Community Breakfast Group on The State of Union February 6

The Community Breakfast Group (CBG) will discuss President Obama’s 2014 State of the Union Address at their February 6 meeting. Conservatives found much to criticize in the Address while liberals thought it was great. We would love to hear what you think.

The CBG meets for breakfast every Thursday at 7:30AM at the Holiday Inn Express in Chestertown.

Conservative commentator Charles Krauthammer wrote that President Obama’s State of the Union address was full of so many old chestnuts you could call it “The Chestnut Speech,” explaining that, “When he repeated Guantanamo — which is a cause he gave up on himself years ago — you knew he had run out of ideas.” The columnist had a few kind words for a president desperately in need of them. “Well, there wasn’t a lot in the speech. Of course, he’s playing a weak hand. I was impressed by the fact that he delivered it with conviction, because again, there wasn’t a lot in it.”

By contrast, Jason Easley, owner/editor in chief of PoliticusUSA, opined that “This address was a grand slam. It touched on most of the major social and economic areas that the majority of the country can agree on. The president’s remarks mentioned marriage equality, immigration reform, equal pay for women, economic inequality, education, climate change, alternative energy, closing Gitmo, and jobs. His remarks were a virtual Democratic checklist of important issues. The proof that America is moving left can be found in this State Of The Union. Talk of tax cuts, deficit reduction, and spending cuts was nowhere to be found. America is becoming a liberal nation, and the stale ideas of the GOP are holding the nation back. Barack Obama was speaking the words that his changing nation wants to hear. America is changing and growing, and Obama’s leadership is delivering real change that you can believe in.”