My belated but brief recap of last night’s SOTU (CliffsNotes version)

Had the day from hell today. Computer access was severely limited for most of it. Glad to be home.

Anyway, for those of you who either deliberately didn’t watch the SOTU last night, missed it, or who did watch but would like a quick refresher, here’s here’s my much-anticipated recap of our celebrity President’s address to Congress:

— President Obama has finally started believing in American exceptionalism – just as long as we’re more like other countries (China, India, South Korea, etc …).

— This is our “Sputnik moment” – even though the Obama-endorsed budget cuts for NASA say otherwise.

— President Obama believes we should not abandon America’s “most vulnerable” – unless they happen to be the unborn, of course.

— The “idea of America endures” – as long as it is aided, overseen, and controlled by the federal government.

— *Foreign policy yada yada rhetorical/obligatory*

— The successes in Iraq? Thank HIM.

— Spreading the wealth is still a good idea. “The rich” really don’t need all that money, but the government still does. For “investment” purposes in hopes of “creating jobs”, of course.

Did I miss anything? Oh, yes – my own personal comment: I absolutely HATED the bipartisan seating arrangement last night. The only “bipartisan seating” I enjoyed seeing involved the two gentlemen sitting behind the President.

Best pundit quote of the night came from NRO’s Jim Geraghty:

Obama is the salesman assuring you that you can afford the new sports car. [Paul] Ryan is your accountant, reminding you that you can’t.

And lookin’ mighty sharp while doing so, I might add …

Flashback:

• 1/28/10 – My brief take on last night’s SOTU