9:38 p.m. OMG BALK IS MAKING ME MOVE THIS OVER TO THE AWL NOW, GOD.
9:36 So the other day it was BUDGET FREEZE and now it’s basically DRILL BABY DRILL.
9:35 This has been some engrossing TV. I just totes ate a whole bag of cheddar cheese puffs without even noticing. I FEEL BAD.
9:33 Um there was some chanting in response to his “NO SECOND PLACE FOR AMERICA” line. Was it “USA, USA?”
9:32 Oh good. He’s addressing the “SLOW DOWN” Republican talking points. Because that was some made-up shit.
9:31 He wants a jobs bill on his desk without delay. I want a jobs bill without Tom DeLay! HI-O.
9:30 You know, the noise in the room tonight is very English. Lots of roaring? They sound like drunken English Parliament!
9:29 p.m. TRAINS? High-speed trains in… Tampa? TO WHERE? Panama City? Destin? Okay. Biden finally got something, I guess.
9:27 p.m. Uh oh. Trouble. There’s a call now for tens of millions of dollars to be given to banks to lend money? The banks that WON’T LEND MONEY? Even though they HAVE IT?
9:27 p.m. But what about us comfortable people, who no longer have any money, who don’t want to install windows and build schools (because we don’t have any real skills)?
9:26 p.m. Oh! “New Job Bill Called For.”
9:25 p.m. There are single teachers that raise two kids. Also, some businesses “are starting to hire again.” It’s true! They just get TRAMPLED by job-seekers. Overqualified, PhD-having job-seekers.
9:23 p.m. Gosh, my affections for Obama have returned. Fleetingly. Ana Marie Cox just wrote that “Okay, just consider this the ‘Wall Street BAD MAKE OBAMA ANGRY’ section.” But I think that’s a little too jaded maybe?
9:19 p.m. Okay so this is about togetherness, and unity, and the stuff like that. And? WE ALL HATED THE BANK BAILOUT? Whoa. Okay whoa. GAME? CHANGED.
9:17 p.m. I am ALSO TIRED OF THE SHOUTING AND THE PETTINESS. (Mostly my own.) But not of the partisanship. I like that part. I’m pro-difference.
9:15 p.m. For real, dawg. 2009 was the implosion of some systemic shit, and it is nice to hear that acknowledged.
9:13 p.m. J/K. This is kind of moving. And I approve of the tie even.
9:12 p.m. FUCK THIS GUY.
9:11 p.m. Aww, he’s cute, with his serious face. Sometimes I get mad at the President, but really he’s just a guy, you know?
9:10 p.m. David Cho: “Barack points too much. Barack is pointing just to start a meme. He knows people are going to take pictures.”
9:09 p.m. You guys have totally heard this new Sade song right?
9:08 p.m. OMG all the clapping. It is like the sound of a hard rain in the Tibetan hills.
9:07 p.m. I might live Tumbl.