What happened to the State of the Union?

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  1. modernpaladin

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    POTUS is not obligated to provide a SOTU address to The People. But two words repeated ad nauseum in critique of Trump pretty much necessitate him to do so now, lest he and his supporters become (even more) glaring hypocrites. Those words are tradition and decorum. Apparently they're REALLY IMPORTANT. Or, at least, they were really important when Trump did something leftists didn't like. I guess we'll see if they stick to that or not...

    Personally idgaf. I've precisely zero interest in hearing Biden (try to) read more platitudes and propaganda teleprompted to him from think tanks of social engineers. Hard pass.
     
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    Imagine the media insanity if Trump didn't do it.

    Imagine the media insanity if Trump did do it.

    Yet the media loves everything Biden does or doesn't do.

    If Trump didn't go to Texas during the power crisis, the media would have had a field day.

    Yet the Washington Post praised Biden for his "low key approach", even though he did nothing.
     
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    Typical strawman. Where did I ever say anyone had been? Does someone have to be charged with arson for there to be a fire? No

    Also, no question was ever asked to me on that item.
    You can verify that yourself by noticing the lack of a question mark to my post.

    Maybe try again, read this time.
     
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    Asking about the definition of insurrection doesn't have anything to do with the post you replied to either.
     
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    The definition absolutely has something to do with it as the poster felt if no one had been charged then there was no insurrection.

    I didn’t ask for the definition, I offered to provide it as evidence that it was — unequivocally — insurrection (as per the definition).
     
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    Essentially, it's crap they like so they're willing to praise this crap even though if the same crap had come from the "orange man", they would've blown a lid.
     
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    What happened to the State of the Union you ask?

    It improved immensely on January 20th, and I expect you'll get to officially hear more about it sooner or later...

    I generally don't watch those speeches (the previous 4 years primarily), but it's enough to know an adult is in charge, even if he's not the best public speaker out there...
     
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    So, why DID Trump behave like a bully picking on an old man with dementia? Maybe because he IS a bully who likes to kick down to the ones he believes are beneath him? Is that what you voted for?
     
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    Or bask in the glow of success.

    :applause::banana::cheerleader::clapping::couple_inlove:
     
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    Right, I know it's technically not a state of the union, but Presidents have given the speech anyway. And Biden was scheduled to...and then nothing.
     
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    I'm not sure what that even means. Some sort of Aussie idiom?
     
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    He still allmost 5 days left in February. LOL
     
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    Probably trying to figure out how to spin something or do damage control. Or try and make some drug cocktail work for Joe's Dementia
     
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    Which bit did you not understand?
     
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    Lost interest now, better luck next time.
     
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    Yep it would scream that their handling it correctly.
     
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    Our government is capable of testing the few hundred people who would be there and providing them with n95 masks for one night. If they canceled the SotU citicing critical COVID concerns people would/should ask then why did these Democrats not shut down every one of the hundreds of protests and riots we saw over the last year.
     
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    So you don't understand the difference between an organized event and a mob of people. Got it.
     
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    Joe can't get through nine minutes of cue card reading without going all blithery corn pop pony soldier.

    There's no way his handlers are going to let him ramble on for 90 minutes.
     
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    Well he can do it if he's managed correctly. Early in the primary process his debate performances were filled with rambling old man yammering, but eventually his team learned to change his sleep schedule to time his performances when he was at his most alert. There is no reason that on the day of the speech, they call a lid at 9 in the morning, knock him out for most of the day, then wake him up and give him some ADHD cocktail.
     
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    Wow, are you ever perpetually lost in the LEFT Field Bleachers. Perpetual stalling is what nancy pelousy did by sitting on Trump's Stimulus Bill, and she said she stalled (all political) because she wanted to wait until the election results were confirmed. And the Republicans aren't stalling...they're just upset that only about 10% of that pork-laden bill goes to those in dire need. No, pelousy wants the bill passed so that she can bail out all of her blue state-blue governors and mayors who have destroyed and bankrupt those cities with failed policies. The tax paying citizens of America need to have congress scrap any and all of those ridiculous pork barrel gifts to failed blue states....asap!
     
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    Q Jen, does the President still plan to address Congress this month as he has said he expects to? And do you have any more information for us about the time?

    MS. PSAKI: We don’t know where the February 23rd date came from. It’s a great mystery. I’ve not Nancy Drew-ed that one out yet, but it was never planned to be in February and we don’t have a date for a joint session at this point.

    Certainly, the President looks forward to addressing the public. We remain in touch with leaders in Congress about a timeline and a format and what that would look like. Obviously, it won’t look like it is looked like in the past, that many of you have covered and I’ve attended, where you all sit on the floor of Congress and the President gives a speech, because of COVID. But we’re not behind any timeline because that date was never accurate.

    https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing...y-press-secretary-jen-psaki-february-16-2021/

    Congratulations on another failed thread.
     
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    Apparently not. What happened is in your haste to smear Old Joe you got your facts wrong. Imagine my surprise.
     
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    The president is not required to give a state of the union address. He can simply report the state of the union in writing to congress if he wishes. I assume somebody wrote something for congress.
     

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