State of The Union address minute by minute on Twitter

Re:State of The Union address minute by minute on Twitter by msvan on Wednesday January 29, 2014 @03:52PM (#7146785)

I always find it interesting how different the rhetoric in US politics is compared to, for instance, Northern Europe. It's more pompous and dramatic; certainly more interesting to listen to than what I hear here on a regular basis. Obama's speeches also always have this left-ish air of "we're all in this together!", whether true or not.

But then again, US politics is truly one-of-a-kind in most ways.

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Re:State of The Union address minute by minute on Twitter by devcpp on Wednesday January 29, 2014 @04:32PM (#7147100)

As a French citizen who has visited UK and Germany, I prefer the pragmatic data-based discourse I see in European countries. It's still bullshit but at least it doesn't like it and all the promises are verifiable. I'm not particularly fond of Obama's "I ask rich people to give a bit of money to the poor" and hope that's sufficient. Hope...

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Re:State of The Union address minute by minute on Twitter by Artistry121 on Thursday January 30, 2014 @01:33AM (#7149343)

The UK and Germany may be different but from what I've heard and read about French politics I'm not sure I'd prefer that in any situation over America. Isn't there lots of institutional racism and huge restrictions on enterprise?

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Re:State of The Union address minute by minute on Twitter by rtpg on Wednesday January 29, 2014 @04:25PM (#7147032)

Different cultures, different speech styles. I've noticed a lot of non-native English speakers tend to greatly misinterpret language nuances.

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