SOTU

[George K]

@89th said in SOTU:

Also... anyone else see Pelosi literally almost fall over when she got up so fast after the "support our veterans" line? Man, that was so close to being THE highlight of the night.

Other than the 13 dead soldiers in Afghanistan which didn't get a mention.

[George K]

And as I said in another thread, the "Greatest Threat to Our Democracy()" didn't get mentioned either.

[89th]

Good points, GK. Although, the 13 dead soldiers did get a mention..... sorta.

[George K]

Stephen Greene:

Biden says he'll have the backs of transgender kids.

Finally, there's a joke so dirty I won't even drunkblog it.

You're welcome.

[George K]

And of course, "Defund the police" was never, ever a thing.

[Improviso]

Biden says he'll have the backs of transgender kids.

Back in the days when Biden was in Congress, he loved his pages bent over.

[89th]

@George-K said in SOTU:

And of course, "Defund the police" was never, ever a thing.

It was remarkable how strong of a "We must FUND the police!" statement he made, to a rowdy applause. If there has ever been a clearer case of spineless politicians, that was it. Can you imagine ANY of them (Joe, Kamala, et al) saying that 12-18 months ago?

[George K]

@89th said in SOTU:

@George-K said in SOTU:

And of course, "Defund the police" was never, ever a thing.

It was remarkable how strong of a "We must FUND the police!" statement he made, to a rowdy applause. If there has ever been a clearer case of spineless politicians, that was it. Can you imagine ANY of them (Joe, Kamala, et al) saying that 12-18 months ago?

[George K]

“[W]e need to secure the Border and fix the immigration system.”

Wait...what???

[Horace]

@George-K said in SOTU:

@89th said in SOTU:

@George-K said in SOTU:

And of course, "Defund the police" was never, ever a thing.

It was remarkable how strong of a "We must FUND the police!" statement he made, to a rowdy applause. If there has ever been a clearer case of spineless politicians, that was it. Can you imagine ANY of them (Joe, Kamala, et al) saying that 12-18 months ago?

“Defund the police”, faithfully parroted by your local lefties, is the greatest proof I’ve seen that there is no limit to the stupid the leftist masses will parrot if called upon to do so.

[George K]

[89th]

Haha gotta love Musk. Almost like a movie character.

[89th]

@Horace said in SOTU:

@George-K said in SOTU:

@89th said in SOTU:

@George-K said in SOTU:

And of course, "Defund the police" was never, ever a thing.

It was remarkable how strong of a "We must FUND the police!" statement he made, to a rowdy applause. If there has ever been a clearer case of spineless politicians, that was it. Can you imagine ANY of them (Joe, Kamala, et al) saying that 12-18 months ago?

“Defund the police”, faithfully parroted by your local lefties, is the greatest proof I’ve seen that there is no limit to the stupid the leftist masses will parrot if called upon to do so.

I wonder if the dem strategists told Biden that now, under the distraction of COVID and WWIII, that now is the time to pivot back on a few stances (like immigration and funding the police) that have grown unpopular.

[jon-nyc]

@89th said in SOTU:

@George-K said in SOTU:

And of course, "Defund the police" was never, ever a thing.

It was remarkable how strong of a "We must FUND the police!" statement he made, to a rowdy applause. If there has ever been a clearer case of spineless politicians, that was it. Can you imagine ANY of them (Joe, Kamala, et al) saying that 12-18 months ago?

Even in 2020 Joe said that the “defund” movement was misguided. Don’t remember his exact words.

[George K]

@jon-nyc said in SOTU:

Even in 2020 Joe said that the “defund” movement was misguided. Don’t remember his exact words.

Either he didn't tell his caucus or they didn't listen.

[jon-nyc]

@George-K said in SOTU:

Either he didn't tell his caucus or they didn't listen.

They had different strategies in the primary. And it didn’t work out well for them.

https://www.reuters.com/article/usa-election-biden-police/democrat-biden-opposes-push-to-defund-police-campaign-says-idINL1N2DL1CU?edition-redirect=uk

[kluurs]

Speaking of defunding, back in 2016 the big push from a certain Presidential candidate was to defund Ukraine. * Republican delegates at last week’s national security committee platform meeting in Cleveland were surprised when the Trump campaign orchestrated a set of events to make sure that the GOP would not pledge to give Ukraine the weapons it has been asking for from the United States.*

[jon-nyc]

Well his campaign manager worked for Russian interests in Ukraine. Got pretty rich off of them, in fact.

[Ivorythumper]

@kluurs said in SOTU:

Speaking of defunding, back in 2016 the big push from a certain Presidential candidate was to defund Ukraine. * Republican delegates at last week’s national security committee platform meeting in Cleveland were surprised when the Trump campaign orchestrated a set of events to make sure that the GOP would not pledge to give Ukraine the weapons it has been asking for from the United States.*

Defund NATO, defund Ukraine &c was all part of MAGA, as well as the need to investigate corruption.

None of that meant "Let Russia invade a sovereign country".

Your attempted whataboutism doesn't work here -- the Dems main message was "Defund the Police" "Open the Borders" etc without any regard for the security of the US -- which is their only obligation.

[Jolly]

@jon-nyc said in SOTU:

Well his campaign manager worked for Russian interests in Ukraine. Got pretty rich off of them, in fact.

And The Big Guy got rich, too.