Joey’s Take: The State of the Union

As the time for the president’s State of the Union address approaches, we’re going to hear more and more about what he might say. My advice: Don’t waste your time listening to all the spin. I may be just a dog, but I can tell you the state of the union in four words – unemployed, broke and angry.

Unemployed: I know, the president will probably address the unemployment issue and regale us with how he and Congress have saved and/or created thousands of jobs. Yea, and how many of them are government jobs that we a.) can’t afford and b.) don’t need? Then he’ll probably tell us about the Dem plan to create even more jobs. I can’t read, but I don’t think the Constitution gives Congress or the president the responsibility or the authority to create jobs. What the president won’t discuss are all the regulations his administration is passing that will kill more jobs than he can hope to create.

Broke: I’ll bet my ever-wagging tail this is one word the president won't use. He will run as far away from the financial, moral and leadership deficits facing our nation as he can get. And if he does manage to mumble the word, he will blame it on Bush. But every time he plays the blame game, we need to remind everyone that the Dems controlled Congress for the past few years under Bush. If Obama inherited a mess, he has himself and his colleagues on the Hill to blame.

Angry: The American people, both liberal and conservative, are biting, fighting mad – at each other, at their elected officials, at their plight in life. If you don’t believe me, read some of the comments being posted in reaction to news stories on CNN. Of course, our “leaders” feed this frenzy with their broken promises, vitriolic rhetoric and gotcha partisanship.

My solution: Instead of another speech full of spin, we need a national time out – a time out from politics as usual (hey, what happened to the change we were promised?), from all the ugly rants, from politicians who don’t understand or care that we can’t afford their big-spending habits.

I’m Joey. I’m running for Congress. And I understand the true state of the union.