Who’s watching the SOTU speech tonight?

jon-nyc

That’s a given.

Biggest surprise guest?
How many things will he announce that he can’t actually do without Congress?
Will all the justices show?
Will anyone walk out?

xenon

I can't stomach these any more. Use to love watching them as a kid.

jon-nyc

I would have lost money on this bet.

Mik

Nah. Had a meeting. I'll catch the highlights and lowlights later. I expect a preponderance of the latter.

Horace

Clever to ask the assembled congress people to "stand up if you believe the first duty of the US government is to protect US citizens, not illegal aliens". The Dems painted themselves in a corner with their sitting, and there they sat with the cameras on them. Held it there for a couple minutes too.

jon-nyc

The Massie rumor tended out not to be true. He sat with the GOP. I would have won the bet after all.

jon-nyc

lol

89th

The "THIS IS HUGE" dramatic reaction in that tweet is a nice connection to your other thread about MAGA basically becoming a vat of slop and conspiracies. I know we saw the start of that back when Trump lost in 2020, but I think the MAGA movement is at an inflection point where their Dear Leader will eventually be no longer in power and there will be a void... who will make up their own reality for the sheep to follow next?

Side note - I used Kalshi to bet he would say the phrase Save Act, and he indeed said "Save America Act" which didn't count, so I lost the bet. Oh well.

Oh and lots of female democrats yelling. I'd say what happened to decorum but then that might actually get @george-k to return with a picture of Pelosi tearing up a speech.

Mik

@Horace said in Who’s watching the SOTU speech tonight?:

Clever to ask the assembled congress people to "stand up if you believe the first duty of the US government is to protect US citizens, not illegal aliens". The Dems painted themselves in a corner with their sitting, and there they sat with the cameras on them. Held it there for a couple minutes too.

Ok, that’s one highlight.

Mik

But I did just watch about 15 minutes of Cocaine Bear. That was enough. How they attracted such a good cast for such an awful movie is beyond me.

Doctor Phibes

@Mik said in Who’s watching the SOTU speech tonight?:

But I did just watch about 15 minutes of Cocaine Bear.

Show some respect. It's "Mr. Secretary" to you. Even his friends just call him 'Bobby'. OK, Kid Rock calls him sweet-cheeks, but that's it.

Horace

For those who couldn't watch due to what I assume must have been a personal emergency, here is 13 minutes of highlights.

Link to video

The most surprising - and frankly, disappointing - thing to come out of the speech was how strongly in favor of murder the Democrats are.

Horace

Watching how the men's hockey team was paraded in front of the country on national TV must have left a mark on at least a few of the women's team. Wishing their culturally imposed "principles" hadn't robbed them of the opportunity of a lifetime that would have been cool for their grandchildren and great grandchildren to watch.

taiwan_girl

I think that they should put a buzzer on all the audience and if they appauld, they would get shocked. Let the speech stand on its own.

Mik

I'm with TG. It's boring theater.

Horace

The speech was an elaborate trap for the Dems, and it worked very well. Trump fashioned his presentation to make the inevitable childishness of the Dem peanut gallery look as ridiculous and unlikeable as possible. I agree with Shapiro's take here.