVIL LIBERTIES. THAT MEANS YOUR CIVIL LIBERTIES. THAT MEANS YOUR CHILDREN’S CIVIL LIBERTIES.
What kind of country do you want? This isn’t just about the nomination, it’s about the fight. The more people we can get to call and email, the greater the message the people send the Republicans and the white house. WE the people are taking our country back.
WE THE PEOPLE!
January 28th, 2006 at 12:33 amBIN LADENS FULL TEXT
January 28th, 2006 at 5:00 amI am kind of curious how the debated will be framed when discussing the President’s State of the Union point suggests a need to “pass immediately”, The Federal Government “Fair” Balance Act = No more Judicial or Congressional oversight over anything the Executive does as long as there is a declared war on something.
I can see Bill Buckley stammering. “wha, wha, wha, wha, wha wha wha th th th th th……Impeach! Hell, there won’t be any debate just consensus.
January 28th, 2006 at 10:09 amWar, famine, death and disease are the only concepts that the Shrub embraces.
January 28th, 2006 at 10:19 amHEY! THIS IS FUN.
THINK I’LL TRY TO TOGGLE BACK AND FORTH FROM THIS SITE AND ONE OF THE MAINSTREAM WEB SITES (AOL, YAHOO–SOMETHING LIKE THAT), AND CUT AND PASTE YOUR STUFF ON THEIR SITE AS IT COMES IN.
January 28th, 2006 at 10:55 amText: ‘Bin-Laden tape’ BBC proper one
January 28th, 2006 at 11:15 amBetter than the Rubbish Bush says
Your right thats a well written speak by Bin Laden wish bush could equal that but he not articulate enough
January 28th, 2006 at 5:56 pmThe group World Can’t Wait! Drive Out the Bush Regime is calling for people to not sit at home and watch the SOU speech, but to be out in the streets declaring their opposition to this program. Go check out their site:
January 28th, 2006 at 7:05 pm
President Bush has delivered four State of the Union addresses since the attacks on our nation on 9/11. In four speeches, the President has never once mentioned Osama bin Laden, the mastermind of the terror attacks on this nation. The status of the FBI’s most wanted man apparently is not important to the state of our union. Yet, in the same four speeches, President Bush has mentioned Saddam Hussein 24 times, and Iraq 78 times.
-Dennis Cucinich
http://www.commondreams.org/views06/0127-24.htm
January 29th, 2006 at 1:38 pmA letter of concern to Congress and the American people.
TO: WE THE PEOPLE
Both you and I are fully aware that what we are witnessing before our country, is possibly the largest power grab that American history will attest to. The volume of books are already into their second printing, and the future of Rove, Rumsfeld, and all of the like, will be dependent on their soon to be Doubleday@ contracts. History will be replete with the testimony of this power grab from the predictions of the perdition in the new American Democracy.
So lets examine their works. The volumes that which they will be speaking of. This power grab of the millennia.
The Art of Deception: A book that can be attributed to being the bible of the RNC.
I have an idea. Possibly so Machiavellian in nature, that the RNC won’t even see it coming, and they might possibly walk away thanking the us.
In the Art of Deception, one learns the power attributed to being capable of manipulating one’s opponents into doing your bidding. Evil indeed, yet almost necessarily so. A taste of their own medicine.
As a whole, the DNC may be fractured and the American public is being sold a bill of goods from the RNC; that Humpty Dumpty can never be but back together again. More fairy tales from the spin masters. So if Humpty Dumpty is broken, then Humpty Dumpty needs the Kings horses and men to do some healing.
TO: CONGRESS
The president all but has thumbed his nose at Congress as a whole. The Legislative Branch. He has stated, equivocally, that he turned down an invitation by Congress to allow them to assist him in crafting the necessary laws and amendments to the FISA laws back in 2002, and in 2003. And has reinforced his unyielding position to Congress’ Constitutionally mandated job description to be the sole craftsmanship of law for the land.
Rise up Congress. You’re president dismissed you. His words smack of his arrogance. Take back your jobs and legislate.
RNC, DNC, Green Party and Independent. One and all, your president’s nebulous words spoken to the US populace have left more scratching their heads than following in suit. There is something a foot and America’s chagrin needs to be comforted, not ignored and lulled into submission.
Stand up Congress, and take your jobs back. It was our Founders express mandate that there be three EQUAL branches. One not to be more than another.
Executive, Legislative, Judiciary. Three equal branches, that if left unchecked will lead to the corruptive downward spiral of the Democracy that our Founding Fathers created for us.
The president dismissed the necessity to go to the FISA court because of the antiquation of the laws, as he would have you to believe. But that begs the bigger question. Why not let Congress assist the president in the craftsmanship of new FISA laws that ARE inclusive of the 21st century technologies? The absurdity of the president’s response all but begs for a subpoena from the DOJ as his recusal toward any necessity of explanation to his concept and legality rests only in National Security.
Be heard Congress. The silence beset upon the Democratic party that which is parlayed in the media, is infesting the integrity of Democracy its self. RNC, DNC, Green Party and Independent alike. Your president has made clear, that he will resist any attempt at including Congress in the craftsmanship of necessary law to make what he is doing, legal in the eyes of the court.
Something is a foot. And it is trampling upon Congress’ Constitutional job description. It is riping at the integrity of American values. And Congress needs to address the elephant in the room. With pole numbers bottoming out for both the RNC and the DNC members of Congress and a midterm elections at the door step, how can Congress sit there and take this? The lack of voter confidence, and the summarily dismissal by the president, all but shows that Congress needs to rise up and take their jobs back.
Show the voters what integrity looks like. Three equal branches that follow Constitutional law and implore a sense of checks and balances.
Rise up. Stand up. Be heard.
Congress is needed as mandated by WE THE PEOPLE through our Bill of Rights.
Comment by Max-1
January 30th, 2006 at 2:14 amDon’t watch history, Make it!
Drown out Bush’s State of the Union.
Bush! Step down, and take your whole program with you!
http://www.worldcantwait.net
January 30th, 2006 at 3:38 pm[...] Feel free to haul your wireless-equipped laptop to Drinking Liberally. Think Progress will have a SOTU Live-Blogging event. And, Washblog will have Representative Jim McDermott blogging on Washblog about 45 minutes after the SOTU Address. [...]
January 31st, 2006 at 5:07 pmOkay, who’s funnier – Harpo, Graucho, Chico or W?
February 1st, 2006 at 12:28 amThe president dismissed the necessity to go to the FISA court because of the antiquation of the laws, as he would have you to believe. But that begs the bigger question. Why not let Congress assist the president in the craftsmanship of new FISA laws that ARE inclusive of the 21st century technologies? The absurdity of the president’s response all but begs for a subpoena from the DOJ as his recusal toward any necessity of explanation to his concept and legality rests only in National Security.
November 20th, 2006 at 6:22 amBill
I think you hit the nail on the head with this.
April 14th, 2008 at 4:30 am