"LET ME IN THE GAME, PLEASE!

Another State of the Union address...another President wanting to end partisanship and blame the other side for everything....nothing will get accomplished! Albeit quite eloquent, Obama's speech was just like many State of the Union speeches before. Justify my side and blame the other side (or other administration) for everything wrong.

While watching the standing ovations...mostly from the left during this administration and mostly from the right during the previous administration I was left with the feeling that nothing will change. The superior look on Nancy Pelosi's face contrasted with the smug look on VP Biden's reminded me of the feelings I had during President Clinton's State of the Union when then- Speaker of the House Newt Gingerich looked like the schoolyard prankster egging on his friends on the right to mock the President. The feeling of utter disgust. Even as President Obama spoke of bi-partisanship the "get one up on you" mentality will forever prevail in Washington. I was quite amused at how both Pelosi and Biden both popped up and down with such regularity a jack in the box game would be envious.

The truth be told politics is just a game. It reminds me of a board game where the current players NEVER stop to let the others play. Once one person does get in, they have to play by the older player's rules or they will get someone else. I think every few years the game board should be cleared and new players put in place. TERM LIMITS!! If in fact we want the change that politicians keep espousing, perhaps they need to change themselves first.