The Guardian‘s liveblog is here.
Since I don’t drink, I’m gonna keep it interesting by pledging $1 to commentor Aji‘s friends’ Okiciyap fund for every time President Obama uses the word “opportunity”. So at least the Lakota elders will get an immediate tiny benefit, and helping old people stay warm is a concept I can most certainly get my mind around right now.
Other suggestions?
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Okay, not only was the word “opportunity” used in the first five minutes, there was a slide posted on the liveblog…
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I do love the Guardian!:
Next piece of speech: You Republicans are dumb, because you shut down the government, which was dumb.
The official text of Obama’s speech does not include the word “dumb,” but it was the rich subtext…
“Son of a barkeep!”
Baud
I’m going to drink each time Obama says “the.”
hildebrand
@Baud: Speaker Boehner has already had all of the drinks. No game for you.
raven
Thank goodness for a new thread. JHFC.
dmsilev
Spoiler alert: The GOP speeches will all say something stupid.
Corner Stone
How much for “ladder of opportunity” ?
Corner Stone
“Promise Zones” bitchezz!!
MikeJ
If you’re interested in the number of times certain words are used, Language Log had a good post on it.
JGabriel
REMINDER:
The State of the Union, at 9:00 pm EST, will be streamed live at: http://www.whitehouse.gov/sotu
Also at CSPAN: http://www.c-span.org/Events/President-Obamas-2014-State-of-the-Union-Speech/10737427373-1/
And YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5djtYZuqz_8
Anne Laurie, maybe add them at top?
Cassidy
I wonder if our resident emoprogs are gonna go jerk one if he mentions Snowden or Greenwald?
Corner Stone
@hildebrand: I’m not one to cast aspersions, but he either had all the marbles in his mouth or had seen a few merlots.
raven
No Scalia?
Cain
I am ready.
mdblanche
When a Republican gives a rebuttal, drink.
#liver poisoning
raven
@JGabriel: If people haven’t figured it out by now what’s the point?
Corner Stone
“Uh, baby girl. Better known as Aaliyah”
Baud
@raven:
He never shows.
JGabriel
CNN is also streaming the SotU on it’s front page. Paul Krugman is supposed to be one of the commenters afterward.
raven
@Baud: my bad
Aji
Anne Laurie, you rock!
[Skips off to tell the original diarist]
Jim, Foolish Literalist
I’m sure all Michelle’s guests are wonderfully admirable people, but I hate all the “special guests”.
I wonder if Kerry takes longer than anyone else ever to get down that aisle.
Cain
While you are waiting, please go ahead and listen to the good ol days, here
MikeJ
@Baud:
It’s been declining (per my previous link).
JGabriel
@raven:
In case people come along late. I know I’ve had trouble finding the links sometimes in the past.
raven
@Jim, Foolish Literalist: I agree, looks like they have some trooper there that has had a rough time.
raven
@JGabriel: fair enough
SarahT
@BaudGreat minds think alike, heh
mdblanche
@Baud: Last year he couldn’t make it because he was delivering a rebuttal on a street corner.
@JGabriel: Beats listening to Chris Matthews.
dmsilev
Is it wrong that when I see a parade of Congressmen, I hear them walking in to the sound of March of the Gladiators?
Cain
How drunk is Boehner going to be?
Cain
How drunk is Boehner going to be?
MikeJ
The word “opportunity” has been used in 79 SoTUs since 1790. Obama did not use it in 2009 or 2010, but did in ’11, ’12, and ’13.
BGK
Tweety thinks Peter King is a moderate?
Please, good Dr. Maddow, don’t be so kindly, and punch him in the head as hard as you’re able.
dmsilev
@mdblanche:
Low bar to clear, there.
JPL
If the President can’t solve the gridlock in Atlanta during a two inch snowfall, I’m not voting for him again. That’s all. No more money from me for your next election.
Corner Stone
@BGK: She won’t even say the word masturbate on her show. She certainly isn’t going to punch Tweety.
hildebrand
Steve Schmidt had decided to regurgitate the ‘lost 2013’ meme. Honestly.
mdblanche
Peter King (R-Belfast) looks like one of those old Soviet leaders from the 80’s. Chris Matthews calls him the leader of the “still alive” Republican moderates.
raven
@JPL: You home? I’ve never see 11 alive pre-empt their programming to cover a storm.
Elizabelle
PBS on in background. Soothingly glad to have them on but —
what’s this? David Brooks commenting?
Now hear Mark Shields, but fleeing to C-Span. They just have crowd milling sounds.
Lotta women in primary colors. And men in dark suits. And now brass … Dr. Jill Biden and Michelle Obama looking elegant, as always …
Cain
reddit is giving out drinking game pointers. :-)
Corner Stone
Ahhhh, Joe Manchin. What a hero!
Old Dan and Little Ann
Why the fuck is Steve Schmidt on so many fucking tv shows?
Cassidy
http://m.wfmz.com/irresistible/Heroic-New-York-boy-gets-firefighter-funeral/-/15946368/24159232/-/1b2bsbz/-/index.html
Can’t link properly on my phone.
raven
@Old Dan and Little Ann: He’s a moderate too.
JGabriel
@Cain:
@Cain:
You’re repeating yourself. How drunk are you?
I expect Boehner is plastered enough to cry.
SarahT
@Baud: but I’m also gonna donate to the Okiciciyap Fund- maybe for every “outstanding”
JPL
@raven: It took me just under five hours to get home from the north spring station
Baud
I hope Obama threatens to go all Dinesh D’Souza on some folks.
dmsilev
@JGabriel:
Normal Tuesday, then?
Elizabelle
POTUS looks young and rested. Military guest with FLOTUS is tapping one hand to his chest to applaud because his other is in a sling.
divF
@Old Dan and Little Ann:
Because he is the only politically connected Republican who does not come across as a complete lunatic.
Corner Stone
@Baud: He’s going to bring his fiancee to the SOTU before divorcing Michelle?
Cain
@JGabriel:
I swear I only posted once!
JGabriel
@dmsilev: Bingo. Heh.
Anoniminous
@JPL:
If Obama does not name Interstate 85 “The General Sherman Memorial Highway” I’ll never work for him again.
SiubhanDuinne
Great suggestion. And since I will be drinking, it’s nice that these are not mutually exclusive.
SiubhanDuinne
I love this President. His smile just makes me happy, before he says a word.
Cain
WTF happened to our live chat feed we used to have? I want my fucking money back, Cole, you shag rocket!
raven
@JPL: I’m glad you made it at all. My facebook tells me there are schools with kids still in them.
MikeJ
@SarahT:
Not used in a SoTU since LBJ in 1965. Only used in eight SoTUs total.
Wilson, Harding x2, FDR x2, Truman, Ike, LBJ.
dmsilev
@divF: ABC has Bill “always wrong” Kristol. That’s genuine lunacy right there.
hildebrand
I think Boehner just said, “Joe, we going for drinks later?”
MomSense
I shouldn’t have started drinking before the speech started.
MomSense
I shouldn’t have started drinking before the speech started.
dmsilev
John Boehner already looks like he’s about to fall unconscious.
Baud
Why isn’t he talking about women’s libidos?!
Violet
Starting off with a teacher and then an autoworker. Populism!
Omnes Omnibus
Is Boehner drinking vodka instead of bourbon tonight? The stuff in his glass seems colorless.
divF
@dmsilev:
There is not much sport in finding Repubs on TV who are complete lunatics, but I’ll grant you, Kristol is a particularly vile piece of work.
lower podunk
Haven’t read the thread, but I just want Joe Biden to punch Boner in the neck. I don’t think that’s too much to ask.
eta: ok, now i’ll go listen to the SOTU.
MomSense
FYWP you keep eating my comments.
dmsilev
Also, there’s probably several people out in wingerville screaming at Boehner right now because he half-heartedly clapped when Obama referred to health care.
mdblanche
@Omnes Omnibus: He looks like he’s been drinking wood alcohol.
raven
never mind
Anya
Big fail! Not one mention of Snowden.
Baud
Suck it, China.
Omnes Omnibus
@mdblanche:
That would explain a lot.
MomSense
Boehner doesn’t like good news. He is hazzing a sad.
BGK
@dmsilev:
No kidding. It took me about fifteen seconds to read that he’s full-on sh!tfaced.
mdblanche
Better positioned for the 21st century than any other nation. If only that weren’t a low bar.
JGabriel
For those watching on the net, the CSPAN feed seems to be about 10 or 20 seconds ahead of CNN’s and YouTube’s – at least on my system.
? Martin
Someone needs to do a SOTU calorie burn total for how many members of Congress and how many times they stand up and then sit down.
Actually, we need to make an app for that.
Omnes Omnibus
Going at obstructionism from the get go. Cool.
SiubhanDuinne
Starts with anecdotes about Real Americans! Love it!
Elizabelle
Aha. Taking Republicans to the woodshed without mentioning them by name. And it’s just moments into the speech.
Corner Stone
Patty Murray…go stuff it.
BGK
Hmmm…Innumerate Paul Ryan looks a little lubricated himself…
mdblanche
And Congress loudly applauds. “Yay, we suck.”
yet another jeff
So…Biden has a glass of water…Boehner has 4 or 5 glasses.
Anya
Joe Biden has failed me for the first time since he became VP. Why didn’t he take out Boehner for drinks until he was drunk.
SiubhanDuinne
Joe Biden is twinkling. I’m not sure what the word is for the look on Boehner’s face.
dmsilev
Via TPM, Texas Congressmen are Special:
Helen
Boehner just hiccupped! AWESOME
Elizabelle
@MomSense:
Maybe someone’s insisting Boehner has to make a response too, and he doesn’t want to be 27 in line at this point.
maximiliano furtive, formerly known as dr. bloor
@dmsilev: He takes that “It’s five o’clock somewhere” thing very seriously.
Violet
NBC keeps sliding over key lines from the speech on the right side of the screen. That means Boehner gets covered up when it slides over. Funny.
Omnes Omnibus
@Anya: It isn’t Biden’s fault; Boehner was already drunk when Biden stopped to pick him up.
mdblanche
@Anya: Until Biden was drunk? Boehner clearly already is.
divF
@mdblanche:
I have a firm rule that I don’t watch SOTU addresses. I just read the BJ comments and try to reverse-engineer what has happened. Normally I end up giggling through the whole address, which annoys the hell out of Madame.
Corner Stone
Hmmm…Diktat Obama!
dmsilev
Obama to Congress: FUCK YOU.
Congress: (claps)
maximiliano furtive, formerly known as dr. bloor
@SiubhanDuinne: Hey, Smilin’ Joe gets to ride the Amtrak home with Jill after the speech, if you know what I mean and I think you do.
jl
Is that Biden taking all the notes behind Obama? Is he moonlighting as a WH pool reporter, or what?
And a Michelle mention. I’m in wuv wiv Michelle.
Edit: and Jill aint too bad either. Nice ticket for 2016.
JGabriel
mdblanche:
FYI, Biden doesn’t drink.
Anya
Who’s the first Republican to defend China?
mdblanche
@SiubhanDuinne: The word you’re looking for is “shit.”
Omnes Omnibus
@JGabriel: Onion Biden does.
MikeJ
@Corner Stone:
What’s wrong with her?
She filed an amicus in Hobby Lobby today.
http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2014/01/28/patty-murray-is-awesome-now-with-video-and-transcript
Baud
Obama: The First Lady will be playing the role of Congress for the remainder of the term.
Cain
Michelle! Drink!
raven
@Anya: Eric Prince.
JGabriel
@Omnes Omnibus: I stand corrected.
Corner Stone
WHAT?!
raven
He’s hammered. And he’s tearin up.
SiubhanDuinne
I don’t yet know who the (physically damaged) military chap is who’s next to FLOTUS. But I love the way he taps his one useful hand against his chest to applaud. Very touching.
dmsilev
“The son of a barkeep is the Speaker of the House”
Hmmm….
Cain
Thumbs up boehner! drink!
Baud
Son of a barkeep. Explains so much.
JGabriel
What did I just miss Obama say about Boehner?
mdblanche
Boehner’s the son of a barkeep? Boy is everybody applauding that revelation!
MikeJ
Opportunity!
Anya
POTUS trying to make Boehner weepy again.
jl
@Corner Stone: Son of a barkeep! You gotta problem with that? Did that shave your cat’s ass, or what?
SiubhanDuinne
@dmsilev:
LOL
Jim, Foolish Literalist
@mdblanche: did he make Boner cry?
WaterGirl
@Baud: Hey, I’m the
sondaughter of a barkeep.BGK
I think Boehner’s about to urp on himself. What’s the protocol for that?
raven
@SiubhanDuinne: At least it’s a splint and not a stump. The device or graft on his head is even more worriesome.
Baud
Infrastructure!
Elizabelle
OK. You got me to turn from CSpan. Close up of PBO there, and only green and blue ties and water glasses in background.
Got to see most of Congress standing and applauding over Speaker being the son of a barkeep, and notably less rising to applaud a single parent’s child being POTUS.
Stay classy, Congress.
Opportunity. Drink up.
Anya
@SiubhanDuinne: I know. It’s one of the most moving parts of the whole thing.
Corner Stone
“But I’ll work on my own!”
GFY!!
mdblanche
@maximiliano furtive, formerly known as dr. bloor: Boehner on the other hand will just be going back to his father’s place, if you know what I mean and I think you do.
Baud
@WaterGirl:
I wish you were speaker of the house.
Omnes Omnibus
@BGK:
Don’t the Pres., don’t hit the Veep, don’t hit the flag.
Corner Stone
@jl: I’m all about the au naturale.
Cain
Boehner looks weepy.
Elizabelle
@Baud:
Lindsey Graham is also son of a barkeep. TMI, maybe.
mdblanche
@Anya: All of them, Katie.
max
@Omnes Omnibus: Onion Biden does.
Onion Biden can hold his liquor way better than Boehner, no doubt.
max
[‘Onion Biden’s issues appear to involve attractive ladies and acquiring cash to pay for that. And the booze.’]
SiubhanDuinne
@maximiliano furtive, formerly known as dr. bloor:
“Ridin’ the ole Amtrak,” is that like “Hikin’ the Appalacihian Trail,” only with benefit of clergy?
jl
Act on his own!? Who does he think he is, head of the executive branch or something?
Can the House GOP impeach him right now for Expressing Intentions to Commit Unconstitutional Acts and Disseminating False Doctrine right here tonight and save the taxpayer some money? Or do they have to do wasteful bureaucratic BS, and like, go home and then come back and do it?
Anya
@raven: Okay, elected republicans? Who will be the first to argue that China is still number one.
WaterGirl
@Baud: Thank you. I can honestly say, with full humility, that I would be better than Boehner.
Hal
A friend of mine on Facebook was just bitching about “another state of the union?!?” Seriously, it’s one time a year and you’re upset?
Arm The Homeless
Man, Hoyer’s nose puts Rudolph’s to shame.
“All In”, Drink!
Jim, Foolish Literalist
Mikulski and Boxer not on board with new trade agreements, looks like
Anya
Was there a heckler?
Corner Stone
“If extracted safely…”
Hmmm…
Elizabelle
@SiubhanDuinne:
Maybe it’s an homage to HItchcock?
raven
Cory Remsburg and Craig Remsburg (Phoenix, AZ)
US Army Ranger Sergeant First Class Cory Remsburg has met President Obama on three separate occasions — once overseas and twice since a roadside bomb in Kandahar, Afghanistan on his 10th deployment left him in a coma for three months, partially paralyzed and brain-damaged. He currently endures six hours of occupational, physical and speech therapy per day, and his father, Craig, along with Cory’s step-mom Annie, is the caretaker by Cory’s side as he continues his recovery. Craig is the Vice President of Human Resources for Telgian Corporation and a retired US Air Force Reserve firefighter. A native of Arizona, Sergeant First Class Remsburg joined the Army on his 18th birthday after Craig refused to sign the papers for the 17-year-old Cory to join on his own. Sergeant First Class Remsburg says “I won’t give up.” Sergeant First Class Remsburg has been awarded the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart.
Corner Stone
@Anya: I heard a few seconds pause, but couldn’t tell if someone heckled.
Corner Stone
Boehner’s eyes are *this close* to rolling back into his skull.
Keith G
Clean American natural gas freshly fracked from land right next to our very own aquifers.
What the fuck is that?
edit
@Corner Stone: You beat me to it.
Corner Stone
@Keith G: We’re going to extract it safely. Not to worry.
mdblanche
Reduced our carbon pollution more than any other nation. Another sadly low bar.
Elizabelle
@Corner Stone:
He better watch it. Speaker Boehner ain’t gonna make it through five plus SOTU GOP responses at this rate.
Although that prospect might have inspired more drinking than usual.
Corner Stone
Climate change is a fact!
Violet
Climate change is a fact! YES!
Randy P
CLIMATE CHANGE IS A FACT!
ETA: I’m too slow for you people
jl
His administration? Climate change is a fact? Second third counts in impeachment right there.
Edit: Immigrants will ‘blow our economy’?
Jim, Foolish Literalist
“The debate is settled. CLimate change is a fact”
This is a controversial statement in today’s America.
Elizabelle
“I want us to be able to say, “Yes we Did.”
Love this gentleman.
trollhattan
“Climate change is a fact.”
Boom, there it is.
Violet
Immigration!
Corner Stone
Gay immigrants!…no, wait..just immigrants.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
I think Eric Cantor has what used to be called “piles”
Cain
Hows that cold snap working out for ya, motherfuckah?!
mdblanche
Cantor and Boehner look… uncomfortable.
SiubhanDuinne
@Corner Stone:
I know. It’s like he’s working really really hard to stay focused.
Keith G
Schumer looks like Bela Abzug. Well like she used to.
yet another jeff
Jobs bill? How many times can the House vote to repeal Obamacare by Friday?
Arm The Homeless
Cantor is such a fuckin’ weasel.
Cain
what is that stuff that look like salt shakers in front of Boehner? Bar implements?
jl
Obama seems to be picking up the pace, so the speech is over before Johnny Bones passes out, maybe? Pundits will note that gesture towards bipartisan civility.
maximiliano furtive, formerly known as dr. bloor
@Omnes Omnibus:
Of course, since Boehner is a Republican, Japanese Prime Ministers are fair game.
Keith G
@Corner Stone: I prefer gay immigrants, always
In other news…see Obama does want Joe to leave.
Cain
You know I think I look at Boehner more than I look at Obama
mdblanche
Biden’s grinning from ear to ear.
Violet
President Obama seems feisty tonight.
Corner Stone
Boehner just told Biden, “Hey, I don’t know what the problem is. I ordered the next flite of bourbon 20 minutes ago.”
trollhattan
@Jim, Foolish Literalist:
I’d like Cantor to have what I’ve been known to call a “boot in the balls.”
raven
@Cain: Maxwell’s silver hammer.
Baud
“If Congress wants to help…”
Funny.
BGK
Sigh…we just fell into the skillz gap. Again.
How does one kill a zombie meme again?
Corner Stone
UI extension? Really?
Jim, Foolish Literalist
the unemployment insurance you just let expire for 1.6 million people….
max
@SiubhanDuinne: I know. It’s like he’s working really really hard to stay focused.
I, for one, want to see some projectile vomiting.
max
[‘If his eyes bug out like a Warner Brother’s cartoon, that would be extra special.’]
hildebrand
Joe Manchin? Yep, you are an asshole.
mdblanche
And Congress once again loudly applauds at being told just how much they suck.
Baud
Moocher!
Elizabelle
Why does Joe Manchin look ticked at mention of letting unemployment benefits expire?
Not like West Virginia is a haven of full employment.
Omnes Omnibus
Unemployment compensation.
dmsilev
@yet another jeff:
That is a jobs bill. Look at all the work the GOP is generating for print shops, stenographers, underemployed pundits, etc.
jl
@mdblanche:
” Biden’s grinning from ear to ear. ”
Enough fumes going, you can get a contact high. Sort of like sniffing really warm sake.
Corner Stone
@Elizabelle: He’s happier if Big Coal can hire serfs for company scrip.
Elizabelle
@jl:
Maybe Obama is speeding up so viewers get a gander at the clown car of SOTU responses, official and not?
I like this feisty Obama.
Corner Stone
Race to The Top sucks.
MomSense
@Elizabelle:
Now that rebuttal I would watch!
Anya
So, who’s State of the Union response represents the Duck Dynasty wing of the Republican party?
Violet
Fuck you Arne Duncan.
Omnes Omnibus
@Corner Stone: So does Arne Duncan.
BGK
@Cain:
One bourbon, one scotch, one beer…
Corner Stone
You know what else is a good investment in a child’s early life? Food.
WaterGirl
Just had to switch from CSPAN to MSNBC so I didn’t have to look at headless Biden and Boehner.
raven
@Anya: Robertson is there.
Aji
@SarahT: You rock, too.
@SiubhanDuinne: And so do you.
yet another jeff
“Son of a factory worker!” is my new epithet.
SiubhanDuinne
@max:
It could happen. I’m, um, familiar with that JustStayFocusedKeepYourEyesSteady mantra to keep from upchucking into the nearest potted palm.
(Doesn’t always work, so there’s still a chance.)
(“Is there a doctor in the house? Price? Broun? Paul?”)
Arm The Homeless
Whats up with the red coat ladies? Are they like the red hat ladies we have around here?
Jim, Foolish Literalist
You think Boehner knows he was just applauding federally subsidized pre-K?
Omnes Omnibus
@WaterGirl: I did it as well.
Cain
@BGK: @BGK:
+1 – at the end of hte speech, he’s going to slam them all
Corner Stone
@Omnes Omnibus: He works for the king.
WereBear
According to the Guardian liveblog, “chance” is THE word tonight.
Also, that the speech is running on a tenth grade reading level.
Implied joke about Congress.
raven
@SiubhanDuinne: Coburn
SiubhanDuinne
@Jim, Foolish Literalist:
I think if Boehner scratches his elbow it’s because he has hemorrhoids.
jl
@Corner Stone: Yes. I just said that loudly the the talking picture machine here.
I think Obama really believes in that wrongheaded approach, just as he really believes in some out of date macroconomics. But he’s at least not as irritatingly folksy as Clinton when he talks about stuff I disagree with.
Violet
Guardian has the gif of “Son of a barkeep” and the thumbs up: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/28/obama-state-of-the-union-address-live#block-52e86884e4b0ce197bbb2510
SiubhanDuinne
@raven:
How could I forget?
Omnes Omnibus
@Corner Stone: Yeah, you won’t find me praising Obama’s education policies.
Baud
@SiubhanDuinne:
has hemorrhoids or is hemorrhoids?
mdblanche
@Jim, Foolish Literalist: I doubt Boehner even realizes where he is at this point.
divF
@raven:
You ask for a doctor, with Coburn you get a quack. Or is it shyster ?
Corner Stone
“Michelle and I want every child to have the same chance Kenya gave me…I mean…”
Cain
John Cole starts a non-SOTU thread. *sigh*
Corner Stone
Equality, bitches!
Anya
@raven: Is he giving a response? I honestly lost count.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
@Baud: that’s why I went with “piles”
jl
OK, some equal time for commies in the SOTU. Disseminating False Doctrine again. Impeach!
Violet
Mad Men!
aangus
-john the great @HERETICkler 3m
Boehner: “I’m sorry, I missed everything you said after ‘bar'” #RawSOTU
Baud
Mad men — Pop culture reference!
Next up: Game of Thrones.
Cain
Love hearing all the women cheering!
Corner Stone
“I love you women!!”
/Obama
raven
@divF: He’s a fucking genius compared to that jackass that is my congressman.
SiubhanDuinne
@Aji:
I hope he says “opportunity” many times!
There! He said it again!
Mike E
Mad Men ftw.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
Even Boner had to chuckle at the “Mad Men” crack
ETA: Lindsey too, Ted Cruz just looks like he’s got Cantor’s disease
divF
@Jim, Foolish Literalist:
You could have just written, “Avoid surgery!”
ETA: Waiting quietly to see if anyone has any idea of what I’m talking about.
trollhattan
Roger Sterling wants president to butt the hell out.
raven
@Anya: No but the list of puke invitees is ugly.
Comrade Mary
@Baud:
Well, it won’t be “Winter is coming.”
wil
Anybody else think he’s talking way too fast? Seems like he’s racing through this.
Violet
Dude with earrings! Wingnuts lose their shit.
Keith G
Makes more dough….get it?
raven
@wil: Wouldn’t you? Fuck this stupid shit.
Baud
Costco!
SiubhanDuinne
@Baud:
We’ll, if he doesn’t know his ass from his elbow….
Corner Stone
Executive Orders up in this hizzy!!
dmsilev
@Comrade Mary: I live in Chicago. Winter is already here.
Mike E
1010 winz!
max
@SiubhanDuinne: It could happen. I’m, um, familiar with that JustStayFocusedKeepYourEyesSteady mantra to keep from upchucking into the nearest potted palm. (Doesn’t always work, so there’s still a chance.)
So am, although it’s been a decade or, uh, two. I usually made that expression while trying to walk to the bathroom.
max
[‘Josh Marshall says Boehner has transitioned from dayglo orange to beet red. So there’s hope!’]
WaterGirl
@wil: I kind of like the tempo of his speech tonight. It’s more like he’s talking than making a stilted speech.
Baud
Demand-side economics FTW.
mdblanche
@wil: He’s standing in front of the son of a barkeep. You wouldn’t want to be standing there any longer than you need to there either.
Corner Stone
“Give America a Raise!”
Baud
@WaterGirl:
It’s different, but I like it too.
Cassidy
@Baud: Wish. A wedding reenactment would be nice.
Anya
The Rude Pundit @rudepundit 4m
Isn’t the subtext of this speech “I’ve given up on you motherfuckers in Congress. Here’s some little shit I can do”?
JPL
Who is this guy talking?
Corner Stone
Rubio name check!
JGabriel
Republicans REALLY don’t like this talk of raising the minimum wage.
Comrade Mary
“[Just] Say Yes!”
Jim, Foolish Literalist
Boner did NOT like that “Join the rest of the country” line
Mnemosyne
@Jim, Foolish Literalist:
I dunno. The Polar Vortex and Massive West Coast Drought combination is freaking a lot of people out who otherwise would be standing around the watercooler going, They say there’s global warming but it’s cold outside, har har.
Baud
Rubio just lost the nomination! haha
dmsilev
One nice thing about the death of that silly “sit with the opposing party” idea is that you can clearly see when one party likes an idea and one doesn’t. Such as when all Democrats applaud the idea of raising the minimum wage and all Republicans think the idea is horrific.
Paula
Weird context to deliver a Mad Men reference.
SiubhanDuinne
@max:
Some day, when there’s a boring open thread up, ask me about the Black Russians and the potted palms at the Rainbow Room in Rock Center.
Violet
@WaterGirl: I like the speed of the speech too. He seems energetic.
Corner Stone
My RA? Say what, now?
MomSense
MyRA?
Interesting.
trollhattan
MyRA? Myra? I’maRA?
Elizabelle
Automatic IRA on the job.
Yes, yes, yes.
WaterGirl
@Baud: It has the energy of his campaign speeches. I think he’s excited that he’s (maybe) figured out a way he’s not completely stuck because of congress.
Baud
@Corner Stone:
Yeah, someone flubbed that one. Dumb ass bureaucrats.
Anya
@raven: They have no shame. I just don’t understand why the media doesn’t shame them.
Omnes Omnibus
@Violet: Enthused.
SiubhanDuinne
@Anya:
Subtext? Pretty blatant, the way I’m hearing it.
Comrade Mary
Doesn’t exactly dance trippingly off the tongue. May also bring back bad, bad memories of res life for some people.
Keith G
In the speech, I wish he would add how in the aggregate, an increased minimum wage does not decrease employment. That needs to be repeated on the record again and again.
Comrade Mary
OK, here is where he cheers for his soshulistic death panel boondoggle.
SiubhanDuinne
“That’s what health care insurance is all about.”
PREACH.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
@WaterGirl: I agree, I like the pace
Elizabelle
@Anya:
Yup. And more and more of the country sees that. MSM will be the last to notice.
I like our chances better in the midterms than the do-nothings.
Corner Stone
Not a big fan of a way to funnel more people’s money into the stock market scammery.
yet another jeff
On day 6, she had emergency surgery. Poor Salome Grundy…
Cain
wow, no republicans stood up.. come on guys, even with pre-existing conditions?
trollhattan
“Ze-ro”
dmsilev
Obama: No more denial of health insurance due to preexisting conditions
GOP: Stony silence.
mdblanche
Republicans really hate that whole getting rid of preexisting conditions thing.
Anoniminous
This is darn close to a campaign speech. Is Obama setting-up for the mid-term elections?
Arm The Homeless
Who is the bald guy with the yellow tie near Sebelius? He has a serious derp face.
Someone turn off your damn phone!!
Baud
Come up with something better. I triple dog dare you.
Elizabelle
Healthcare.
Boehner might need it. Looks like a migraine.
“Now, I do not expect to convince my Republican friends on the merits of this law.”
Cut to smiling Kathleen Sebelius.
Corner Stone
Somebody just got fucking *faced* re: healthcare.
Facejob, punks!
Randy P
He really is getting the digs in. Let’s not have 40 more repeal Obamacare votes.
Lotsa luck with that hope, Mr. President.
Comrade Mary
Hee!
trollhattan
Well now, do I hear vote fifty on the way?
Violet
YES! Call them out on those stupid votes to repeal healthcare law.
Rommie
Wow, that’s as close to FU as you’ll get from POTUS.
dmsilev
Big shit-eating grin on Biden’s face. Meanwhile, Boehner looks like he just swallowed a frog or something.
Keith G
@trollhattan: I am holding out for the MyRA the can transferred – the MyRA Breckinridge
Old Dan and Little Ann
The first forty were plenty. lol…
Corner Stone
Kentucky up in this hizzy!!
jl
Insulting House GOP Dignity and Causing a Riot in the Chamber, more counts for the impeachment.
JGabriel
Let’s not have another 40 votes to repeal a law that’s already helping millions of Americans!
Well, that was a pretty unmistakable Fuck You to the House.
WaterGirl
@dmsilev:
I know! What is wrong with these people?
catclub
so no mentions of Pete Seeger?
mdblanche
@Anoniminous: Is the Pope a socialist? Is the Speaker drunk?
Arm The Homeless
Call your mom!
Elizabelle
@Anoniminous:
Yes. And Democrats: spine up and get with the program.
Now: shout out to Governor Steve Beshear.
And now: help them get covered by March 31.
Obama is the grownup in the room.
Corner Stone
I hope he namechecks The Turtle next.
catclub
@JGabriel: 32 or 33 is probably ok, though.
raven
@catclub: We had a nice gathering after work in his honor.
Randy P
Did the Republicans just applaud “everybody’s right to vote”?
jl
Inciting Voter Fraud. Obama is evil.
trollhattan
@Keith G:
It’s the Raquel Welch of savings plans.
Baud
A little MLK rhythm there.
Comrade Mary
@Corner Stone: It appears to be a semi-guaranteed investment, not a mutual fund: “It’s a new savings bond that encourages folks to build a nest egg. MyRA guarantees a decent return with no risk of losing what you put in.”
Corner Stone
This Obama guy is all over the freakin’ map at this point!
wil
Looks like he’s relaxing and slowing down some.
mdblanche
@Elizabelle:
This.
WaterGirl
@catclub: I think the Pete Seeger comments will come toward the end of this speech.
trollhattan
“Nobody [with three forms of photo ID] shall take more than thirty minutes to vote.]”
House version of bill
Elizabelle
Standing up for the lives that gun violence takes every day.
Citizenship demands a sense of common purpose.
Terrific speech.
raven
It sucks that these assholes get the text of his speech ahead of time.
Omnes Omnibus
Voting rights then guns? He is hitting everything.
Helen
I am bizarrely loving this speech. I usually hate them because all Presidents sound so stilted, but he is on a roll.
Also he’s doing some serious wing-nut trolling. Saying the he and Michelle are gonna help men of color get jobs. Holy crap that is A-1 super duper trolling.
Corner Stone
@Comrade Mary: Looking forward to hearing more. No one gets a decent return with no risk.
trollhattan
“Diplomats! Benghazi!”
magurakurin
@Corner Stone:
sounded like it was a way to buy US Savings bonds, but maybe I missed something, I’ve been in and out of the room doing stuff
mdblanche
“Lost my place. I’ll just mention the troops. The five minutes of applause should give me a chance to remember.”
Keith G
@trollhattan: Its a DD grade investment.
raven
@wil: He wasn’t rattled, he knows exactly what he is doing.
Anne Laurie
New SotU post up, atop John’s, for the device-readers who can’t load TBogg-lvel threads.
aangus
TBogg @tbogg 37s
Obama talking about the military. Now it’s okay for Republicans to clap without being primaried. #RawSOTU
Arm The Homeless
Does the military rear echelon not get to clap about ending wars?
Aji
@SiubhanDuinne: LOL – we were watching my alma mater win in O/T. While changing the channel to MSNBC, Wings said, “Let’s hear what Mr. Opportunity has to say.” And lo and behold, the first words out of his mouth:
“OPPORTUNITY! is what this country’s all about!”
And we were ROTFLOAO.
Violet
I think that was Lindsey Graham they just showed, but his face was so puffy I almost didn’t recognize him.
trollhattan
@Keith G:
Heh–bonds and discipline.
Elizabelle
@Anne Laurie:
Thank you. Heading for it.
Loving spending SOTU night with the BJ community.
Elizabelle
@Anne Laurie:
Thank you. Heading for it.
Loving spending SOTU night with the BJ community.
Comrade Mary
@Corner Stone: It’s more of a guarantee not to lose principal than to get x% return. Not the best investment strategy in the world — yes, some risk is necessary for that mythical million at retirement — but at worst, it’s getting people to regularly deposit some money in a savings account. Very much baby steps.
wil
@raven: Never said he was rattled, but early part of speech was too fast #publicspeaking.
Better cadence now.
SiubhanDuinne
@trollhattan:
Yep. That was a major nose-thumbing to the BenghaziBenghaziBenghazi!! folks.
Keith G
@Corner Stone: Who mentioned that is was a decent return? I bet the purchase price can be deducted from taxable income.
Cain
+1 Obama , shut down Guantanamo!
Omnes Omnibus
@Arm The Homeless: No, they don’t.
SiubhanDuinne
@Aji:
Fantastic!!
Keith G
@trollhattan: We probably have beaten this to death.
Corner Stone
@Keith G: The quote Comrade Mary put in:
“MyRA guarantees a decent return with no risk of losing what you put in.”
I have not had any time to see significant details. Just don’t want a Democratic version of privatized 401K’s.
Comrade Mary
HEY GUYS WE’RE ALL IN THE OTHER THREAD AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE THANK YOU!!
El Caganer
“Speaker Bohner, what’s your first reaction to the President’s address?”
“Well, I….BLARRRGGGGGGGGHHHH. Shit. Must’ve been something I ate.”
El Caganer
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