President Obama gave a typical State of The Union Address. It was a laundry list of things he would like that are never going to happen. All recent presidents have done it and it’s boring, but this president has an extra burden.

No one who hass been paying attention believes him.

He said he wants to tackle the deficit but we know he will be dragged kicking and screaming toward cost cutting. He speaks of bi-partisanship but it was only a few months ago that he called Republicans the enemy and compared them to hostage takers. President Obama will continue along his current path because he believes in government not the free market. A letter to PowerLineBlog explains the duplicity.

(President Obama) said:

Now, clean energy breakthroughs will only translate into clean energy jobs if businesses know there will be a market for what they’re selling. So tonight, I challenge you to join me in setting a new goal: by 2035, 80% of America’s electricity will come from clean energy sources. Some folks want wind and solar. Others want nuclear, clean coal, and natural gas. To meet this goal, we will need them all – and I urge Democrats and Republicans to work together to make it happen.

What is the connection between the first sentence and the second that Obama posits with the word “so”? I don’t see it. The first sentence speaks of markets. It is the language of capitalism. The second speaks of an outcome independent of market forces. It is the language of state planning, the true language of this presidency, I fear.

President of the free markets. He invokes concepts form the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. He speaks of bipartisanship and moderation. He has said all this before, but now we have his record and the American people no longer believe him.

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