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The State of the Union Is Meaningless
The problem with a Joe Biden speech is that he doesn’t believe anything he says.
When Reagan claimed to hate the dirty red commies, his personal history and actions in office backed up the statement. When George H.W. Bush promised to spread democracy around the world, even his harshest critics knew he believed it — and shuddered.
Not so with Biden. He boasts of bipartisanship in one paragraph, then accuses Republicans of killing Social Security in the next. One sentence on unity, the next ties a lefty nudist’s attack on Paul Pelosi to January 6. He demands an end to fentanyl, then ignores the issue until the next State of the Union.
Between his stilted cadence and mumble-whisper-SCREAM delivery, you wonder if Biden even knows what he’s saying.
In other words, 2023’s SOTU was about the same as 2022 and 2021.
The difference came from the crowd, which heckled, booed, and mocked the president. I’m no professional orator, but it’s a bad sign when half the audience keeps openly laughing at you.
It was hard to blame Republican congressmen and senators objecting to Biden’s ludicrous claims. A few examples:
Some of my Republican friends want to take the economy hostage unless I agree to their economic plans.
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Other Republicans say if we don’t cut Social Security and Medicare, they’ll let America default on its debt for the first time in our history.
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America’s border problems won’t be fixed until Congress acts.
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Now, some members here are threatening to repeal the Inflation Reduction Act. Make no mistake, if you try to do anything to raise the cost of prescription drugs, I will veto it.
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But make no mistake: as we made clear last week, if China’s threatens our sovereignty, we will act to protect our country. And we did.
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Just a few months ago, unhinged by the Big Lie, an assailant unleashed political violence in the home of the then-Speaker of this House of Representatives. Using the very same language that insurrectionists who stalked these halls chanted on January 6th.
As Republicans ridiculed the claims in real-time, Biden shot back at them, removing any dignity this annual tradition once held. It’s long past time to revert the SOTU address to a written letter.
It wasn’t much easier on the TV audience. Biden’s stumbling, creaky, old-man voice lulls the viewer into a fugue state. Then, out of nowhere, “NAME ME A WORLD LEADER WHO WOULD CHANGE PLACES WITH XI JINPING!” I nearly spilled my martini.
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The thing Biden does best is to lie, and even in that he is mediocre and obvious.
Will the White House website post the speech as written or as delivered?
Reinforcing was happening on both sides.
Their answer to insolvency is modern monetary theory- just print whatever you need
Probably working off of a foreign language translator.
I noticed that.
A man so close to judgment day is playing with fire
Look, fat …
If someone told him that act would get him a landslide reelection in 2024, he’d do it in a cocaine heartbeat.
What in the covfefe was Biden trying to say?
Well, I just had a look at the transcript of what he is supposed to have been intending to say. The word “veto” appears twice.
I think the instance that goes, “Make no mistake; if Congress passes a national abortion ban, I will veto it,” is too far removed even from the gobbledygook coming out of Biden’s mouth to be right here.
Therefore, I suspect that the proposed input which Biden’s output garbled as, “MAKE NO MISTAKE! If you try anything to raise the cost of frisizhnjubs I will veto it,” probably started out life as “Make no mistake, if you try to do anything to raise the cost of prescription drugs, I will veto it.”
LOL.
I listened to very little of it. But what I did hear was from a man who slurred so badly one would have to feel that he was either drunk or having a stroke.
Hugh had the “highlights” on his show.
Biden was never the sharpest stick but now it is just sad.
Yeah, that was my reaction. I don’t understand what he’s saying here.
And while I’ve noticed his prominent squinting before, last night his whole face was pinched. More and more he’s looking like this guy:
At least Walter is entertaining.
More like reducing the rate of increase, which to Dimocrats for many years, has been called a “cut.”
You’re waaay too kind.
Washington was worthy, though.
Another lie. If it’s the House’s jobs to “protect rights” – which is probably more of the Executive branch in terms of actions taken to protect rights, like a DoJ – then why didn’t the house pass a law on abortion 57 years ago?
Because they’re cowards, and rely on judicial precedent so they can keep their cushy jobs. And it’s easy for a president to say it, he doesn’t write the laws, but it’ll be sure to garner a round of applause from the chattering monkeys in attendance.
If you’re going to be a chattering monkey, please at least throw some scat around. Adds a touch of realism sadly lacking in the ol’ dog and pony show. Well, dog and pony and monkey.
Again, if he’s the president, why not write an Executive Order? Seems to work fine for a whole bunch of other crap that doesn’t get voted on or ooze out of the distended rectal area of Congress.