Nothing Obama said had the ring of truth. It was just more lip service, but had no substance. Republicans likely did have a hard time getting excited because they knew it was bullshit and they are done playing games.
Why should they play along and act as if Obama is being genuine or original?
There has been an equal pay act for decades. We do not need another one. If the one on the books is enforced, there should be no problems.
Democrats don't pay women staffers as much as men, so it's laughable for them to talk about addressing the issue. I guess they feel they don't have to pay them equally despite the Equal Pay Act of 1963.
Democrats pay women staffers less than their male counterparts
http://nation.foxnews.com/democrats/2012/05/24/senate-democrats-pay-female-staffers-less-male-staffers
Sure, Obama didn't directly take credit for some gains made, thanks to the private sector, but he didn't give credit where it was due.
He also played his usual tricks. Aside from inviting illegal aliens as honored guests, he also had a former Democrat staffer posing as an average citizen who pretended to improve her economic status in recent years, as if Obama had something to do with it. She has been used before by Obama as a political prop.
Obama Used Former Democrat Staffer as Fake "Real Person" in Speech
"The woman whose story of economic recovery was showcased by President Barack Obama in his State of the Union address is a former Democratic campaign staffer and has been used by Obama for political events in the past.
Rebekah Erler has been
presented by the White House as a woman who was discovered by the president after she wrote to him last March about her economic hardships. She was showcased in the speech as proof that middle class Americans are coming forward to say that Obama’s policies are working.
Unmentioned in the White House bio of Erler is that she is a former Democratic campaign operative, working as a field organizer for Sen. Patty Murray (D., Wash.).
This also wasn’t the first time the White House used the former Democratic campaign staffer as a political prop. Obama
spent a "day in the life" of Erler in June so that he could have "an opportunity to communicate directly with the people he’s working for every day."
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http://freebeacon.com/politics/woman-showcased-by-obama-in-sotu-is-a-former-democratic-campaign-staffer/
What was there to applaud? Obama's speech was all bullshit.