State of the Union Speech 2023 (reaction)

[essentialsaltes]

Lady in red discovers there are 15 more pages to Biden's speech, and she has no Anacin.

 

[durangodawood]

Love MTGs figure skating coach getup.

 

[essentialsaltes]

Love MTGs figure skating coach getup.

I assumed it was a Cruella DeVille homage, made from fluffy animals she herself shot and killed.

 

[MotoToTheMax]

There's really no excuse for making factual errors that are this easy to check. The federal fiscal year starts on October 1, which means that Q1 runs Oct-Dec and Q2 runs Jan-Mar. Biden took office on Jan 20, 2020, or three weeks into Q2 2020.

Biden took office in 2021, not 2020. Whether a typo or not, I didn't bother to check if that affected the follow-up data.

 

[Isilwen]

Biden has the unique ability to, ignore the realities of what is going on, blame everyone else for the problems he creates, make promises that he has no intention of ever fulfilling and tell stories about himself that are pure fiction

You misspelled Trump.

 

[iluvatar5150]

Biden took office in 2021, not 2020. Whether a typo or not, I didn't bother to check if that affected the follow-up data.

well that’s embarrassing.

 

[KCfromNC]

Lets see how others would word this.. so rebuttal.. Not my words.

The state of our union is a complete, unmitigated disaster.

The economy is in shambles

The facts seem to contradict this claim : U.S. jobs report today: Economy added 517,000 jobs despite recession risk; unemployment fell to 3.4%

The Economy Is Not ‘Roaring Back’
Biden will likely spend a good portion of his speech boasting that financial legislation such as the ill-named Inflation Reduction Act passed by the Democrat-controlled Congress is restoring American jobs, wages, and savings and causing inflation to “fall.”

Perhaps that's why this post quickly pivoted from talking about reality into right wing talking points like this about all the bad things that are going to happen any day now, trust us, honest!

 

[durangodawood]

The economy is OK considering the state of the world today.

I do think people are spooked by the state of change in the world generally. Russia war, pandemic leftovers and futures, climate related disaster, refugee and migrant activity. With climate theres the feeling that, even if you personally avoid disaster, our sense of "normal" is evaporating. This is a tough time for change-averse people.

The WRONG thing to do is evaluate politicians just based on the current state of affairs. The right criteria for evaluation is: are they making good or bad decisions.

If you demand a magic man who can just fix everything, then you lean toward fascism.

 

[essentialsaltes]

Can't unsee.

 

[essentialsaltes]

Let's see what difference a dozen years makes.

On September 9, 2009, during a nationally televised joint address to Congress by President Barack Obama, Wilson shouted "You lie!"
Members of Congress from both parties condemned the outburst.
Wilson said later in a statement:

This evening I let my emotions get the best of me when listening to the President's remarks regarding the coverage of undocumented immigrants in the health care bill. While I disagree with the President's statement, my comments were inappropriate and regrettable. I extend sincere apologies to the President for this lack of civility.

Obama accepted his apology. "I'm a big believer that we all make mistakes", he said. "He apologized quickly and without equivocation and I'm appreciative of that."

 

[Aldebaran]

Holding the economy hostage is not unifying.

Then biden should stop doing so with his reckless spending policies.

Oh? I'd love to hear your thoughts on the outbursts from MTG and others during Biden's speech.

Free speech rights being exercised in the same place where "democracy" has been considered to be so sacred.

 

[Aldebaran]

Love MTGs figure skating coach getup.

Did you notice Kyrsten Sinema? Looked like a character from the Hunger Games.
Wish I could post a pic of it, but the file attachment function doesn't seem to like it either.

 

[essentialsaltes]

Did you notice Kyrsten Sinema? Looked like a character from the Hunger Games.

 

[iluvatar5150]

Then biden should stop doing so with his reckless spending policies.

What are you talking about?

 

[disciple Clint]

You misspelled Trump.

not at all but thanks for the post it allows people another chance to see what I had to say about Biden.

 

[Pommer]

not at all but thanks for the post it allows people another chance to see what I had to say about Biden.

Which was…

Biden has the unique ability to, ignore the realities of what is going on, blame everyone else for the problems he creates, make promises that he has no intention of ever fulfilling and tell stories about himself that are pure fiction

I’m surprised that you didn’t mention how he smells funny too.

 

[Always in His Presence]

Oh? I'd love to hear your thoughts on the outbursts from MTG and others during Biden's speech.

The same as any emotional outburst. Even the ones where the members of Congress come dressed in one color clothing to create a visual.

 

[Pommer]

The same as any emotional outburst. Even the ones where the members of Congress come dressed in one color clothing to create a visual.

I didn’t clock any drag queens in the galleries, so I guess Rudy Giuliani wasn’t in attendance?

 

[Always in His Presence]

I didn’t clock any drag queens in the galleries, so I guess Rudy Giuliani wasn’t in attendance?

Interesting, people watch the State of the Union Address looking in the galleries for 80 year old men dressed as woman?

 

[Isilwen]

not at all but thanks for the post it allows people another chance to see what I had to say about Biden.

You seem to have a very short memory then. To Trump he could do no wrong and it was always someone else's fault. He would not take responsibility for anything he did wrong.

It's okay if you don't remember though, many others like me do remember and if he gets the nomination once again, he'll lose the election again and maybe we'll finally see the last of him.

I say what I say as someone who voted for him in 2016. Learned my lesson that I voted for the wrong person.