Aides Advise Obama To Avoid Any Mention Of

America During State Of The Union Speech

WASHINGTONAhead of Tuesday nights highly anticipated State of the Union address, top White House
aides reportedly sat down with President Barack Obama and advised him to maintain a positive and optimistic
tone throughout the speech by avoiding any mention of the United States of America. We feel its best to steer
clear of topics that may cast the administration in an unfavorable light, so we urged the president to gently skirt
the issue of America and any related subjects for the duration of his address, said White House Chief of Staff
Denis McDonough, adding that they hoped to deny Republican opponents of any ammunition for their rebuttal
by instructing Obama to refrain from talking about the U.S., any one of the 50 states, or the American populace
at all. The country has been a really thorny issue for the president, so given the importance of this occasion and
the number of people watching, we recommended that the president just stay away from using any loaded terms
that might stir up negative associations with listeners, such as the United States, our nation, or my fellow
Americans.