State of the Union Address Thread

[adrina]

this alabamian republican response.... is she auditioning for Hallmark???

Or Lifetime Movie Network.

 

[adrina]

it's like a cross between those 'please, look deep in your hearts and spare just $19 a month to save these poor (cue furry little dogs shivering in the snow) fur babies who have no voice to ask for your help' and some crimewatch program where every criminal caught on camera is a little bit dark and the words 'violence' and 'drugs', 'rape', 'young girl' make up most of the footage.

As I'm listening to her I can't get this out of my mind.

 

[zipman]

You can tell Biden crushed that speech by how the right wingers are dutifully waiting to get their talking points before paying.

 

[butters]

This.
Lady.
Is.
Fucking.
Hilarious.

i'm more horrified, because of her breathy, almost weeping while never stopping smiling delivery


there's a reason i don't watch hallmark movies (or Lifetime ones, same same)

 

[jomar]

Was that a bit of a sex kitten rebuttal?

 

[coati]

It's so odd that the GOP chose someone from ALABAMA, at this particular moment in history, to pretend that she's the face of the women's rights movement.

 

[butters]

You can tell Biden crushed that speech by how the right wingers are dutifully waiting to get their talking points before paying.

i have to smile (wryly) at the republicans (scott jennnings and some other guy) complaining how "political" the president made this speech and how "loud"

the purest of hypocrisy, since we ALL know trump would have made it ALL political, would have peppered his speech with sloppy insults, bad nicknames his braindead magats can use, shouting, little hands flapping and doing that "i'm a five year old caught in the act but explaining why i didn't do it", along with monotone (bored five year old) delivery of the bits he HAS to say but doesn't care about at all.

 

[Recooter]

You make it sound like the pharmaceutical worker voting block is larger than the block of American people paying way too much for drugs. That's just a silly point.

I think a lot more middle class people would rather see their taxes go down then see CEOs make a few extra billion.

That wasn’t my point. My point is who will be paying for all of it.

 

[butters]

Was that a bit of a sex kitten rebuttal?

i'm guessing that'd depend on your interpretation of 'sex kitten'.

it's a hallmark's younger, milf interpretation of amy comey-barret... *breathy, almost tearful: my greatest joy is being a wife and a mother*

 

[jomar]

i'm guessing that'd depend on your interpretation of 'sex kitten'.

it's a hallmark's younger, milf interpretation of amy comey-barret... *breathy, almost tearful: my greatest joy is being a wife and a mother*

Yes, milf it is. She tried, and one more button undone would have been awesome in the unspoken promise

She appealed to the moms by saying they were seen and heard, but one wonders who the target audience really was

 

[coati]

One of the high points was seeing how amused Vice President Harris was when the President kicked butt over and over again.

 

[dmallord]

Doubt the president’s granddaughter Navy and her mom are among the invited guests. That should make some folks on the PB board more comfortable.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1765926297828553196

He did. Said it was terrible thing for her parent to experience.

The news said grandkids were in the limo with him. Not sure which.

 

[Lazaran]

This.
Lady.
Is.
Fucking.
Hilarious.

Her mom obviously drank a lot of orange Kool-Aid when she was pregnant with that totally basic handmaiden.

I’m guessing her first word was “maga”

 

[dmallord]

Biden pulled off a brillant, perfect presentation tonight! Every talking point and his vibrant tone brought the house to its feet [well not most republicans] and even Mike Johnson got out of his chair after a few head shakes and applauded his remarks. [I watched a live feed of Puten jump out of his chair and rip Biden's speech in half, cursing at how well he did.Puten was in the second roll, third guy with a red MAGA hat; that could have been a woman though - I was cleaning my glasses to get tears of joy of them at that panned moment.]

Biden layed out a four-year agenda of prosperity, growth and enrichment for the middle class while telling them it was damn high time billionaires pay at least as much in taxes as teachers, fire and policemen. Amen, brother Joe. United we stand as Americans. Let's come together. Together there isn't anything, anything that we can't do together.

Biden hit his stride tonight - a couple of stutters - but strong and commanding. His cogent delivery was truly epic. It was the best Presidential speech in history. [Outside Washinton's and Lincoln's and maybe John F. Kennedy. Damn better than 'his opponent's recent rhetoric.]

At one point the noise level was so loud some of the dust from the insurrection crowd fell down from the rafters over Mike Johnson's chair. [I know most of you probably didn't see that camera shot - but I did. It resembled some left over feces from the so called tourist crowd of J6. It was the second time Mike Johnson rolled his eyes, opened his mouth, and reared his head seeming to say, 'Oh, hell no.']

I celebrated with a bowl of popcorn while watching what's her name gave the Republican counter talking points in her kitchen. I recall nearly everything she said was wrong with our country was covered with an action plan by Joe Biden - so I was comfortable knowing we are good. That lady needs help if she thinks most women are like her or even that half of them think as she does. 'Bless her pea pickin' heart.'

Great joy and great job, Joe. Four more years!

 

[YDB95]

it's like a cross between those 'please, look deep in your hearts and spare just $19 a month to save these poor (cue furry little dogs shivering in the snow) fur babies who have no voice to ask for your help' and some crimewatch program where every criminal caught on camera is a little bit dark and the words 'violence' and 'drugs', 'rape', 'young girl' make up most of the footage.

My take: they didn't want a repeat of last year and Sarah Huckabee Sanders. Say what you will about Sen. Britt, she didn't come off as that crazy. Which is probably the best the GOP could hope for without alienating the MAGAs.

It's so odd that the GOP chose someone from ALABAMA, at this particular moment in history, to pretend that she's the face of the women's rights movement.

Is it really? It seems very much in keeping with their complete lack of any sense whatsoever about what feminists want. (Remember they thought they could appeal to Hillary Clinton's supporters by nominating Sarah Palin for VP.)

That wasn’t my point. My point is who will be paying for all of it.

The companies will. The relationship you're referring to here isn't anywhere near being perfectly elastic, and it wouldn't make any sense to lay off workers just because taxes are higher.

 

[IrezumiKiss]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1765951729638756397

https://twitter.com/x/status/1765963461404639549

https://twitter.com/x/status/1765954867993215436

https://twitter.com/x/status/1765961898292658553

https://twitter.com/x/status/1765963958333358442

Wow. I missed a doozy of a rebuttal tonight, apparently!

 

[colddiesel]

You guys are a little harsh on Katie Britt. In her favour, the Junior Senator from Alabama at least saved the nation from a rebuttal by the Senior Senator from Alabama. A small mercy, but it could have been much worse.

 

[vietato]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1765952831595721006

 

[icanhelp1]

Biden pulled off a brillant, perfect presentation tonight! Every talking point and his vibrant tone brought the house to its feet [well not most republicans] and even Mike Johnson got out of his chair after a few head shakes and applauded his remarks. [I watched a live feed of Puten jump out of his chair and rip Biden's speech in half, cursing at how well he did.Puten was in the second roll, third guy with a red MAGA hat; that could have been a woman though - I was cleaning my glasses to get tears of joy of them at that panned moment.]

Biden layed out a four-year agenda of prosperity, growth and enrichment for the middle class while telling them it was damn high time billionaires pay at least as much in taxes as teachers, fire and policemen. Amen, brother Joe. United we stand as Americans. Let's come together. Together there isn't anything, anything that we can't do together.

Biden hit his stride tonight - a couple of stutters - but strong and commanding. His cogent delivery was truly epic. It was the best Presidential speech in history. [Outside Washinton's and Lincoln's and maybe John F. Kennedy. Damn better than 'his opponent's recent rhetoric.]

At one point the noise level was so loud some of the dust from the insurrection crowd fell down from the rafters over Mike Johnson's chair. [I know most of you probably didn't see that camera shot - but I did. It resembled some left over feces from the so called tourist crowd of J6. It was the second time Mike Johnson rolled his eyes, opened his mouth, and reared his head seeming to say, 'Oh, hell no.']

I celebrated with a bowl of popcorn while watching what's her name gave the Republican counter talking points in her kitchen. I recall nearly everything she said was wrong with our country was covered with an action plan by Joe Biden - so I was comfortable knowing we are good. That lady needs help if she thinks most women are like her or even that half of them think as she does. 'Bless her pea pickin' heart.'

Great joy and great job, Joe. Four more years!

It was a perfect speech if you’re a left wing nut bag. Filled with promise he can’t keep. More division and yelling at republicans. Deep down for democrats the speech was more about could Biden make it through the whole speech. The democrats were jubilant by the fact he didn’t collapse during the speech. Such a low bar. All he promised was more of the same crap, failed to address open borders, foreign wars, excessive spending, high prices, high inflation, just another attack on corporations and the high court. Biden is a fool and a totally incompetent president appealing to his Marxist base, Sad . Lots of rhetoric but no substance, lots of promises but no plan. The speech did nothing more than alienate half the country. I wonder why he was late, oh I know, his leftist Hamas lovers were blocking his path to the big house. The only thing missing was Jeff Dunham propping up the Walter look alike angry old man. Who is Lincoln Riley?

 

[YDB95]

It was a perfect speech if you’re a left wing nut bag. Filled with promise he can’t keep.

Don't everyone volunteer at once, but I'd love to hear: is there anything Biden could have said that wouldn't have yielded this response from Icanthelpmyself? I can't think of anything.

More division and yelling at republicans.

Acknowledging division is not causing it. And the Rethugs deserved to be yelled at.

Deep down for democrats the speech was more about could Biden make it through the whole speech.

No, I'm pretty sure it's only your side who had any "concerns" about that. (By which I mean you were hoping he'd, well, end up sounding like Trump sounds these days when he has to talk for more than two minutes or so.)

. All he promised was more of the same crap, failed to address open borders, foreign wars, excessive spending, high prices, high inflation,

That's because none of those things actually exist, Einstein (except the foreign wars, and he did address those).

The speech did nothing more than alienate half the country.

Right...they think we hate America, they routinely accuse us of trying to destroy it from within, some of them are literally asking when they can start shooting at us...but if only Biden had been a little more polite to them, that would have made all the difference.

 

[dkovic77]

Here's a cringe worthy video released by the President asking for guidance from people who have played President on how to proceed with the SOTU speech.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1765750702972809621

Of course since it wasn’t doctored up by your standard crew of wrong wing hack “journalists,” who tell you what to think, you are incapable of seeing how this is a humanizing cross section of perspectives of folks from different eras who have a unique perspective on giving big speeches play the role of POTUS.

Actors do a lot of research, especially this collection presented here.

Joe really doesn’t need the advice, he has been in the room for plenty of these speeches himself.

Are you mad because it shows Joe has a similar message of hope for the country? Are you made he took out 10 minutes from his day to record something? What is your general displeasure today?

Or were you looking for him to fire each one of them and have him tell all of them they were terrible in their roles, just like your guy would? Is your guy going to hurry up and put one out himself? I guess he could pull in folks from Celeb apprentice, that would work for you right?

So interesting (and tragic, but like a car wreck…) continuing to get a shallower (I would say deeper, but we know there isn’t that much there for you) view into what is rattling around inside your head.

Thanks for sharing the video, I hadn’t seen it.

 

[dkovic77]

It was a perfect speech if you’re a left wing nut bag. Filled with promise he can’t keep. More division and yelling at republicans. Deep down for democrats the speech was more about could Biden make it through the whole speech. The democrats were jubilant by the fact he didn’t collapse during the speech. Such a low bar. All he promised was more of the same crap, failed to address open borders, foreign wars, excessive spending, high prices, high inflation, just another attack on corporations and the high court. Biden is a fool and a totally incompetent president appealing to his Marxist base, Sad . Lots of rhetoric but no substance, lots of promises but no plan. The speech did nothing more than alienate half the country. I wonder why he was late, oh I know, his leftist Hamas lovers were blocking his path to the big house. The only thing missing was Jeff Dunham propping up the Walter look alike angry old man. Who is Lincoln Riley?

Always fun when border improvements get shot down by ‘pubs who yell and scream we need it.

There was plenty of plan laid out, you are just used to hear nonsense and poorly crafted insults strung together in Cheeto speeches as your baseline, so when someone has actual facts and a message it’s difficult for you to comprehend.

You can read, correct? We often aren’t sure because of the difficulty you seem to have constructing sentences. Maybe you use a lot of voice to text? Does it work with a mouthful of fries? (They keep telling you to stop eating at work, how is that going? I know you like them when they are hot…but right out of the fryer is a bit too hot)

 

[icanhelp1]

Don't everyone volunteer at once, but I'd love to hear: is there anything Biden could have said that wouldn't have yielded this response from Icanthelpmyself? I can't think of anything.

Words don't mean anything, actions do!. Biden could tighten up on the parole system, promise to use the parole system for what it was intended to be used for.

Acknowledging division is not causing it. And the Rethugs deserved to be yelled at.

Correct, calling half of America MAGA extremist is divisive, been his favorite talking point for 3 1/2 years.

No, I'm pretty sure it's only your side who had any "concerns" about that. (By which I mean you were hoping he'd, well, end up sounding like Trump sounds these days when he has to talk for more than two minutes or so.)

If you have two eyes, two ears and half a brain you'd know that pure bullshit.

That's because none of those things actually exist, Einstein (except the foreign wars, and he did address those).

They all exist. Saying inflation is dropping is bullshit. What's dropping is the rate of increase, it's still at 20% cumulative over his 3 1/2 years, those prices for groceries are going to be with us for years to come.

Right...they think we hate America, they routinely accuse us of trying to destroy it from within, some of them are literally asking when they can start shooting at us...but if only Biden had been a little more polite to them, that would have made all the difference.

Yah right. You care more about illegals over needy Americans and homeless vets. This border/ immigration policy is going to bite leftist in the ass.
No thought was put into Biden's immigration policy. Our people are dying in the streets.

Venezuelan street gangs are here to stay because they can't be repatriated, they don't want them back. Biden has already done the damage. He'll be long gone but the damage will live on for decades to come. 34 TRILLION IN DEBT AND YET THE LEFT WANTS TO BURDEN AMERICANS WITH MORE DEBT.

Nice deflection, wouldn't expect anything less from you.

 

[icanhelp1]

Always fun when border improvements get shot down by ‘pubs who yell and scream we need it.

There was plenty of plan laid out, you are just used to hear nonsense and poorly crafted insults strung together in Cheeto speeches as your baseline, so when someone has actual facts and a message it’s difficult for you to comprehend.

You can read, correct? We often aren’t sure because of the difficulty you seem to have constructing sentences. Maybe you use a lot of voice to text? Does it work with a mouthful of fries? (They keep telling you to stop eating at work, how is that going? I know you like them when they are hot…but right out of the fryer is a bit too hot)

HR-2 was left for dead by Schumer over a year ago. Last time I looked Schumer is a leftwing nut bag who runs that clown show of a senate and kudos to Mitch for being a Schumer surrogate.

 

[JoePepsiCo]

Much ado about nothing; a halftime speech to fire the team up when they are already behind by three touch downs and a pair of field goals...

Okay team, we've spotted them their mercy lints, now we're going for the jugular!

Oh boy! Pre-speech chocolate chip and sprinkles. What's this on top? Powdered sugar?