SOTU chatter

[icedcoffee]

Who was that screaming man and what did he say?

[muffin0]

Mar 7, 2024 22:04:56 GMT -5 neverfstop said:

Mar 7, 2024 21:51:19 GMT -5 lillaguma said:

DH was just remarking on this, he's super revved up.

Trump posts that Biden must be on drugs


www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/03/07/biden-state-of-the-union-live-updates/#link-5UEN3TT5BFEWBLTC5AIMW5HJYM

“Takes one to know one” (insert Nelson laugh ha!ha!)

[HRH Queen Dick I]

Holy shit this Republican chick is fucking terrifying. I don't go here but where is everybody.
This lady literally harrumphed. She just said bless his heart.
She has to be a replicant.

[neverfstop]

Mar 7, 2024 23:02:33 GMT -5 HRH Queen Dick I said:

Holy shit this Republican chick is fucking terrifying. I don't go here but where is everybody.
This lady literally harrumphed. She just said bless his heart.
She has to be a replicant.

I couldn't stay up that late....but love that they put a token female (the youngest senator, from AL) up in a kitchen to counter Biden


“Our commander in chief is not in command,” Britt said. “The free world deserves better than a dithering and diminished leader.”

And though she helped negotiate a bipartisan border security deal, she ultimately voted against it after Trump signaled to congressional Republicans that no immigration policy should pass during the election year.

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/03/07/katie-britt-republican-state-of-the-union/

[underwaterrhymes]

I go to bed early, so I missed it, but I’ve been watching clips and Biden overall was 🔥🔥🔥.

I love the goofball wave Doug gave to Kamala as he came in. Their interaction made me think that they must have a had a fun inside joke about something because she said “don’t do it!” and he was all, “who meeee? Nah.” So cute.

[underwaterrhymes]

Mar 7, 2024 22:17:58 GMT -5 icedcoffee said:

Who was that screaming man and what did he say?

He was screaming about Abbey Gate.

abcnews.go.com/Politics/father-marine-killed-2021-suicide-bomb-attack-afghanistans/story?id=107913293

[underwaterrhymes]

Mar 7, 2024 23:02:33 GMT -5 HRH Queen Dick I said:

Holy shit this Republican chick is fucking terrifying. I don't go here but where is everybody.
This lady literally harrumphed. She just said bless his heart.
She has to be a replicant.

Some of the commentary on Twitter made me cry laugh.

I know we aren’t supposed to share Twitter links as info, but this is just too funny to not share for entertainment purposes.

redirect.viglink.com/?key=71fe2139a887ad501313cd8cce3053c5&subId=3435524&u=https%3A//twitter.com/briantylercohen/status/1765955512057675894%3Fs%3D46%26t%3DWb345AzXjPIKKenOWfrQoA


Can’t seem to embed, but it’s worth the click.

[basilosaurus]

Mar 7, 2024 22:04:56 GMT -5 neverfstop said:

Mar 7, 2024 21:51:19 GMT -5 lillaguma said:

DH was just remarking on this, he's super revved up.

Trump posts that Biden must be on drugs


www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/03/07/biden-state-of-the-union-live-updates/#link-5UEN3TT5BFEWBLTC5AIMW5HJYM

When I read the comment about him being so energetic, my first thought was either he found jr's stash, trump's stash, or the leftover all staff free access uppers.

I couldn't watch live, so this thread had to suffice. But for my BP sake it's probably for the best

[icedcoffee]

Omg. I missed Katie Britt and went to bed. It’s so good!! LOL thank you republicans for this amazing gift. I’m dying.

[pixy0stix]

I forgot this was on. I'm sad I missed the farce of a rebuttal. What I'm seeing online makes it seem like it was a doozy.

[neverfstop]

WaPo did a dive on SOTU fashion
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/2024/state-of-the-union-outfits-fashion/?itid=hp-top-table-main_p001_f002

Lots of signs & buttons this year....support for Ukraine, Palestine, Israeli hostages, a (pro?) Trump mug shot t-shirt



MTG is a hot mess...she apparently handed Biden a button as he walked by & then engaged in a yelling back and forth with him during the SOTU. They are using the "say her name" (a la Chantal Miller) to promote a woman killed by an "illegal" as Biden referred to her

[icedcoffee]

She's such a fucking mess. How did they turn the murder of Laken Riley into a political game. Both sides believe this is a horrible tragedy. It was not caused by the dems. Jesus.

[lust2hart]

Mar 8, 2024 7:25:59 GMT -5 basilosaurus said:

Mar 7, 2024 22:04:56 GMT -5 neverfstop said:

Trump posts that Biden must be on drugs


www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/03/07/biden-state-of-the-union-live-updates/#link-5UEN3TT5BFEWBLTC5AIMW5HJYM

When I read the comment about him being so energetic, my first thought was either he found jr's stash, trump's stash, or the leftover all staff free access uppers.

I couldn't watch live, so this thread had to suffice. But for my BP sake it's probably for the best

Why would this be your first thought? 

[neverfstop]

www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/2024/03/08/katie-britt-gop-response-to-biden-speech-suburban-women/

When Britt did appear, it became clear she’d gone balls-to-the-wall with the mom theme, broadcasting solo from her Alabama kitchen in such a way that, if you were watching with the volume down, you would have assumed you had stumbled upon a commercial for either stain remover or Il Makiage. Turn the volume up and there was Britt opening by saying that her proudest role was being a “wife and mother,” before segueing into describing a violent gang rape, before calling Biden “dithering and diminished,” and explaining that we were all “steeped in the blood of patriots,” which, ladies — if that’s a menstruation euphemism I hadn’t heard it before. Somehow she wrapped up by talking about how America put a man on the moon.

[Cheerio]

Who is the woman sitting to the right of MTG?

[silva]

Mar 8, 2024 10:53:49 GMT -5 Cheerio said:

Who is the woman sitting to the right of MTG?

WI Rep. Gwen Moore! She's a Dem.

[underwaterrhymes]

Biden’s face when he first got a glimpse of MTG was amazing.

[neverfstop]

Mar 8, 2024 11:20:55 GMT -5 silva said:

Mar 8, 2024 10:53:49 GMT -5 Cheerio said:

Who is the woman sitting to the right of MTG?

WI Rep. Gwen Moore! She's a Dem.

She needed this button 

[pixy0stix]

I feel like the Rs are going hard on the "traditional white female 'mother'" image because they know that abortion is going to drive record numbers of women to the polls this year.

[basilosaurus]

Mar 8, 2024 10:32:35 GMT -5 lust2hart said:

Mar 8, 2024 7:25:59 GMT -5 basilosaurus said:

When I read the comment about him being so energetic, my first thought was either he found jr's stash, trump's stash, or the leftover all staff free access uppers.

I couldn't watch live, so this thread had to suffice. But for my BP sake it's probably for the best

Why would this be your first thought? 

Sorry, joking first thought. I wrote that badly. I don't actually mean it; my first thought to make fun of trump on here

[Cheerio]

Mar 8, 2024 11:20:55 GMT -5 silva said:

Mar 8, 2024 10:53:49 GMT -5 Cheerio said:

Who is the woman sitting to the right of MTG?

WI Rep. Gwen Moore! She's a Dem.

I figured she was a Democrat due to the white jacket, but was wondering what she did to deserve having to sit next to MTG.

[sugarbear1]

Mar 8, 2024 13:58:45 GMT -5 Cheerio said:

Mar 8, 2024 11:20:55 GMT -5 silva said:

WI Rep. Gwen Moore! She's a Dem.

I figured she was a Democrat due to the white jacket, but was wondering what she did to deserve having to sit next to MTG.

Her expression is perfect though. She clearly has some feelings about being forced to sit next to that vile human.

[neverfstop]

Word on the interwebz is that MTG's overtly political campaign gear likely violated the HATCH act...let's see how quickly anybdy does anything about it.

[melissa]

I watched most of the SOTU and I thought Biden did a pretty good job. I loved the sea of white for what it represents. I think MTG is a complete disaster and she should have been thrown out for wearing a hat regardless of what it said. I'm pretty sure standards are not hats are allowed.

I loved watching the guy behind Biden and all of his eye rolling.

[notreal]

Mar 8, 2024 13:58:45 GMT -5 Cheerio said:

Mar 8, 2024 11:20:55 GMT -5 silva said:

WI Rep. Gwen Moore! She's a Dem.

I figured she was a Democrat due to the white jacket, but was wondering what she did to deserve having to sit next to MTG.

Maybe she volunteered, seems like a lot of opportunity for "oops my elbow slipped, did it hit you in the face" moments.

[beetea]

Mar 8, 2024 10:36:48 GMT -5 neverfstop said:

...you would have assumed you had stumbled upon a commercial for either stain remover or Il Makiage. 

The Il Makiage comment about did me in.

[livinitup]

The MAGA heads are so unhinged that Joe Biden did well that they are calling it proof that it was a body double. Trump is using it as proof that Joe Biden is using performance enhancing drugs.

Congresswoman Katie’s rebuttal was so terrible that she’s being eviscerated by her own party. Which is mostly just men saying what they really think about women out loud.

[nothingcontroversial]

Mar 8, 2024 17:03:28 GMT -5 notreal said:

Mar 8, 2024 13:58:45 GMT -5 Cheerio said:

I figured she was a Democrat due to the white jacket, but was wondering what she did to deserve having to sit next to MTG.

Maybe she volunteered, seems like a lot of opportunity for "oops my elbow slipped, did it hit you in the face" moments.

Maybe she volunteered so that she could get a lot of camera time. 

[basilosaurus]

Mar 8, 2024 20:43:58 GMT -5 livinitup said:

The MAGA heads are so unhinged that Joe Biden did well that they are calling it proof that it was a body double. Trump is using it as proof that Joe Biden is using performance enhancing drugs.

Congresswoman Katie’s rebuttal was so terrible that she’s being eviscerated by her own party. Which is mostly just men saying what they really think about women out loud.

I'm so torn on what to think. I love the infighting for sure. I love that they're so unhinged they're shouting the sexist things. I don't even think they're saying the quiet parts out loud because they've never been quiet about sexism. But I hate that none of that exposure of how awful they are will matter. 91 criminal counts don't, so why should mere hatred of women?

[redheadbaker]

www.al.com/news/2024/03/did-britt-blame-biden-for-assault-that-happened-during-bush-admin-spokesman-doesnt-say.html

In her State of the Union rebuttal, Sen. Katie Britt’s delivery made the substance of what she was saying hard to pay attention to. In the last two days, her awkward smiles and erratic changes in tone have inspired parodies and ridicule.

And it made it all the easier to miss important things.

Luckily, Jonathan Katz wasn’t. He noticed something that didn’t sound right to him. And he dug.