“I agree with Sen. Rubio, the president really needs to understand the problems of the nation.  I could only stand to watch the first few minutes.  If you listen to him, the nation is fantastic, they cut the deficit by 2 trillion dollars, they’re bringing home the soldiers. And it goes on and on.  The following is excerpts from WND.”

Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., charged by Republicans with delivering a GOP response to Barack Obama’s 2013 State of the Union, said in prepared remarks the president probably needs first to understand the problems of the nation.

He said Obama actually blames the free enterprise economy, which has made America for generations the biggest economy in the world, as the problem.

Talk radio icon Rush Limbaugh said, too, that Washington needs to get a grip.

“It’s not the State of the Union. It’s the Misstatement of the Union. … It’s an absurd sight, folks, to sit there and watch our government stand and applaud itself as it’s ruining our economy. They’re gonna sit there and applaud themselves all night long, and for what? Ruining the country, bringing the private sector to its knees, exploding the deficit, Obamacare, bye-bye freedom here, bye-bye freedom there,” he said.

CBS interviewed former Vice President Dick Cheney in advance of Obama’s speech, and the former Wyoming congressman said Obama appears to have an agenda aimed at hurting the U.S.

He cited Obama’s nominations of Chuck Hagel and John Brennan for secretary of defense and CIA director.

“Just in the last week, their performance in front of the committees that have to confirm them has been pretty poor,” he said. “And that’s, you know, not my judgment. That’s the judgment, as well, of senators on both sides of the aisle.”

Cheney said Obama’s choices would make for a “second rate” national security team.

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., who delivered the response from the tea party, said in prepared remarks Congress simply is out of control – and failing to following the laws of the land.

“Washington acts in a way that your family never could – they spend money they do not have, they borrow from future generations, and then they blame each other for never fixing the problem,” he said.

“If Congress refuses to obey its own rules (the Democrat-led Senate hasn’t produced a budget in years, in violation of the law), if Congress refuses to pass a budget, if Congress refuses to read the bills, then I say: Sweep the place clean. limit their terms and send them home!”

He said unless the deficit is cut by trillions, America’s credit again could be downgraded.

Paul also called for work on the nation’s existing immigration system, where laws are not enforced and borders not secured.

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