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As I listened to President Obama’s State of the Union address Tuesday night, I found myself thinking of the movie Groundhog Day. In the film, Bill Murray’s character, Phil Connors, awakes each morning to find himself reliving the same day again and again. As each day passes exactly as the one before, Phil becomes increasingly despondent and frustrated. As the President’s State of the Union address unfolded, I couldn’t help feeling the same way.

The State of the Union flowed like dozens of campaign speeches that then-candidate Obama gave in 2008. It was heavy on rhetoric, class warfare and divisiveness, and straw men. At one point, he invoked the legacy of his predecessor, George W. Bush, to tout his own record on federal regulations.

To his credit, there were aspects of the President’s speech I was glad to hear. To recognize and honor our brave men and women in uniform, while encouraging the American people and our Congress to be more like tho! se selfless men and women who serve our nation, is most appropriate. And, to give credit where credit is due, this is indeed the first time in two decades that Osama bin Laden has not been a threat to America.

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