THE 1st STATE of the UNION ADDRESS by POTUS 44..........

In the Hebrew Scrptures of the Old Testament of the Bible, God's Chosen People, the Israelites waited many long centuries for a perfect king, who would be their political messiah. David was thought to be that perfect king, even his name translates as meaning, "perfect", and although a good leader of the Israelites, was not the perfect king. Others of them expected that the Coming of the Messiah, the Anointed One of God, the Christ, (in Greek) Jesus would be that perfect political master to deliver them from the Roman Empire. Alas, Jesus the Christ came not to be a political Messiah, but a spiritual Master, to save God's People..... That is my prologue to our American view of the President of the United States. Many of our citizens expect him to be the perfect political savior to deliver us from all crises facing our nation and world instantaneously, impatiently awaiting results, without really giving the President they have elected to truly govern and lead. That has been particularly true for the past twenty years plus, with Presidents of both major American political parties, being thwarted and unsupported by the opposing party or special interests, out of political calculation and positioning, rather than purely principled policy differences. Lat night President Obama, whose stratespheric approval of more than 70% has dropped appreciably from one year ago, to 50% or lower, carried out his constitutionally mandated responsibility to report to the Congress and our citizens on the state of affairs in our union of American states. The Address POTUS 44, (President of the United States) delivered seemed to me to be hopeful and optimistic in outlook, though honest in stating the shortcomings and failures of himself and his White House in successfully passing policies of his program, such as Health Care Reform. While also being resolute and direct with both Congressional Democrats and Republicans, about their responsibility for governing in serving the common good of the voters who have placed them in office. He also spoke forthrightly about and to, the Justices of the US Supreme Court about their 5-4 decision last week overturning a century of laws regarding campaign finance reform. President Obama's gift for speaking stands him in favorable comparison to the rhetorical skills of Franklin Roosevelt, John Kennedy, and Ronald Reagan, all of whom are regarded as having been great communicators as POTUS, themselves. Agree or disagree, with the sitting President; oppose or support, the vision and policies he advocates, he has the right to lead and govern, without unbridled, self interest politics obstructing a productive compromise and consensus to get something necessary or constructive achieved for the American People. In little over nine months the electorate will have the opportunity to give the President and the Congress, a midterm report card by the result of the ballots they cast. That campaign and election are when politics should be involved, not the governing period, when the work of the nation and our role in the world needs to be selflessly focused on. The run amok nature of so much of our politics versus sincere and productive governance, may vindicate the Father of our Country, and the 1st POTUS, George Washington, who opposed development of political parties, and refused to join one, out of concern for the adverse effect the manipulation of politics would have on proper governance of our country. I wonder if David, or Jesus, were they political saviors, instead of temporal, spiritual, and prophetic, servants of God's People, would be any less opposed or obstructed by the politicians and government leaders of today's USA, than have been recent Presidents of the United States ????..........Let Us Pray And Work For Bi-Partisanship That Succeeds Constructively Rather Than Politically Manipulates Every Issue..........Peace and Prayers Jesus the Christ, Lord of the Universe, Fr. Troy