Has the presidents state of the union speech  helped to unify the American people?
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Of course not, it's nothing but a speech every year that means absolutely nothing.  It's a way for the other party to pick apart what he says each time and something for the nation to complain about.  Nothing has changed, there are no great revelations, it's just another speech carefully written by people hired to write speeches.  And this one is planned so far in advance that it is written long before it is spoken and updated on current events.  Bush himself did not speak a word of it from his own mind and I don't believe any president ever has.
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Your question is out of date. It's really the president that people don't like and the fact that so many voted against him has already helped dissipate anti-Americanism among most people I know
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LOL.  Well obviously the answer is 'yes', the 'people have spoken' or so to speak.  We had our chance for our voices to be heard (it's called Election Day, it pre-marked on most calendars), and we failed to do so.  It's sad how politics, especially Bush, have become such a polarizing factor in America, when fewer people voted in the last election preportionately than ever.  You would think with all these strong opinions, people would have been clogging the polls. So, in a nutshell 'let your voice be heard'?  Obviously most people don't care about that any more.
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It was different when JFK made that speech. "Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of our country" that sounds like something Hitler would say.
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Lincoln put it best when he said, "Government of the people, by the people and for the people shall not perish from this earth." Also the magnificent words of Thomas Jefferson. "All men are created equal. They are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights. That amongst these are Life., Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.  "  Hard to improve on the words of these two statesmen when speaking of America's values.
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Yes and No. Yes, because of the stance America is taking on world issues. Also because the Govt. is confusing the world over with its stances which is so different from what it used to be. \n\nNo, because the American dream and the ideals would always remain. It is getting corroded by today's American society, especially the youth (who do not even know who the first President of the United States was!) \n\nSo in 50 years, America would be the UK of today, saying 'yes' to India and/or China for everything. And if it listens to China, that is the day the American dream would crumble.
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What a silly solution.Accept your countries great achievements.This made america proud.Better to direct your thoughts to todayThen america was the envy of the world. Not so today
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Leaders yes, but technically they were not Presidents. They led under the Articles of Confederation when America operated more as independent nation-states than they did as a single unified state.\n\nBy the way, for the answer below mine, the Declaration of Independence was signed in 1776 - the Revolutionary war was not over (and the US cannot be said to have won) until the signing of the Treaty of Paris in 1783.
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The President delivering this address was William Jefferson Clinton, 42d President of the United States, impeached in late 1998 (on different grounds, of course)\n\nVery well done.  At the same time, I suspect we would find that there were good reasons for many of his decisions (his personal problems aside).  The President is always deserving of some respect, should never be called names, lied about, or have rumors told about them.  Question policy?  Sure.  But we should never tolerate the seditious people, Right or Left, who only seek to undermine the President (Clinton or Bush) and end up hurting our country.\n\nSpeak up against them.  Continue discourse like this, but again, no name-calling.  We're U.S. citizens.  We disagree, but the sane citizens of the U.S. stand together.
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United we stand, divided we fall
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Now even as we speak, there are those who are preparing to divide us -- the spin masters, the negative ad peddlers who embrace the politics of "anything goes." Well, I say to them tonight, there is not a liberal America and a conservative America -- there is the United States of America. There is not a Black America and a White America and Latino America and Asian America -- there’s the United States of America.\n\nThe pundits, the pundits like to slice-and-dice our country into Red States and Blue States; Red States for Republicans, Blue States for Democrats. But I’ve got news for them, too. We worship an "awesome God" in the Blue States, and we don’t like federal agents poking around in our libraries in the Red States. We coach Little League in the Blue States and yes, we’ve got some gay friends in the Red States. There are patriots who opposed the war in Iraq and there are patriots who supported the war in Iraq. We are one people, all of us pledging allegiance to the stars and stripes, all of us defending the United States of America.
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Here is an example.  Reagan was a uniter and Bush is not.  Both are Republicans.  Reagan made you feel it was great to be an American.
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I agree 100% we need someone to unite this country.  President Bush has tried but everyone is so unwilling because he is George W. Bush the hick Pres. from Texas.  But this country diffently needs a strong Conservative Pres.
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Bush promised during the 2000 campaign to be a Uniter, Not a Divider.  Has our country been as divided as they are now since the Civil War?
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the union is the united states. they want to make it more perfect. yay.
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YES!!\n\nListen to John Edwards' speech today, and you'll understand why!
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No way!\nIt's time America stood up and supported this great document.\nIf we did, there would be less government control in our lives.\n\nTry this:\nhttp://constitutionparty.com