Liveblogging the SOTU Campaign Speech

I met a traveller from an antique land
Who said: "Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert. Near them on the sand,
Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown
And wrinkled lip and sneer of cold command
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed.
And on the pedestal these words appear:
`My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings:
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!'
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare,
The lone and level sands stretch far away".
~ Ozymandias, Percy Bysshe Shelley

Thus is the state of our Union.

But I guess Obamandias is going to speechify at 9pm Eastern anyway. Maybe he'll do us a favor and just present a list of his accomplishments. We'd be out at 9:02, including the Congressional Democrats' obligatory standing fellation ... err, ovation.

But watch it we much! You'll have a hard time not finding it on television, and here's teh eeeevillllll Fox News livestream.

Also, there's an Irish bookmaking site laying odds on the first cliche Obama uses (h/t Maet)

A sample:
8/1 We have more work to do
10/1 Health Care reform
10/1 As I stand here today
12/1 Fundamental belief
12/1 God Bless America
12/1 Crossroads of history
12/1 Defining moment
12/1 Make Washington work

Plus some longshots:
80/1 Overcome the adversity
80/1 Bloated federal government
100/1 Diversity of my heritage
100/1 Yes, we might
250/1 Life is like a box of chocolates

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posted by Andy at 08:50 PM

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