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Omnes Omnibus
Damn, he is coming out punching.
hrprogressive
Didn’t realize we had a new thread, but I’ll say again that Joe leading off with 1941 and Hitler and drawing a comparison to where we are in history now is a pretty powerful start.
It’s also absolutely telling that Fascist Moscow Mike won’t stand up for that. I wonder why.
BretH
Sounds strong!
japa21
One joke then right to it. Go Mr. President.
Suzanne
He needs to stop squinting. When he opens his eyes wide, he looks so much more alert and sharp.
brantl
Maybe he can smack the shit out of Mike Johnson and Bitch Mitch.
Soprano2
That fucker won’t stand up for not enabling Putin!
HumboldtBlue
Tell the fucking traitors, Joe.
Soprano2
Boy, he’s really pissed! Good!
Mike in NC
Pissing off the Republican traitors. Good!
TheronWare
All those fascist republican traitors!
Captain C
“You can’t love your country only if you win.”
Betty
Mike looks so uncomfortable.
Gin & Tonic
Joe is rolling!
Sister Golden Bear
@Omnes Omnibus: I’m loving it.
Soprano2
I love all the Democratic women dressed in white.
tokyocali (formerly tokyo ex-pat)
On WhiteHouse.gov YouTube, nearly 118,000 watching.
kalakal
This is no feeble, confused old man. This is a masterly display. Power and passion
japa21
Feeble, demented, weak, cowardly.
No, I’m not talking about Biden. We know who I’m talking about.
If he keeps this up throughout the speech it’ll be one of the best he’s ever made.
Betty
Hitting Trump and company where they hurt. And praising the VP. He is ready for this.
Miki
“You can’t love your country only when you win.”
Yup. Yup, yup, yup.
Why is this so hard to understand?
tokyocali (formerly tokyo ex-pat)
I hope the 6 Supreme Court Justices squirm in those front row seats.
zhena gogolia
I guess Cole’s not watching the speech.
hrprogressive
Holy shit he legitimately just told the Supremes off directly.
Who is this Joe Biden and where has he been all of my life?
tokyocali (formerly tokyo ex-pat)
Women Power! Go Joe!
TheronWare
The SCOTUS just got slapped yeah!
mvr
I just love Speaker Johnson looking sick while Biden makes points he has to nod and clap to.
Omnes Omnibus
Mike Johnson looks uncomfortable. Good.
kalakal
He’s calling the GOP out again and again. And now a huge FU to the supremes
This is a great speech
tokyocali (formerly tokyo ex-pat)
The Supreme Court looked uncomfortable too. They should.
Juju
Who’s the guy who looks like the ghost of John C. Calhoun?
Biden!!!!!!
japa21
@zhena gogolia: And it’s the longest he’s done.
Narya
Joe’s bringing it and I’m loving it.
Sister Machine Gun of Quiet Harmony
Mike is super uncomfortable. I expect some of his colleagues are fuming. They are going to smack him for requesting decorum.
Juju
@Omnes Omnibus: I wonder how long it will take him to chew a hole through his cheek?
hrprogressive
Johnson can’t control his Resting Fascist Face. Fucker.
Dorothy A. Winsor
@Narya: He is pulling no punches
Soprano2
@Sister Machine Gun of Quiet Harmony: I think they’re yelling anyway, but it’s isolated.
Leto
Johnson keeps shaking his head no over everything. Fuck you, you smug fuck.
EarthWindFire
Joe’s come out swinging. And I am so here for it! Fired up, ready to go!
japa21
Watching the difference between MVP and the weasel next to her. Enjoying it.
JWR
Wow. This ain’t yer daddy’s SOTU! Go Joe!
Sister Golden Bear
@Sister Machine Gun of Quiet Harmony: Mike looks like he’s laying back and thinking of
EnglandRussian.Leto
@Soprano2: yeah, someone shouted “you lie” or at least it sounded like that. Joe just kept going.
Sister Golden Bear
@kalakal: <Kylo Ren gif> MOAR!!!
Soprano2
They can’t even clap for American jobs. Sad….
zeecube
@zhena gogolia: That made me laugh. Thanks.
HumboldtBlue
Hahahahaha
hells littlest angel
I hope to some day be as feeble and out of it as this guy.
Soprano2
@Leto: I think I heard stuff like that 2 or 3 times. He’s not acknowledging it.
SiubhanDuinne
Glad the camera cut to Secy Pete just now. He’s been hammering at this!
Suzanne
OHHHHH I love this shiv. Secretary Pete is grinning.
Leto
“If anyone doesn’t want that money in your districts, just let me know”… loooool
cmorenc
Biden is killing it far better than we even could have hoped – as well as totally disproving the biden is old and senile meme
This is the Biden version of morning in america
SiubhanDuinne
@kalakal:
Dark Brandon! I’m loving it!!
stinger
I really want him to point out some infrastructure project in Mike Johnson’s district. Johnson has been nodding along to a surprising amount of Biden’s remarks; that would be another one he couldn’t hold out against.
Jackie
@Suzanne: I think hue eyes are light sensitive, and those are bright lights. He needs his dark Brandon glasses.
SpaceUnit
Go Joe!
This is a speech! Christ, compare this to TFG’s incoherent babbling. That asshole is gonna go down in flames and hopefully he’ll take his whole party with him. Let’s roll!!!
Misterpuff
Preacher Johnson is a little troll. I’m loving his discomfort. I’m sure he was in the peanut gallery when he was a backbencher.
Betty
Applause from Mike at last.
clay
@hrprogressive:
Everyone knows that Biden is old, but no one ever talks about the advantages that this brings. For one, Joe has absolutely zero fucks left to give.
MomSense
I’m loving this Dark Brandon #SOTU
debit
I can’t remember ever just smiling through an entire SOTU before. Joe is on fire.
SiubhanDuinne
So many great moments. I’m going to have to watch the whole thing all over again later.
“FOUR MORE YEARS! FOUR MORE YEARS!!!”
tokyocali (formerly tokyo ex-pat)
He’s hitting all the right notes.
hrprogressive
This is the most fired up and energetic I think I’ve ever heard Joe as President.
Maybe he gets it.
Hope the American People are listening, closely.
MomSense
Mediocre Moses looks constipated. He is hating his life right now.
japa21
He’s not letting up at all. Way beyond my expectations, and they were high to begin with.
MDC
Dark Brandon is extra spicy tonight. I’m here for it.
Omnes Omnibus
@Jackie: Maybe he’ll finish by whipping out and putting on his aviators.
debit
I think when the networks try to condense this speech into a single kernel it’s going to be “POTUS was strong, combative and confident.”
HumboldtBlue
Sister Golden Bear
@Omnes Omnibus: Please, please, please!
Mike in NC
I can remember catching a brief clip of one of Fat Bastard’s SOTU speeches where he called anybody who wouldn’t give him standing ovation a traitor. Fucking piece of shit.
Omnes Omnibus
He just missed a word. “A big deal?”
Betty
Hitting Big Pharma hard. Where’s Kyrsten?
Suzanne
“It’s still a very big deal.”
LMMFAOOOOO.
kalakal
And now putting the boot into pharma drug pricing
This man is on fire! And he’s brought reciepts
The Moscow joke!
SiubhanDuinne
“Obamacare. Still a very big deal.”
LOL!! 😁😂🤣
Misterpuff
Obamacare is still a big [Fucking] deal!
Made me laugh.
Captain C
@Betty: Looking up Dolores Umbridge fanfic and fanart for policy and wardrobe ideas.
japa21
@debit:
“and here’s why this is bad news for Biden”.
SiubhanDuinne
@Omnes Omnibus:
Oh man. Plz plz plz.
Miki
Squirmy Mikey J.
tokyocali (formerly tokyo ex-pat)
Women’s health research. Good. It’s needed.
Now pivoting to housing.
MomSense
I loved the way he leaned in and flashed a mischevious smile when he said “I’m not going to let that happen” about repealing the ACA
Leto
@Omnes Omnibus: when he finishes his second term he’s putting Jill in the Vette, poppin’ on his aviators, and driving off into the sunset.
debit
@japa21: LOL, probably.
TS
@debit:
I have zero faith that the networks or any other media will make such a statement. Would be nice to be proven wrong.
hrprogressive
@japa21:
“He didn’t do enough to reach across the aisle, it wasn’t very bipartisan”
Narya
@Omnes Omnibus: I just explained the joke to my (non-cursing) mom and the overnight caregiver.
hrprogressive
To all the people rightly pointing out that Biden wasn’t talking enough about the lack of affordability in housing
Looks like he heard you.
Make sure he gets a chance to help you, and save the Republic as well.
Mick McDick
Reading the Wash Post columnist’s comments before i came here, and those people are incredibly out of touch. Like from another planet.
SiubhanDuinne
@MomSense:
He looks like he wishes he could be scrolling porn sites right now if it weren’t for that pesky app he shares with his son.
Betty
Let’s hear it for pre-school!
Omnes Omnibus
@hrprogressive: That’s the one.
WaterGirl
Johnson looks like a small, weak little Elf sitting in his big chair.
jimmiraybob
Johnson keeps nodding in the affirmative. I think he’s ready to switch parties.
Fleeting Expletive
Excellent speech. Mike Johnson looks so very constipated. He’s constrained from applauding Biden’s lines, little mousy eyes darting and the smile flickers, but he pushes it down, faithfully.
tokyocali (formerly tokyo ex-pat)
Investment in education! Yeah!
TS
@TS:
And WaPo is reporting every comment made by trump on his social media while the SOTU is ongoing – refuting Biden’s remarks.
Leto
@WaterGirl: listen, there’s only so much height two phone books can give!
Jackie
@Omnes Omnibus:
Oh please please!🤞🏻🤞🏻
Betty
Tax the rich! Yes!
SiubhanDuinne
“…and a raise for public school teachers.”
Honestly, are there no limits to this pinko’s radical lefty agenda??
HumboldtBlue
@hrprogressive:
It’s already being said in Twitter.
Leto
Here’s the Trumpov tax cut.
Edit: lol, nice call and response!
tokyocali (formerly tokyo ex-pat)
Give public school teachers a raise! Really supporting labor.
Now onto taxes…
kalakal
Love the way he’s controlling his voice, from low, confiding tones to proud roars. This speech is not only great in content, he’s giving a master class in oratorical style. Fantastic stuff
hrprogressive
@HumboldtBlue:
Good, I don’t want bipartisanship with Fascists.
Betty
Those poor Republicans look so unhappy!
Trivia Man
@TS: big media addicted to orange man clicks
SpaceUnit
Goddamn he’s giving the GOP a wedgie right now. I’m practically giddy.
Go, Mr. President!
japa21
@HumboldtBlue:
And all the responses say Good
Leto
Shitheel Marge still hasn’t taken her hat off.
Mike in NC
Just about every Republican in this audience is wearing their Trump uniform of a blue suit, white shirt, and shiny red necktie. Sick cult.
bbleh
My my Joe is really warming up now. I’m guessing he’s not a morning person ..
Jayzus NOW he’s bringin’ it …
MomSense
@SiubhanDuinne:
HAHAHAHAHA!!!
jonas
@Omnes Omnibus: Of course The Onion was there first. Sort of.
Betty
“Imagine”. Great way to phrase it.
japa21
@bbleh:
Definitely not sundowning
tokyocali (formerly tokyo ex-pat)
“I will stop you” LOL!
hrprogressive
Did someone, anyone, tell Joe Biden in private “Mr. President this might be the last free SOTU ever, so we need you to go leave it all on the field in the hopes that that won’t be true”
And Joe, with a smile, a tip of the aviators said “Let’s fucking do it”
Because seriously.
I don’t know where this Joe Biden has been.
I’m legitimately pleased to see it.
MomSense
“I will stop you”
God I loved his delivery of that line.
SiubhanDuinne
@SpaceUnit:
While he’s at it, he might as well give them a swirly, too.
ETA: LOL I think he just did.
MazeDancer
Fiery Joe is the best!
Fake Irishman
@hrprogressive:
He’s always been under there for our entire lives. Remember, this is the guy who reduced Rudy Giuliani to “a noun, verb and 911” before the 2008 primary.
Betty
Poor Mikey now shaking his head on protecting Medicare and Social Security.
Leto
Price gouging and shrink-flation. Fucking preach.
SpaceUnit
Fuck. He’s throwing some hands tonight.
Sister Golden Bear
Johnson is praying he gets raptured right about now.
Omnes Omnibus
And now he engages the assholes. Perfect. Like when he got them to agree that cutting Social Security was bad. It’s almost like he’s been doing this for years.
SiubhanDuinne
THIS ENTIRE THING IS AWE-INSPIRING. Bring on the broken glass for me to crawl over.
Anyone have a cigarette?
hrprogressive
@Fake Irishman:
That was literally a lifetime ago though.
I need this Joe Biden every day from now until he’s sworn in a second time.
Caphilldcne
Spicy Biden is the best Biden
Betty
Ouch. Border bill truthing!
Leto
@Omnes Omnibus: now doing the same with border security.
hrprogressive
“oh you didn’t like that immigration bill? the one conservative groups said was good? I’ll be darned!”
10/10 no notes.
SiubhanDuinne
OMG. Now we have “Sarcastic Brandon.” Where the fuck have you been all my life? This is incredible.
Captain C
Biden handling the Republicans like an expert comic handles drunk hecklers.
Leto
@SiubhanDuinne: I think it’s all vape now.
tokyocali (formerly tokyo ex-pat)
Hitting it on immigration and bashing the other side of the aisle. “Look at the facts. I know you know how to read.”
CaseyL
“I know you know how to read.”
Hah! Assumes facts in evidence.
Gin & Tonic
This guy is on top of his game.
Betty
And now for Marge’s big mouth.
SpaceUnit
@SiubhanDuinne:
A gasoline swirly. And he’s lighting it on fire.
Leto
And here’s Greene opening her trash can.
just absolute fucking trash.
Ksmiami
I’d crawl through a pit of vipers, across a bed of hot coals, douse myself with shards of glass and put pins in my fingernails to vote for this man, but as the NYT says, just not enthusiasticALLy…
Misterpuff
Dark Brandon Rises.
C’mon POTUS whip out the sunglasses.
Leto
I know Constipated Mike won’t do it, but he needs to get his shitheels under control.
SiubhanDuinne
I’ve never said this about anyone, but I truly wish MTG would FOADIAF.
Redshift
@WaterGirl:
And that’s probably even with using the shorter chair Patrick McHenry got so he didn’t look like a toddler up there.
opiejeanne
@Leto: That bitch. I wanted to slap the taste out of her mouth.
Omnes Omnibus
Joe Biden is going to hold Big Girl Scout accountable and require them to make their cookies available YEAR ROUND!!!
tokyocali (formerly tokyo ex-pat)
Always “my predecessor.” Never named. That is going to get under TFG’s skin.
hrprogressive
When was the last time a Democratic POTUS sounded that strong on immigration or the border?
Leto
@Omnes Omnibus: bake that cookie! Bake that cookie! Bake that cookie!
Miki
“We can fight about fixing the border or we can fix it.”
tokyocali (formerly tokyo ex-pat)
Pass the Freedom to Vote Act.
DEI, baby!
SpaceUnit
This is a fucking American party, and Republicans aren’t getting laid.
Betty
Voting rights. Failure to pass that ought to embarrass any decent person.
japa21
He’s done a lot of ad libbing tonight without missing a beat.
SiubhanDuinne
BTW, there’s something incredibly beautiful and inspiring about that sea of white pants suits. Such a lively tradition. I think Madam Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi gets the credit for starting it.
hrprogressive
When was the last time AOC looked that pleased with something Joe said?
Leto
Jesus Christ shut that guy up. Ok, he’s being escorted out.
Sister Golden Bear
Appreciate the shout out to trans people, but I wish it been coupled to actually taking concrete steps to protect us
A reminder to everyone watching: The far right wants to have a government shutdown over trans people, may do so in the HHS-Ed bill that is currently under negotiation.
SiubhanDuinne
Christ, who was that? Did anyone catch what he said? Glad he was swiftly escorted out.
Soprano2
@Leto: What was he yelling?
randy khan
@TS:
Somehow I doubt Trump actually is refuting anything. Probably more like howling.
opiejeanne
Who’s the idiot shouting at him incoherently?
Captain C
Reschedule weed, yes!
Also, serious question. Given the howling I just heard, what are the odds that a number of the Republicans present are drunk, high, or both? Especially given what we know about TiFG’s White House drug dispensary.
Seriously, WTF with the howling?
Leto
@Soprano2: idk. Sounded like “Marines!” But I have no clue.
tokyocali (formerly tokyo ex-pat)
Gun violence. Hope he calls out Congress.
Doc Sardonic
Sounds like Uncle Joe is all out of bubble gum
hrprogressive
The assclown who yelled was yelling something about police, but that was the only word I understood.
TheronWare
I heard tiny tRump is planning on fact checking the SOTU…Ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!
Leto
@opiejeanne: he was somebody in the upper deck, so idk. I’m sure the networks will give us the answer later, as well as who it is.
SiubhanDuinne
Joe is just going from strength to strength tonight.
Omnes Omnibus
@Leto: “Thirteen dead marines!”
Fake Irishman
@Gin & Tonic:
Somewhere, Paul Ryan is having flashbacks to getting stuffed in a trash can during the 2012 VP debate.
MomSense
YES!! Dark Brandon is going after the NRA.
SiubhanDuinne
@TheronWare:
Seriously? Did he say that? Ooh, that’s rich.
moonbat
Trump is too busy looking for 83 million dollars in his couch cushions. He ain’t fact-checking squat.
Betty
So Mikey cares about Israeli hostages.
tokyocali (formerly tokyo ex-pat)
On to Gaza. He has to thread a needle on this one.
opiejeanne
@Leto: Who was he?
Leto
@opiejeanne: not sure, but I’m sure in the next day or two we’ll find out.
opiejeanne
@Leto: Thanks.
japa21
Hope Kay is watching.
Matt McIrvin
@randy khan: I’m assured by GlobeEarthIsLies1488 that a laugh emoji constitutes logical refutation.
japa21
He’s threading the needle.
tokyocali (formerly tokyo ex-pat)
@japa21: Yes and he devoted more time to the Palestinian side of the issue.
Bill Arnold
@Omnes Omnibus:
That would be a reference to the Afghanistan withdrawal.
Some 65 American service members died in combat while serving Trump during his time in the White House office from January 2017 to January 2021. There were fatalities every year of his presidency, according to the “hostile action” records compiled by the Defense Casualty Analysis System (DCAS), which is maintained by a government defense agency.
(Of those 65 deaths, there were 45 combat deaths reported in Afghanistan alone, according to the Associated Press.)
Omnes Omnibus
Age joke.
Betty
He is having so much fun trolling the Republicans.
Steve in the ATL
@hrprogressive: that “reggatta de blanc” was their best album?
Leto
If you’re playing along with the SOTU Bingo from above, he’s soooooo close…
japa21
He’s had a few minor, inconsequential stumbles, but the media will highlight them.
Soprano2
“You don’t want to do that?” 😂😂 He anticipated their clown show. Too many Republicans are performance artists now.
Misterpuff
Hey guess what Gaza is on the ocean. We can build a temporary pier. Suck on it Bibi!
Captain C
From Tressie on Bluesky
Spanky
“When you get to be my age …”
tokyocali (formerly tokyo ex-pat)
“To give hate no safe harbor”
Soprano2
@japa21: Unfortunately you’re probably right about that.
SiubhanDuinne
Susan Collins looks as though someone just forced her to suck all the juice out of an extremely sour pickled lime.
JWR
Here’s the age issue, and he’s handling it quite nicely.
PS. I bet Bibi ain’t gonna like this speech. Good!
/Fixed
Omnes Omnibus
@Steve in the ATL: Outlandos D’Amour. Come on, man.
opiejeanne
@Leto:
Eric Michael Garcia
@EricMGarcia
Someone was removed after yelling “Remember Abbey Gate. United States Marines”
MomSense
@Sister Golden Bear:
The way the Republicans are villifying trans people is one of the scariest things about a possible tRump return to the presidency.
japa21
Sometimes I think MVP has a crush on Joe
SiubhanDuinne
The Bingo card is a l m o s t f u l l.
hrprogressive
@Steve in the ATL:
Hahaha.
I was proven wrong apparently, I thought it was about police but it’s apparently not.
TriassicSands
This is appalling. Why can’t Biden acknowledge how much help Republicans have been?
Oh, right, they haven’t been any help at all. Their net effect is hugely negative.
Dispeptic Mike Johnson looks ill as he tries desperately to fulfill his role as a mindless bobblehead. Even that is too much. YesYesYesNONONOYesYesYesNONONOYesYesYesNONONODemocracy?NOOOOONOOOOONOOOOOO! MOMMY!!!
Betty
Finishing strong!
stinger
WELL, DAYUM!
Captain C
Biden just went full Otter!
Miki
I see a future ….
JWR
And it’s over. That was awesome!
SiubhanDuinne
@Leto:
Are there extra points for all the times MVP stood and Pastor Mike didn’t? ‘Cause I might be a wealthy woman by now.
Leto
@opiejeanne: ah. I’ll simply say a lot of us haven’t, but I’d never heckle/shout at him about it.
MomSense
@japa21:
I think she recognizes a truly great and good human being and she is learning so much from working with him.
Misterpuff
USA! USA! USA!
F*ck Yeah!
A Dem gets away with that closing! Ah mazing!
MomSense
Damn, that was amazing. Dark Brandon FTW
japa21
That was one hell of a speech.
SpaceUnit
That dude ought to run for president.
HumboldtBlue
Not sure who said it, but spot on.
tokyocali (formerly tokyo ex-pat)
Strong all the way to the end.
134.6 thousand watched on the White House channel. Will be curious to know what the total is across all platforms.
kalakal
That was tremendous!
MomSense
@SiubhanDuinne:
Can you imagine if we had taken a drink every time mini moses stayed on his behind while MVP stood up?
mvr
@HumboldtBlue: Warnock
hrprogressive
Let’s be completely honest – Madge got a few moments of interruption, and so did that guy who shouted from the balcony.
But the GOP was pretty fucking silent tonight, and the Democrats seem pretty damn excited to return this man to the White House.
Maybe, just maybe, the American people will see this and do the right thing.
Nobody ever gives a “perfect” speech, but in terms of a “barn-burner where lots of things that needed to be said were said, including some things you didn’t think he’d actually say”.
Yeah. That’s gotta be up there as one of his best, if not the best of his presidency, if not his career.
I’m sure the corprofascist media will find ways to downplay it, but those who deal in objective realities aren’t going to have anything but good things to say about this.
Moment of hope, when there haven’t been many of those the last few years, for me personally anyway.
Leto
@SiubhanDuinne: I wish! Same, I’d be very wealthy as well! :)
Biden: “Don’t worry about closing up folks. I know where the light switch is and Jill says I can stay out late tonight. Who wants some ice cream?” ;)
opiejeanne
@MomSense: I need a cigarette.
And I don’t smoke.
CaseyL
THAT was one HELLUVA SPEECH.
Taking names and kicking ass.
That is my President!
EarthWindFire
Four more years! The media will inevitably cry their tears that the SOTU shouldn’t be this partisan. As a wise man once said, fuck em.
Sister Golden Bear
@MomSense: If Trump wins the presidency, and worse yet, take Congress, I’m expecting to have to flee the country.
Mr. Bemused Senior
It’s so clear he enjoys what he’s doing. Such a contrast.
Jackie
Am I the only one noticing Johnson’s chair is shorter in the back than Kamala’s? That, combined with his booster seat makes him appear taller than he is.
Lyrebird
@Ksmiami: I know we don’t always see things the same way, but tonight, ABSOLUTELY 100%!!!
Those NYT writers were going off on lack of enthusiasm – pathetic.
I’ve never thought of any candidate as perfect, they are all human, and I am very enthusiastically ridin’ with Biden through the storm and hopping over that broken glass with Harris.
Old Dan and Little Ann
80 yo Britt Hume Mewling on fox that Biden just came across as an angry old man. Click.
HumboldtBlue
JWR
CBS seems to have been duly impressed.
NBC I didn’t watch.
Now waiting for the reaction from PBS.
RandomMonster
Haven’t read anything up to present in this thread, but joining here now to say I just saw Biden at his best. Dark Fucking Brandon for the win!
SiubhanDuinne
“CONCERNED DEMS WORRY BIDEN PEAKED TOO EARLY” — NYT Pitchbot tomorrow, probably.
Ksmiami
@Captain C: what we need now is a completely futile and stupid gesture…
David 🌈 ☘The Establishment☘🌈 Koch
@Captain C: He slept with Dean Wormer’s wife?
MomSense
@Sister Golden Bear:
It’s terrifying. It wouldn’t be safe in the U.S. and I don’t trust enough people to step in the gap and keep trans people safe. We are trying to pass some laws here in Maine to try and protect trans people and it’s not said explicitly but we are working on it in case tRump is elected. I hope it would be enough but I don’t know.
tokyocali (formerly tokyo ex-pat)
WaPo headline: Fiery Biden takes on GOP, makes case for second term
kalakal
We are so lucky to have that man
SiubhanDuinne
@MomSense:
Whutchumean “IF”, MomSense?
Soprano2
@opiejeanne: Me too!
Ksmiami
@SiubhanDuinne: So another day ending in Y then…
MomSense
@SiubhanDuinne:
I’m cutting her some slack tonight but only because she just lost her mom.
MomSense
@opiejeanne:
Word.
mvr
Kind of have to love Kamala Harris doing a great job of supporting the president and looking genuinely proud of the guy.
Lyrebird
@Jackie: yeah, light sensitivity is real, and hey this website agrees with our family’s experience, those Irish eyes get it worse… (they just report that lighter pigmentation is associated with more light sensitivity)
Captain C
@David 🌈 ☘The Establishment☘🌈 Koch: Way back when he was single.
Leto
Britt’s response takes place in the kitchen. Appropriate setting I guess. And this whispy voice thing…
Old Dan and Little Ann
Every GOP response seems like an SNL skit.
debit
Oh god, the GOP person’s voice.
tam1MI
@Omnes Omnibus: Outlandos D’Amour. Come on, man.
Ghost in the Machine for the win!
SiubhanDuinne
Katie Britt’s been on for <30 seconds, and I’m already getting deep Stepford Handmaid vibes.
Jimmiraybob
Wowser. Anybody watching the Britt response?
Soprano2
@Lyrebird: I have blue eyes and light sensitivity, it’s a bitch.
Captain C
The reply Senator is on now. She sounds like she’s part Valley Girl, and like she’s giving a high school speech. Also, her voice sounds like Trump-bait, with weirdly-placed giggles. I’m in the other room, so I’m listening to her speech without seeing her face/bearing.
It’s like mirrorverse Elle from Legally Blonde, where she’s a mean girl who’s not that great at faking emotions.
Jimmiraybob
@Old Dan and Little Ann: that was my first impression 5 seconds in.
Leto
@SiubhanDuinne: oh, she might cry!
Captain C
@Jimmiraybob: She’s a wanker.
Martin
She’d be really good at talking about starving dogs and why I should send just $1 a day.
I think part of why the response always fails is that the President is, well, the president and is speaking before Congress. Even trivial things like the shrinking size of Snickers has a lot of inertia behind it, and you can’t compete against that by being hyperbolic from your kitchen.
I mean, she’s trying to tell us what a hellscape things are in this country with a carefully arranged fruit bowl behind her.
Soprano2
@Leto: Oh God I hate that kind of voice so much. It’s an affectation.
debit
@Jimmiraybob: Listening. And fully expect a plea of just 69 cents a day to save either orphans or animals.
tokyocali (formerly tokyo ex-pat)
@Jimmiraybob: Don’t want to spoil the glow from Fiery Biden.
Anyone watching the response, pretty please hit us with the main points, assuming she has anything of merit to say. Thanks!
Misterpuff
The GOP SOTU Rebuttal Curse strikes again, oops bad acting does not equal gravitas.
hrprogressive
I ain’t watching a nanosecond of the GOP’ers response, because ain’t nothing they gonna say that is either true, or meaningful.
SiubhanDuinne
@Leto:
Pretty sure she was voted “Class Actress” in her high school yearbook. She’s got that trembly, wobbly, teary-catch-in-the-throat utterly nailed. It’s like she’s OD’d on those 3-minute animal rescue commercials on late-night cable.
Gin & Tonic
@SiubhanDuinne: I heard, or thought I heard “my daughter Bennet and my son Ripley” and had enough time to whisper “WTF” before clicking her off.
Captain C
@Martin:
You’re not wrong. Just needs an imitation Sarah McLachlan soundtrack in that case.
Soprano2
What was the point of that story? Doesn’t she want to deport that woman?
MomSense
@debit:
HAHAHAHA! FTW
In the arms of an angel far awaaaaay from here
Leto
Ok, so entire thing is “border wall”. And for just $1 dollar a day, you too can help a…
Again, the shaky almost crying voice thing. They’re just so bad at this response thing. Soooo bad.
SiubhanDuinne
@Old Dan and Little Ann:
If this doesn’t become a rotating tag, I’m going to drink a quart of Lysol.
Jimmiraybob
@tokyocali (formerly tokyo ex-pat): Summary: delusion and fear!!!!
Captain C
There’s really a trying-too-hard-to-win-a-high-school-speech-contest vibe to this speech.
ETA: Mixed with Straight-to-DVD-level bad acting.
SiubhanDuinne
OH.
MY.
GOD.
She just said “Bless his heart” about POTUS. Fuck this bitch.
Leto
Literally everything she’s talking about here Biden addressed and has a plan for. An actual fucking plan. Where’s your plan, Bama Bozo?
Soprano2
Does she think TFG ever pumped gas or pushed a grocery cart? 🤣🤣🤡🤡
Captain C
@Captain C: I would love to see the vintage MST3K gang get ahold of this speech.
debit
Honey, you’ve gone from Save the Animals to I Demand to Speak to A Manager.
SiubhanDuinne
She is mesmerising.
I don’t necessarily mean that in a good way.
Leto
@Captain C: you mean straight to VHS… this isn’t up to DVD standards.
SiubhanDuinne
@Captain C:
LOL, would pay good cash money.
HumboldtBlue
What’s with the trembling lower lip? Is she a toddler?
Misterpuff
@Gin & Tonic:
I heard Ridgway which is exponentially worse.
Captain C
@Leto: Yes, definitely VHS.
Sister Golden Bear
@Captain C:
It’s Christian Fundie Woman little girl voice. Once you recognize it, you’ll hear it all the time among Republican women.
JWR
Katie Britt (R-AL): I joined congress, ~sigh~ for my kids. /breathy pause. But Joe Biden doesn’t get it. (tee hee.) The American dream has turned into a nightmare. /breathy pause. The Southern Border ~sigh~ is a disaster. President. Biden’s. Border. Policies. ~ sigh ~ are a disaster. /breathy pause with a hint of tears.
And I’ll stop there, except to say to Ms. Britt, stop with the stupid crying, lady! Oh, and the America in Decline that you see was brought to you by Joe’s predecessor, dumbass. And just STOP with the crying!
Leto
@SiubhanDuinne: it’s the slow motion lawnmower crash we all can’t look away from.
CCP MIND CONQUERING POWERS!
Soprano2
Putin’s on the march over Europe, and she wants the US to do nothing about that. Huh?
Chacal Charles Calthrop
@Sister Golden Bear: not just you!
In NYC when Trump won everyone looked into where they could go. Canada was the most likely destination (certainly mine) but I knew someone who was a grandkid of an immigrant from Liechenstein who looked into being a citizen of Liechenstein.
It was entertaining to compare the process: Liechenstein really wanted to know if you had friends there, visited there, how often you attended which church, etc., while Canada just needed you to prove your relative was born there and how many assets you could bring in, and also could you first pay $500 for the application fee?
anyhow before the whole thing got too far everyone I know in NYC had pretty much decided the entire east coast would secede to Canada, and then everyone I know in Seattle, Portland, California etc. said the entire West Coast would secede to Canada, and we all decided that the future election of Trump will just bring the Canadian border to San Diego in the West and D.C. in the east, with the free states of Austin, Colorado, and New Mexico somewhere in the middle, so….let’s just beat the Republicans like a rug that needs cleaning.
MomSense
@SiubhanDuinne:
This woman is crazy – it’s now like a mean girl planning revenge on a rival mean girl.
Captain C
I mean, I’ve seen better acting in MST3K-done movies. We’re approaching Manos, the Hands of Fate level performance.
(ETA: which I saw via MST3K)
Leto
@Sister Golden Bear: exactly. What I thought of immediately. Combine that with middle school acting lessons and you have an Alabama Senator. Avalune is over here laughing at her. Haha
Lyrebird
@Soprano2: Yes, a literal pain! Mine is probably less acute than yours, but in our fam. it gets funny, bc half of us have spare sunglasses stashed everywhere, hat in the car, hats in the front hall, hat in the office, while the other half are like, what?
Martin
We’ve really dipped into precious bodily fluid territory there. Have you ever seen a Commie drink a glass of water?
tokyocali (formerly tokyo ex-pat)
@Jimmiraybob: Thanks! So, what the GOP is based at.
I don’t think I’ll ever understand people who focus on the past and fear. Life marches forward. You have to be looking towards tomorrow and if you can do it with optimism, hope, and a plan, that future will be worth living for.
SiubhanDuinne
@debit:
Really a shame I have so many IRL friends named Karen. Otherwise, the jokes would whip out the Bics and write themselves.
Soprano2
They can’t remember Covid, can they?
Leto
@Captain C: OMG! The all time best MST movie! Just absolute gold standard.
Martin
She’s very proud she got to that punchline.
debit
OMG, please let it be over.
Martin
They stand with that $7.25 minimum wage as well.
JWR
@Sister Golden Bear:
Damn, you got that right. Jeebus!
Ramona
That SOTU was bracing!
the eradicator
This the other Alabama US senator? Damn between her and the football idiot senator Alabama should be demoted to a territory.
SiubhanDuinne
“Moral arc of the universe”
Leto
Is she really talking about the moral arc of the universe? Fuck the fuck off.
SNL is going to have a field day with this.
debit
They got knocked down. But they stood up again. You’re never going to keep them down.
Martin
@SiubhanDuinne: MLKs life was a cakewalk compared to hers.
Old Dan and Little Ann
Kitchen tables! Moms and dads! Whispering! God! Rape! USA!
SiubhanDuinne
I hate to tell y’all this, but I’m pretty damn sure she’s going to run for president in four years.
Johnnybuck
She is fucking horrible. Where do they find these fucking people?
Sister Golden Bear
@Chacal Charles Calthrop: The difference is that in the years since Trump got elected, Republicans have taken many, many actual steps to eradicate us trans people. More than half the states are now no longer safe for me to visit, let alone live there.
I’d like to think I’d be safe in California, but we’re only one SCOTUS decision away from our existence from being outlawed.
And yes, we absolutely need to crush these MFers in next election.
MomSense
Ok it’s really creepy to hear her say blood of patriots in that bizarre whisper voice with that weird smile on her face. Seriously disturbing that her voice and expressions do not match what she is saying at all. It’s like a Carrie, Election, Mean Girls movie mash up.
Misterpuff
This probably works in Alabama……or she is really cynical about her audience.
OH I forgot it’s for Trump. Pick me, pick me….
debit
Now go make me a sammich.
Leto
@debit: looool, we made the same joke; jeebus, it’s finally over.
Ramona
I’m getting a kick out of eavesdropping on the conversations Biden is having with people as he gradually sends his way out of the House.
3Sice
Their internals with southern suburban women must be God awful to roll with this dreck.
Lyrebird
@debit: I’m just replaying tidbits from Joey O’Biden’s on fire performance, I am glad some of y’all can stand to watch smarmy fake rebuttals, I am just gonna revel in that glorious speech some more.
The White House released a transcript, but it doesn’t have the little jabs in it, alas. That’s okay, I understand why they left them out. His speech was glorious and he meant every bit of it!
debit
@Leto: Good god, that was worse than Bobby Jindal and Marco Rubio combined.
Misterpuff
Sarah Palin with brains and some taste but still creepy!
Soprano2
@Sister Golden Bear: Yep, they sound like children. Most people will be turned off by that.
tokyocali (formerly tokyo ex-pat)
@MomSense:
Nominated!
Leto
@debit: and don’t forget to pack Rifle and Buckshot’s lunch as well!
Captain C
@Leto: Agreed, though The Brain That Wouldn’t Die gives it a, um, run for its money.
Captain C
@SiubhanDuinne: Maybe she’s hoping to be Veep candidate this year.
Leto
@debit: how do they just keep getting worse? We’ve discovered their super power. Avalune is reminding me of the crazy women in her family, saying she’s giving off all the same vibes
@SiubhanDuinne: I mean, sure? Good luck with that.
Chacal Charles Calthrop
@Sister Golden Bear: I know, right? But what can we all do, except keep fighting
Soprano2
I think they should do away with the rebuttals, they’re pointless and dumb. Even the Democratic ones aren’t that great.
Ksmiami
@the eradicator: completely agree… move Huntsville federal assets to Colorado and demote that state
piratedan
@Captain C: I dunno, I think Pod People is especially relevant now with the Trump Dumpy call outs….
JWR
New Katie Britt thread upstairs. Go ahead, point and laugh, mock her all you want, cuz that’s what I’m gonna be doing. ;)
Another Scott
Great speech. Very, very well done.
Yeah, some computer could have read all the words perfectly. But he gave it real passion and showed who he is and laid it all out there.
Go Joe!
I hope he gets a nice moneybomb as a result.
Cheers,
Scott.
MomSense
Andrew Weissman just posted “I don’t think Katie Britt is going to get the lead in the school play this year”
Quaker in a Basement
Republicans: “No fair. The lowdown cheating bastard fought back!”
Another Scott
Old Man Yells at Nation
Rebecca of Wonkette’s liveblog.
:-)
Cheers,
Scott.
Captain C
@piratedan: That’s up there as well among the best. A Lassie movie and a couple shorts and we’ve got a marathon!
like a metaphor
@SiubhanDuinne:
nominated!
Manyakitty
@Captain C: ‘full Otter’
😂😂😂😂😂
Manyakitty
@Sister Golden Bear: I’ll be right there with you.
lowtechcyclist
@randy khan:
Trump wouldn’t be able to refute Baby Sally in a Dick and Jane book.
/showing my age
Paul in KY
@Steve in the ATL: Ghost in the Machine was The Police’s best album, IMO.
So stoked about POTUS whupping ass and taking names!
Paul in KY
@tam1MI: No doubt!
The Lodger
@HumboldtBlue: Speaking of Baptist preachers, that would be the Rev. Raphael Warnock.
The Lodger
@MomSense: In the Episcopal church, that’s called pew aerobics.