Like a little kid playing baseball by himself, last night President Barack Hussein Obama threw up the ball, swung at it….and missed by a mile.

If the State of the Union Address last night was the Prom (i.e., Date Night) that the Democrats furtively tried to make it, then the band stank up the place.

In front of a joint session of Congress, sitting together in a manufactured show of civility, Obama delivered an address that had all the electricity of a Pat Paulsen Presidential Campaign. (At least Pat Paulsen was funny, God rest his soul.)

In a speech that seemed Bi-polar in nature and a repeat of last year’s SOTU Address, Obama called for more spending and a spending freeze in the same 62 minute speech.

In his opening remarks, Obama said:

Half a century ago, when the Soviets beat us into space with the launch of a satellite called Sputnik¸ we had no idea how we’d beat them to the moon. The science wasn’t there yet. NASA didn’t even exist. But after investing in better research and education, we didn’t just surpass the Soviets; we unleashed a wave of innovation that created new industries and millions of new jobs.

This is our generation’s Sputnik moment. Two years ago, I said that we needed to reach a level of research and development we haven’t seen since the height of the Space Race. In a few weeks, I will be sending a budget to Congress that helps us meet that goal. We’ll invest in biomedical research, information technology, and especially clean energy technology – an investment that will strengthen our security, protect our planet, and create countless new jobs for our people.

Lofty words, sir.  But, Mr. President, your Democratic Congress never passed last year’s budget!

The president went on to sound like a broken record, speaking, once again,  about improving infrastructure, research, education, efficient cars, high-speed rail and other pie-in-the-sky Liberal dreams.  He said that we should the “redouble these efforts”, referring to improving America’s infrastructure.  And, at the same time, he issued a call to “freeze annual domestic spending for the next five years.”

Being the Progressive that he is, Scooter gave far more examples of where he would spend, rather than where he would cut.

He refused to back away from the monster he created, called Obamacare, instead claiming:

Health insurance reform will slow these rising costs, which is part of why nonpartisan economists have said that repealing the health care law would add a quarter of a trillion dollars to our deficit.

So far, all Obamacare is doing is causing insurance premiums to rise, agents and office staff to lose their jobs, people to lose coverage as companies drop their health insurance and it has spurred some doctors to form coalitions to charge an annual fee of up to $1,800, just for the privilege of being their patient.

Obama vowed to veto any legislation with “earmarks”.

Which was pretty silly, because the Republicans had already proposed a ban on earmarks.

Scooter also claimed that he will be willing to listen to Republican ideas.

Yeah, buddy. You sure have so far. Pfffft.

Of course, he called for amnesty for illegal immigrants.

Because they need to be in place to vote Democrat in 2012.

He gave a shout out to American Muslims, saying that they are part of our “American Family”.

That’s Funny. I’ve had disagreements with my family, but they’ve never tried to blow me up.

Scooter also lauded the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell calling for American universities to allow the ROTC back on campus, now that Homosexuals can serve openly.

How…noble?  Nope.  Hypocritical.

Black and white ribbons were worn by Congresscritters throughout the audience, signifying the Democrats’ call for a “new civility”, purportedly in honor of Gabby Giffords and the victims of Jared Lee Loughner.

In reality, the Democrat hierarchy can not stand being the minority party and are desperately trying to do anything they can to create the illusion that they still rule Congress.   And a bunch of the Beltway Republicans were stupid enough to go along with this silly exercise in camouflage.

Remember them in 2012.

Rep. Paul Ryan gave the Republican response.  Rep. Michele Bachmann responded on behalf of the Tea Part Express.  Both speeches were short, sweet, and a thousand times better than the lackluster, same ol’, same ol’ address given by the President of the United States.  Here they are.  Judge for yourself:

November 2nd, 2010 was a referendum on President Obama, his policies, Administration, and the imperious actions of him and his political party.

What part of this does he and the Republican Beltway Elite not understand?

Evidently…everything.