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You are here: Home / Open Threads / President Biden Speaks in Prime Time on Thursday (LIVE) at 8:00 PM

President Biden Speaks in Prime Time on Thursday (LIVE) at 8:00 PM

by WaterGirl|  September 1, 20227:40 pm| 123 Comments

This post is in: Biden Administration in Action, Open Threads

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Dark Brandon is scheduled to speak at 8 pm!

From the Washington Post

President Biden will deliver a prime-time address Thursday on the fight for democracy in America and “the continued battle for the soul of the nation,” a White House official said Monday, an address that is likely to confirm his growing rhetorical emphasis on the anti-democratic forces he sees as capturing much of the Republican Party.

Speaking at Philadelphia’s Independence National Historical Park, the president is expected to highlight his administration’s achievements and argue that the country’s democratic values will be at stake during the midterm elections.

“He will talk about the progress we have made as a nation to protect our democracy, but how our rights and freedoms are still under attack,” the official said. “He will make clear who is fighting for those rights, fighting for those freedoms, and fighting for our democracy.” The official spoke on the condition of anonymity to preview the content of the speech.

Biden in recent days has adopted a message for the midterm elections that includes fiery denunciations of what he calls the authoritarian strains in the Republican Party, notably during a speech last Thursday saying many in the GOP had turned toward “semi-fascism.” He added that the “MAGA Republicans,” as he called them, “embrace political violence. They don’t believe in America.”

While Biden has touched on such themes before, the full-throated nature of the speech was a change from a message that had more often stressed his legislative accomplishments.

Thursday’s speech is not billed as a political event, and given its character as a prime-time presidential address, Biden may avoid some of his sharper denunciations.

The need to restore America’s basic values, including democracy and the rule of law, has been a theme of Biden’s presidency from the beginning. He has cited it as the reason he decided to run in 2020, describing his horror at the march of white supremacists in Charlottesville in 2017, and President Donald Trump’s comment afterward that there were “very fine people on both sides.”

Biden at times has suggested a central way to combat anti-democratic forces is to show that democracy and governing can work. That prompted some Democrats to complain that he was shying away from forcefully denouncing Trump and other Republicans who falsely claimed the last election was rigged and who may be laying the groundwork to challenge future legitimate elections.

But now Biden appears to be seeking to meld the two messages — saying “MAGA Republicans” are trying to destroy democracy, and Democrats and traditional Republicans are getting things done.

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  1. 1.

    Baud

    September 1, 2022 at 7:43 pm

    I hope he wears a cape.

  2. 2.

    matt

    September 1, 2022 at 7:45 pm

    Fox’s Jeanine Pirro warns of violent “retaliation” from Republicans in reaction to Joe Biden’s speech

     

    He has a point.

  3. 3.

    Baud

    September 1, 2022 at 7:47 pm

    @matt:

    Predicting violence will be their go-to response to anything the Dems do from now on.

  4. 4.

    Steeplejack

    September 1, 2022 at 7:48 pm

    Oh, FFS—the poetic oratory of Kevin McCarthy.

    This season’s writers have gone nuts.

  5. 5.

    CaseyL

    September 1, 2022 at 7:53 pm

    @matt: Violence is their go-to. Not just the 3%ers & Co.: the whole RW media apparatus.

    Gotta step on that, fast and hard.  I hope Biden says something to that effect tonight.

  6. 6.

    dmsilev

    September 1, 2022 at 7:54 pm

    @Baud: The Dark Brandon Rises.

  7. 7.

    HumboldtBlue

    September 1, 2022 at 7:55 pm

    The White House press corps continues to be terrible.

  8. 8.

    matt

    September 1, 2022 at 7:56 pm

    @Baud: It’s kind of preposterous watching all of these ultimate soft target pampered celebrities go around tossing around Mob threats on the TV.

  9. 9.

    Dan B

    September 1, 2022 at 7:59 pm

    @Steeplejack: WTF!?  Get that cord fixed stat!

     

    The Rosenbergs would like a word.

  10. 10.

    Elizabelle

    September 1, 2022 at 8:01 pm

    Ah, a musical interlude first.

    At least it’s cooler at this hour.

    @matt:   Judge Jeanine gonna throw a wine box?

  11. 11.

    Elizabelle

    September 1, 2022 at 8:02 pm

    Hail to the Chief.  The real one.

  12. 12.

    WaterGirl

    September 1, 2022 at 8:02 pm

    The zoom just ended, and it sounds like here comes Biden!

  13. 13.

    Bokonon

    September 1, 2022 at 8:02 pm

    Even before it happens, the GOP’s media wing is out in force, laying down partisan framing and calling Biden’s speech a disgrace and a provocation and a vicious act of partisanship.

    https://wapo.st/3B91ot8

    Yeah … look at that.  Look at the author.  It’s the very same Marc Thiessen who was the torture apologist when W. was President.  I guess he would know all about partisanship and disgrace.

  14. 14.

    WaterGirl

    September 1, 2022 at 8:03 pm

    I can’t listen to this song without hearing the song “Dave” sang to this tune in the shower in the movie Dave.

  15. 15.

    Elizabelle

    September 1, 2022 at 8:03 pm

    Love Jill’s jacket.  No florals tonight, for fighting fascism.  A military style.

  16. 16.

    WaterGirl

    September 1, 2022 at 8:03 pm

    Being outside reminds of the VP speech before 2020.

  17. 17.

    M31

    September 1, 2022 at 8:05 pm

    E Plebnista!!!!!!

  18. 18.

    Bunter

    September 1, 2022 at 8:06 pm

    @WaterGirl: I was just thinking that too!

  19. 19.

    H.E.Wolf

    September 1, 2022 at 8:07 pm

    @M31: Kind of shocking to realize that that episode of Star Trek aired 54 years ago!

  20. 20.

    Spanky

    September 1, 2022 at 8:08 pm

    @M31: No Yang holy words during the President’s speech!

  21. 21.

    M31

    September 1, 2022 at 8:09 pm

    @H.E.Wolf: lol back then the adversaries were Yanks and Commies, now it’s Yanks and Magats

  22. 22.

    Suzanne

    September 1, 2022 at 8:09 pm

    Maybe it’s tactically intelligent to attempt to separate the “MAGA Republicans” from the rest…. But IMO, if you still identify as a Republican, with everything we’ve endured…. you’re a MAGA Republican.

  23. 23.

    japa21

    September 1, 2022 at 8:09 pm

    This is not friendly Uncle Joe. I like this edition too.

  24. 24.

    Elizabelle

    September 1, 2022 at 8:09 pm

    He really does seem to be “threading the needle.”

  25. 25.

    SiubhanDuinne

    September 1, 2022 at 8:11 pm

    Joe is just name-checking TFG and MAGAts all.the.fuck.over.the.place, and I am — as the kids say — here for it!

  26. 26.

    HumboldtBlue

    September 1, 2022 at 8:11 pm

    He’s doing a good job of slicing off maga and addressing any remaining sensible gopers.

  27. 27.

    Eunicecycle

    September 1, 2022 at 8:11 pm

    @Elizabelle: I think he is, too.

  28. 28.

    SpaceUnit

    September 1, 2022 at 8:11 pm

    I may have to actually watch Fox News tonight just to watch the heads exploding.

  29. 29.

    japa21

    September 1, 2022 at 8:12 pm

    @HumboldtBlue: ​
     There aren’t a lot of them, but enough to matter.

  30. 30.

    Elizabelle

    September 1, 2022 at 8:12 pm

    Ed O’Keefe of CBS looked at this speech and saw a problem?

    Uh huh.  He has just shown his stripes.

  31. 31.

    M31

    September 1, 2022 at 8:13 pm

    @SpaceUnit:

    Fox News tonight: “It’s Pumpkin Spice Season! What’s the best new taste out there? Tune in to find out”

  32. 32.

    bbleh

    September 1, 2022 at 8:13 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne: Moi aussi!  (Oh damn, that’s cheese-eater language.) Uhhh … yeah, whooo!

  33. 33.

    matt

    September 1, 2022 at 8:14 pm

    This is remarkable!

  34. 34.

    M31

    September 1, 2022 at 8:14 pm

    hmmm “Mainstream” vs. “Maga” republicans — given the few reasonable ones out there an out

  35. 35.

    wenchacha

    September 1, 2022 at 8:14 pm

    Networks not showing this? Fuck that.

  36. 36.

    Layer8Problem

    September 1, 2022 at 8:14 pm

    @Elizabelle:  After she violently hurls the wine box she just finished off, she’s going to violently hurl onto someone’s shoes.

  37. 37.

    SpaceUnit

    September 1, 2022 at 8:14 pm

    @M31:

    Ha.  Yeah, that’s a possibility too.

  38. 38.

    different-church-lady

    September 1, 2022 at 8:15 pm

    @Baud: “I’ll kill you for saying that” is a hell of a way of proving you’re not anti-democracy.​

  39. 39.

    Elizabelle

    September 1, 2022 at 8:15 pm

    Call him out!  Lamprey Lindsey Graham.

  40. 40.

    M31

    September 1, 2022 at 8:15 pm

    “Political violence is never an appropriate tool!” — Joe Biden

    Inappropriate tools Newt Gingrich and Donald Trump disagree

  41. 41.

    SiubhanDuinne

    September 1, 2022 at 8:16 pm

    Also, I don’t know if anybody has mentioned this, but the woman who is the WH primary sign language interpreter is really good. I mean, I’m not hard of hearing and I don’t know a scrap of ASL, but I love her facial expressions. She brings the same emotions as Joe does.

  42. 42.

    Jackie

    September 1, 2022 at 8:17 pm

    Georgia U.S. Senate candidate Herschel Walker (R) said that inflation affects women more than men because “they gotta buy groceries.”

    Good thing men don’t grocery shop! ://🤦🏼‍♀️

  43. 43.

    SpaceUnit

    September 1, 2022 at 8:17 pm

    If Joe uses the word fascism I’m gonna have a drink.  Maybe two.

  44. 44.

    Elizabelle

    September 1, 2022 at 8:17 pm

    @wenchacha:   The networks aren’t showing this?  Jebus.

    Fucking MSM.

  45. 45.

    Sister Golden Bear

    September 1, 2022 at 8:17 pm

    Dark Brandon is outta fucks to give.

  46. 46.

    Cameron

    September 1, 2022 at 8:17 pm

    @HumboldtBlue: And all five of them are cheering him on.

  47. 47.

    bbleh

    September 1, 2022 at 8:18 pm

    “… they LOST.”

    Awwww yeah!

  48. 48.

    HumboldtBlue

    September 1, 2022 at 8:18 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne: See? It’s not just me!

    The facial expressions on the sign interpreter are hilarious. She’s making the faces Joe wishes he could while giving this speech.​

  49. 49.

    Edmund Dantes

    September 1, 2022 at 8:18 pm

    @Suzanne: trying to claim majority of republicans are not MAGA is arguing facts not in evidence. Is he saying the majority of Republican voters stay home leaving the MAGA republicans to dominate primaries? Cause that’s the only way that argument works.

  50. 50.

    Steeplejack

    September 1, 2022 at 8:19 pm

    @Elizabelle:

    Remora.

  51. 51.

    wenchacha

    September 1, 2022 at 8:19 pm

    @Elizabelle:  I checked around. Not even P effing BS. I am angry.

  52. 52.

    SiubhanDuinne

    September 1, 2022 at 8:23 pm

    @Elizabelle:

    Jill’s not a fashionista, nor does she aspire to be, but she is always appropriate to the occasion. And unlike her predecessor as FLOTUS, Dr. Jill wears her clothes, her clothes don’t wear her. I adore Michelle and always will, and Hillary is something special — but I don’t think I’ve ever felt as connected to a First Lady as I do to Jill Biden.

  53. 53.

    bbleh

    September 1, 2022 at 8:24 pm

    @Elizabelle: @wenchacha: Minor thing imho.  What will matter is the subsequent reporting and commentary.  And (going out on a limb here) I think there will be some of that.

  54. 54.

    bbleh

    September 1, 2022 at 8:24 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne: Philly rules.

  55. 55.

    raven

    September 1, 2022 at 8:25 pm

    @Edmund Dantes: He ain’t “claiming” shit, he’s trying to sway some of them on the fence,

  56. 56.

    Sister Golden Bear

    September 1, 2022 at 8:25 pm

    [Dark Brandon in Corvette.gif]

    “Get in patriots, we’re gonna save democracy”

  57. 57.

    raven

    September 1, 2022 at 8:25 pm

    @bbleh: Don’r ruin the fun.

  58. 58.

    Elizabelle

    September 1, 2022 at 8:25 pm

    @bbleh:   I hope so.

    I hope this isn’t “we didn’t show it, so we don’t have to address it.”

    First they came for the voters … but I had to broadcast Real Housewives of ____ because … $$$

  59. 59.

    M31

    September 1, 2022 at 8:26 pm

    “I call upon Gritty to kick every MAGA Republican in the balls, now and forever, as our Founders intended”

  60. 60.

    geg6

    September 1, 2022 at 8:26 pm

    @Edmund Dantes:

    I know you probably know this but you aren’t the audience for that line.  I don’t really believe most Republicans or Republican learners want to kill us.  Yes, a large percentage of them do but the ones I know aren’t strapping on an assault rifle getting ready to mow us down in the streets.  We and the President have to try to peel off the ones who are disgusted by their fellow GOPers or we’re all in for a world of hurt.  He’s right to try to appeal to them while condemning the radicals among them.  Does it work?  Who knows but we have to try.

  61. 61.

    Suzanne

    September 1, 2022 at 8:27 pm

    @Edmund Dantes: He’s trying to rhetorically divide MAGA and “mainstream” Republicans. It is probably a good strategy; creating that mental space to differentiate is important.

    But I don’t feel great about it. Republicans — all who remain at this point — are essentially good Germans. You watched that four-year hellscape and you’d still rather belong to the GOP?! GTFO.

  62. 62.

    bbleh

    September 1, 2022 at 8:27 pm

    @M31: Lol

  63. 63.

    M31

    September 1, 2022 at 8:28 pm

    “DEMOCRACY! Thank you”

     

    good ending

  64. 64.

    bbleh

    September 1, 2022 at 8:28 pm

    @Elizabelle: Naw, the talking heads will be bloviating over this for days.  That was a stemwinder and no mistake.

  65. 65.

    Elizabelle

    September 1, 2022 at 8:28 pm

    Can’t wait for the next J6 hearings.

  66. 66.

    John Revolta

    September 1, 2022 at 8:30 pm

    @raven: This. Biden knows that not all Repubs are crazy about Trump and MAGAhood, and he’s telling them “I’m not talking about you when I call out these enemies of America”. It’s good strategy- divide and conquer.

  67. 67.

    Elizabelle

    September 1, 2022 at 8:31 pm

    @Suzanne:  If Biden can get enough “good Republicans” to stay home, and not vote for the election liars and other extremists because they’ve got an R behind their name, that could work.

    Divide them.  Put them on record.  Don’t let the voters sleepwalk into this election, as the Ed O’Keefes of the world would prefer.

  68. 68.

    SpaceUnit

    September 1, 2022 at 8:32 pm

    Again no teleprompter.  Anyone who claims Joe is too old for the job can suck it.

  69. 69.

    HumboldtBlue

    September 1, 2022 at 8:33 pm

    @M31:

    While Franklin, the Phanatic and Swoop steal their lunch money.

    @SpaceUnit:

    There were teleprompters there.

  70. 70.

    RandomMonster

    September 1, 2022 at 8:34 pm

    I thought he spoke better than I’ve ever heard him speak. That said, he could have edited out the last 1/3 and ended stronger for it.

  71. 71.

    different-church-lady

    September 1, 2022 at 8:35 pm

    I don’t know what the results of this will be. But it has made me realize we couldn’t let the rot fester any longer. If we leave this infection untreated the whole thing goes systemic.

  72. 72.

    RandomMonster

    September 1, 2022 at 8:36 pm

    @SpaceUnit: Huh? There was a teleprompter. No shame in that either.

  73. 73.

    matt

    September 1, 2022 at 8:37 pm

    Well I liked it. I’d like to see something like this every week. Bully Pulpit.

  74. 74.

    SiubhanDuinne

    September 1, 2022 at 8:38 pm

    @HumboldtBlue:

    She’s really wonderful. I have no idea who she is (I mean even her name) but I really wish some enterprising feature writer would interview her, give us some of her backstory. I have a sense it would be a fascinating read. I have a further sense that I would absolutely love to sit with her for hours over many glasses of red wine. She just comes across as utterly likeable and interesting.

  75. 75.

    SpaceUnit

    September 1, 2022 at 8:38 pm

    @RandomMonster:

    Was there?  I didn’t notice it.  He definitely wasn’t using one during yesterday’s event.

     

    ETA:  I just rewatched the beginning.  You’re right.  My bad.

  76. 76.

    MazeDancer

    September 1, 2022 at 8:39 pm

    Equality! Opportunity! Democracy!

    Mr. Biden got me unapologetically fired up for my beloved Real America.

  77. 77.

    HumboldtBlue

    September 1, 2022 at 8:44 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne:

    I’ll bring the beer.

  78. 78.

    Suzanne

    September 1, 2022 at 8:48 pm

    @Elizabelle: You’re right…. It’s probably good strategy.

    But I’m still really, really salty about it. I don’t want to let anyone who ever voted for Trump feel off the hook about it. If they sucked up their misgivings about MAGA because they want tax cuts…. they’re bad and I want them to feel bad.

  79. 79.

    Origuy

    September 1, 2022 at 8:50 pm

    There’s a comedy duo called Moonie and Broon that do the Renaissance Faire circuit. Some of their shows have an ASL interpreter. They are always trying to see what the interpreter will do with their jokes. In one memorable episode, one of them said the phrase “my nipples explode with delight.” The interpreter, a young woman in Ren Faire garb, put her fists to her breasts and extended both forefingers. The two comedians were on the floor for several minutes.

  80. 80.

    The Thin Black Duke

    September 1, 2022 at 8:51 pm

    @SpaceUnit: Reading a teleprompter ain’t that easy.

  81. 81.

    Amir Khalid

    September 1, 2022 at 8:53 pm

    That was a great speech, a call to arms (figuratively speaking, of course) in defense* of democracy. I’m curious to see how the MAGA Republican and their appeasers display their hurt fee-fees.

    * I was so inspired by Biden’s passion and urgency that my spelling turned American for a moment.

  82. 82.

    The Thin Black Duke

    September 1, 2022 at 8:53 pm

    @Suzanne: Don’t worry. If we keep the House and the Senate, those soulless MFs are gonna feel awful.

  83. 83.

    Mike in NC

    September 1, 2022 at 8:55 pm

    Republicans gave up on free and fair elections in 2020. They must never be allowed back in power.

  84. 84.

    Elizabelle

    September 1, 2022 at 8:55 pm

    @different-church-lady:

    It has made me realize we couldn’t let the rot fester any longer.

    Very good point.  Ignoring it wouldn’t have any chance of a good outcome.

    Time to take the gloves off and call it what it is. And it is rot.

  85. 85.

    Steeplejack

    September 1, 2022 at 8:56 pm

    @Amir Khalid:

    I was so inspired by Biden’s passion and urgency that my spelling turned American for a moment.

    Thank you for your cultural sensitivity. 😹

  86. 86.

    Suzanne

    September 1, 2022 at 8:58 pm

    @The Thin Black Duke: I have not forgiven the people who voted for Trump, for any reason. The people who understood that he was unfit but voted for him anyway… I have some special contempt for them.

  87. 87.

    SpaceUnit

    September 1, 2022 at 8:58 pm

    @The Thin Black Duke:

    Yeah, I’ve actually worked with them in the past.  It takes a good deal of practice and skill to actually operate those things and keep the text scrolling along at the correct pace.  Especially if you’ve got a speaker who’s prone to wandering off-script.

  88. 88.

    dm

    September 1, 2022 at 9:01 pm

    Referring to the protesters with the bull-horn, Biden said, “Good manners are something they’ve never suffered”. He worked them into his speech at a couple of points, making them illustrations of the ideals of free speech and the ability to criticize the government.

  89. 89.

    Geminid

    September 1, 2022 at 9:06 pm

    @Elizabelle: If Biden gets Republicans to stay home that’s good. If a few vote Democratic that’s all the better.

    It’s the Independents who will decide many races in purple states and districts, and this speech might help with that group. They are already shifting Democratic; today the Wall Street Journal reported on a poll showing a 15 point shift among Independents since March. Back then Republicans led by 12% on a generic ballot. Now a comparable poll shows Democrats leading 38-35% among Independents.

  90. 90.

    prostratedragon

    September 1, 2022 at 9:09 pm

    @Edmund Dantes:  On MSNBC they pointed out that it’s billed as a Presidential speech, not a campaign speech. In the latter he might call out any and all Republicans. For consistency in some ledger or something somewhere, things like that might actually matter.

  91. 91.

    Kropacetic

    September 1, 2022 at 9:12 pm

    @Suzanne: But IMO, if you still identify as a Republican, with everything we’ve endured…. you’re a MAGA Republican.

    Sometimes those with doubts but haven’t made the jump need an off ramp

  92. 92.

    RaflW

    September 1, 2022 at 9:13 pm

    Tons of grotesque pundit/cable anchor freakout that Biden is keeping on with his anti-MAGA rhetoric.

    So many problems with that. But the inherent, gross bias that it is incumbent on Democrats to ‘return to tradition’ after Trump rampaged over them all (and his party continues to break thru them).

    It’s frankly a sickness. It’s a wish for our broken politics to heal only by Democrat magic.

  93. 93.

    eversor

    September 1, 2022 at 9:16 pm

    @RaflW:

    We have never been able to call out any of “the groups” that make up the Republican party

  94. 94.

    different-church-lady

    September 1, 2022 at 9:18 pm

    @Kropacetic: ​
      We’re about seven exchanges past sane; if you haven’t used a ramp yet you’re not going to.

  95. 95.

    RaflW

    September 1, 2022 at 9:18 pm

    @prostratedragon: Huh.

    Reuters July 4, 2020

    WASHINGTON – U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday vowed to defeat the “radical left,” in an Independence Day speech at the White House that condemned recent protests against monuments to historical figures as attempts to destroy the United States. …

    Trump’s Fourth of July remarks doubled down on his speech the previous evening at Mount Rushmore in South Dakota where he accused “angry mobs” of trying to erase history and painted himself as a bulwark against left-wing extremism.

  96. 96.

    Baud

    September 1, 2022 at 9:18 pm

    @RaflW:

    First Biden came for the fascists
    And I stomped my feet because I thought he might raise my taxes next….

  97. 97.

    zhena gogolia

    September 1, 2022 at 9:19 pm

    Not really OT, people were asking about Stacey Abrams earlier today, and I just got this, FWIW:

    Stacey Abrams for Governor
    Susanne, we wanted our grassroots supporters to hear directly from us — we just released a brand-new internal poll:

    Stacey Abrams: 46%
    Brian Kemp: 48%
    (Source:Internal Polling 9.1.22)

    This latest poll shows Stacey is statistically tied with Brian Kemp. And to break it down even more: Stacey has surged since our last internal poll in May and closed the gap by 6 points.

  98. 98.

    Baud

    September 1, 2022 at 9:22 pm

    @zhena gogolia:

    👍

  99. 99.

    Suzanne

    September 1, 2022 at 9:23 pm

    @Kropacetic: Sometimes those with doubts but haven’t made the jump need an off ramp

     
    I know, and yet I hate these people for their weakness. Failing the easiest moral test of them all.

  100. 100.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    September 1, 2022 at 9:24 pm

    @zhena gogolia:

    — we just released a brand-new internal poll:

    interesting, those fabled “internals”. As I understand, they’re much more detailed, careful and expensive than the ones you usually see, which last is the reason the big news outfits don’t do them. The O’Bros have done a few over the years.

  101. 101.

    phdesmond

    September 1, 2022 at 9:26 pm

    @Baud:

    The Former Georgia Speaker

    is headed for a squeaker.

  102. 102.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    September 1, 2022 at 9:26 pm

    @different-church-lady:

    if you haven’t used a ramp yet you’re not going to.

    I don’t know. I believe Liz Cheney was fine with trump right up to 1/6. I can’t remember seeing her say if she voted for him in 2020 or not

  103. 103.

    Nettoyeur

    September 1, 2022 at 9:26 pm

    @HumboldtBlue: The Anger Translator!

  104. 104.

    geg6

    September 1, 2022 at 9:27 pm

    @Suzanne:

    I agree, but it’s a feeling that’s not very productive at the moment.  But the time may yet come.

  105. 105.

    Baud

    September 1, 2022 at 9:30 pm

    @Suzanne:

     

    @geg6:

    Agreed

  106. 106.

    OGLiberal

    September 1, 2022 at 9:32 pm

    I just watched the cop in Columbus murder a unarmed sleeping guy without even looking before he shot….while holding an excited dog in the other hand.  I’m overwhelmed with hate for that man and the people who enable him.  It’s beyond anger at this point – I hate them.

  107. 107.

    Suzanne

    September 1, 2022 at 9:32 pm

    @geg6: I’m not a consensus-builder. I have other fine qualities.

  108. 108.

    prostratedragon

    September 1, 2022 at 9:33 pm

    @zhena gogolia: ​
    Go Stacy!
    Go Stacy!

    From TheLatestHat replies:

    pic.twitter.com/pmtoueWaBC
    — td1439 (@td1439) September 2, 2022

  109. 109.

    phdesmond

    September 1, 2022 at 9:33 pm

    @phdesmond:

    “Speaker” should actually be “House Minority Leader for the Georgia General Assembly.”

    which doesn’t rhyme as well.

  110. 110.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    September 1, 2022 at 9:34 pm

    @prostratedragon: That’s great!

    ETA: also, I just have to tell everyone that Cheap Trick is trending in the year of our lord 2022. We’re all all right!

  111. 111.

    Sister Golden Bear

    September 1, 2022 at 9:43 pm

    “They’re losing their minds? Fuck ’em. Let’s go get some ice cream.”

  112. 112.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    September 1, 2022 at 9:46 pm

    Mary Peltola coming up on the Alex Wagner program

  113. 113.

    phdesmond

    September 1, 2022 at 9:47 pm

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist:

    the interesting question seems to be the november election.

  114. 114.

    David 🌈 ☘The Establishment☘🌈 Koch

    September 1, 2022 at 9:50 pm

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist: ​
      you say that, while the dream police are at my door

  115. 115.

    HumboldtBlue

    September 1, 2022 at 9:58 pm

    @Nettoyeur: ​ 

    Exactly.

  116. 116.

    O. Felix Culpa

    September 1, 2022 at 10:12 pm

    Just watched the speech. Joe at his best. Anecdotally, I see that some Republicans are peeling away. We need to continue working the margins (and the refs) and turning out in numbers. That’s how we save our democracy.

  117. 117.

    O. Felix Culpa

    September 1, 2022 at 10:17 pm

    Heh. It looks like ol’ Newt might get his turn in the barrel (WaPo):
    Jan. 6 committee asks former speaker Newt Gingrich to sit for interview

    The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection issued a request to interview former House speaker Newt Gingrich on Thursday.

    The request from Committee Chairman Bennie G. Thompson (D-Miss.) cited evidence obtained by the committee showing Gingrich was in communication with senior advisers to President Donald Trump, including Jared Kushner and Jason Miller, regarding television advertisements that amplified false claims about fraud in the 2020 election.

    “These advertising efforts were not designed to encourage voting for a particular candidate. Instead, these efforts attempted to cast doubt on the outcome of the election after voting had already taken place,” Thompson said in a letter to Gingrich giving notice of the request for an interview. “They encouraged members of the public to contact their state officials and pressure them to challenge and overturn the results of the election. To that end, these advertisements were intentionally aired in the days leading up to December 14, 2020, the day electors from each state met to cast their votes for president and vice president.”

    Thompson also wrote that the committee has obtained evidence that suggests Gingrich was involved in the fake elector plot designed to encourage Vice President Mike Pence and members of Congress to affect the outcome of the joint session of Congress on Jan. 6, 2021.

  118. 118.

    TS

    September 1, 2022 at 10:43 pm

    @Elizabelle:

    The networks aren’t showing this?  Jebus.

    And how many times did they show empty arenas waiting for TFG to appear? US media really believes in the RW right to rule.

  119. 119.

    JoyceH

    September 1, 2022 at 11:03 pm

    @O. Felix Culpa:

    Anecdotally, I see that some Republicans are peeling away.

    Today I took my car in for annual inspection, and the garage waiting room television, that was always set to Fox before, was on the Weather Channel. Don’t know if that means my mechanic is having second thoughts, or if customers have complained. I guess at least the Weather Channel can’t be considered partisan.

  120. 120.

    Another Scott

    September 1, 2022 at 11:03 pm

    @John Revolta: +1

    Remember that Schiff said basically the same thing – the GQPers in Congress hate the MAGAts but they’re too afraid of them to stand up.  Biden is trying to help create a space for Republicans to have an alternative to TFGism.

    It was a good and important speech.

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  121. 121.

    JoyceH

    September 1, 2022 at 11:05 pm

    @O. Felix Culpa: I was seeing the news about Gingrich earlier – had we known before this that he was somehow involved in Fake Electors-a-lago? (Let’s do this – make -a-lago the new scandal suffix, replacing the old, tired -gate.)

  122. 122.

    Another Scott

    September 1, 2022 at 11:08 pm

    @SpaceUnit: There were giant monitors in the corners of the room in Wilkes-Barre yesterday that acted like teleprompters.  It worked very well.

    Biden likes to make digressions.  It’s good that he has a script to keep him on track.  Remember the horror of Bill Clinton going off-script for about 45 minutes on one of his SotU speeches.  ;-)

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  123. 123.

    sab

    September 2, 2022 at 7:11 am

    @JoyceH: I really like your “a-lago” framing. I hope it takes. Nixon was awful but he was a patriot. This is a whole new ballgame.

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