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The “Water Cooler” will be up Monday-Friday in the noon hour.
Today’s question:
QUESTION: Did you watch the President’s State of the Union speech last night? If so, what did you think about it?
Talk about it….
About half.
It was on in the living room. I walked by a couple times. There was a woman giving a rebuttal. I was curious how she got picked to to do that. Not that I agreed or disagreed with what she said. Just curious about the process.
Iranians, Ukrainians – whatever
No way!
But I’m loving all the memes and jokes people are posting about it!
I did watch the Stutter of the Union. Boring and hilarious at the same time.
Making fun of someone’s disability is not cool. Stuttering is a disability, and Joe Biden have done much to overcome it. Do you make fun of people in wheelchairs? Disagree with Biden’s policies, certainly that is fine, but why are you lowering yourself to make fun of something a person have no control over.
It’s called humor hanne…sometimes a little dry but still humor.
Joe Biden has never had a stuttering problem, it’s a lie to excuse his bumbling. I have watched Biden speak many times when he was younger, he was sharp and had a quick wit.
Biden doesn’t, nor did he ever, have a stuttering problem. Go back and watch older videos of him speaking. If you want go watch his speeches from his run from ’88. Not a stutter to be found.
This whole Biden has a speech impediment is a MSM lie to allow for an excuse to “explain” his gaffes. Biden is a disaster.
Biden failed in ’88 due to speech plagiarism and lying about his schooling. He’s a life long liar, perfect politician to lead the Democrats.
@Dawg….He did have two aneurysms back in the 80s. I know a couple of people that had just one and they were never quite right after that. Another reason why he shouldn’t be the President. What a trio of losers last night, especially Pelosi chewing her cud, rubbing her knuckles together….just too weird.
I laughed. Guess I am a jerk. Oh well.
@hanne with the way democrats have acted since 2016 – with zero civility – democrats don’t get to pearl clutch on anything. Talking about Biden’s stutter is child’s play compared to things democrats have said and done over the last half decade.
If he can’t handle people talking about his stutter that’s on him and he shouldn’t be president anyway if he can’t handle it and you don’t need to defend him in his stead.
Biden’s speech “impediment” is off-limits, but somehow it was perfectly acceptable to make fun of Trump for his weight, his skin color, the size of his hands, his hair, etc.? If it weren’t for double standards, the left would have no standards at all.
Stuttering problem? That is just one more lie to cover up the fact that Brandon is not fit to be President.
I can’t believe how many people actually believe that one.
Hanne Jeppesen
Biden’s stammering is a symptom of his cognitive dissonance. It is not childhood-onset fluency disorder as you are inferring it to be.
That said, put on your big girl panties and recognize this is politics and everything is fair game. As soon as you can point to a post of yours that defended Trump for the attacks about his mental health you are just virtue signaling to make yourself feel superior. Don’t throw your shoulder out patting yourself on the back.
Yeah.
The “Iranians”
Nancy jumped up and rubbed her knuckles together.
You can save money by blowing billions.
Releasing enough oil for 2-3 days.
Kamala dressed like an M&M
Jill drags him off the floor before he says something idiotic.
Yes, I am voting Democrat to continue all of this wonderful stuff.
HOPIUM
Well, I was surprised he addressed the U.S. / Mexico border, because my thoughts are, it something that the folks at the White House are sweeping under the rug. The rest is what I was expecting to hear, even though I do not agree with most of it. It’s going to cost a lot of taxpayer dollars to cover costs to give to others.
I don’t watch SOTU speeches any more than I watch the Academy Awards or the Emmys. I have seen and read portions of it. Biden is still able to transform gold into excrement, as the speech clearly demonstrated.
No, I’d only care about national politics if I had the billions to influence them.
Yes and I thought for the most part Biden did better delivering the BS. Better than I had expected. For one thing you can double our police forces but if judges keep letting the perps out you are wasting money. Judges and DAs not covered. His main goal of the speech was turning the country into a socialist haven.
I have to admit I missed part of the speech watching Pelosi’s antics. I was sort of hoping her teeth would come completely out of her mouth. I think she forgot to go to the Lady’s room before the speech. At least she did not rip up Biden’s speech after it was over. The smile award of the night went to Chuckie Shoemer. The guy must be on drugs. What a suck up.
I watched it. While I am not a fan of Biden, I felt he was composed and did a good job, at least in the first half. I give him a pass for his speech impediment because I stutter and have struggled with that for my life. It is a difficult position to be in, because Russia is so volatile. I was very disgusted by Lauren Bobert and Marjorie Taylor Green. They are an embarrassment to democracy and have no place in congress. It was nice to see republicans and democrats somewhat united…. we need more of that and less of the division that splits us in half.
Nice post, thank you for reminding posters here that stutter is a handicap, and not something to be made fun of. You sound reasonable and compassionate.
Biden’s biggest handicap is the vacancy between his ears.
tha tha that’s all folks!
Stop believing the MSM about his speech impediment. He never ever had speech problems in the past. Go watch older videos of his speaking, no stuttering at all.
The whole speech impediment lie is just a way to help the MSM excuse his gaffes. He’s a total disaster.
“Don’t underestimate Joe’s ability to **** things up” – Barack Obama
I think there are just some individuals, much like how some people hate Trump even if he were to cure cancer during his presidency… who just hate anything democratic and hate Joe Biden. We have gone beyond actual politics and make this personal. We are a sad, divided nation and I don’t see this getting better any time soon. I pray for our country.
@Daria so was it okay when the DemocRATS did the same thing to Trump during his SOTU?
Now why would anyone willingly subject themselves to that kind of torture?
I saw a clip where the he rattled on about ‘we gotta protect our LGTV television buyers’. It reminded me of a time when both parties (that’s a joke it’s a uniparty folks) were against gay marriage. Times have changed…
Daria, Again l agree with you. Seems some people can’t just disagree on policies, the have to demonize the person. And, yes the left does it too, and l dislike it no matter who the offender are
I watched for about an hour and couldn’t take anymore. Biden talked about inflation, he says, “Look, I get it,” No, he doesn’t get it. Everything he proposed will increase the rate of inflation. He wants to increase the minimum wage to $15 an hour. It’s a feel good proposal, especially to the folks making less, but it will raise prices, and in some cases cause employers to lay off workers. He said everything will be made in America, and at the same time said he wants to raise the corporate tax rate to 50%, which will drive more corporations out of the country. Anybody with half a brain knows corporations pass the cost down to the consumer. All I heard from Biden was spend, spend, spend, and more free stuff.
I did however, find Nancy Pelosi’s antics quite amusing.
No. Throughout his 50 year career as a politician, biden has NEVER been a good speaker, nor has his poorly delivered tripe been heaping in honesty anyway. I did not want to listen to the babbling description of the fall of a great Republic at the hands of, and delivered by, a demented fool. To be honest, only 2 Presidents ever made me want to watch their SOTU address, and hopefully will be able to hear one their SOTU addresses again in roughly 3 years.
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Yes I watched the SOTU.
It reaffirmed that Democrats and liberals are idiots led by idiots.
No, the Andy Griffith Show was on at the same time. It’s more realistic.
We’d be better off with Barney Fife running the country.
Funny, I turned off the address to watch the Andy Griffith show too!
Biden and the 2 bobbleheads sitting behind him are in some sort of dream world! But reality will hit them at election time.
Scary and embarrassing to watch those people who are in charge of our government acting like that!
The village idiot in Chambers was Representative Lauren Boebert, REPUBLICAN from Colorado.
The President was referring to the lasting cancerous effects of burn pits in Ukraine and elsewhere and of his determination to stop them.
Boebert.
*First she yelled, “You put them in 13 of them!” [eg. She intentionally mischaracterized the fact that 13 United States troops died in the shockingly rapid fall of Kabul/Afghanistan when they were moving in a group of allied Afghans blown to smithereens by a suicide bomber.]
*Next she decided to interrupt by leading a “BUILD THE WALL!” chant…. fail due to lack of participation”.
And to top it off, she was flouncing around in a black shirt emblazoned with “DRILL, BABY, DRILL!” on the back.
Finally, to gather even more attention to herself…. this morning, she simpered though a public apology for the press.
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I heard she got her GED just a couple years ago. She’s like a brown Barbie doll.
Spend more money we don’t have.
Something about cops needing to be held accountable but nothing about criminals being held accountable.
Wants unity but called anyone that doesn’t vote for his federal voting takeover bill terrorists and racists.
At the same time he says America is better off he’s putting the dollars status as a the worlds reserve currency at risk. If we lose that, we’re a third world country in 24 hours.
Yes
I found it to be both tedious and repetitive. All SOTU Speeches are propaganda pieces for their own party including both parties. He seemed to spend too much time on Ukraine. Yes it’s important and Russia is paying the price. The Russian Banking system just increased their interest rates from 9.5% to 20%. Their economy will soon be in a tailspin. We have many pressing problems in our country which deserves his attention. Joe said to help reduce inflation WE need to make more stuff here. AH, NO joe…WE need to stop printing money, Unleash our energy sector since energy drives our economy in so many ways. Releasing more petroleum from our strategic reserves is foolish. I don’t believe has a clue how inflation really works. He spoke about more Free stuff like childcare and community College. Guns are bad but crime seems to take a back seat in so many of our cities. End cancer blah…blah…blah….He only mentioned opiate deaths but failed to mention the crisis at the border in terms of a human crisis. He admitted No mistakes in his policies and 2022 is looking bad for the Democratic Party. We all know if Joe has more than 1 event on his calendar, it’s a busy day. Please don’t bother him on the weekends because Kamala has our backs.
I listened to some of it on the radio. I usually don’t watch or listen to the whole speech, no matter who is president. I do listen to the analysis afterwards, and I like to hear it all, left, right and the middle. Then I get a more complete picture of what was said and what it meant. Then I make up my own mind.
FYI, my boyfriend, in fact, does have an actual speach impediment, which causes him to stutter. However, the stutter does not cause him to slur, replace words, mumble, babble incoherently, or make up stories. It only causes a slight delay or repetetion at the start of a word in a sentence. So, sorry to rain on your parade but it’s clear that Joe is more than likely suffering from cognition decline issues.
No I didn’t watch.
Did any one talk about the parcel tax in Clayton?
Kind of goes along with tax increases .
Never watch them no matter which messed up political party is presenting the lies. The GOP and the Democrats have both driven the Nation to the brink of collapse with their inability (refusal?) to compromise. Mitt said it right: he’s working with morons and although he was referring to Republican members of the House, his comment covered both sides of the aisle.
I watched the post speech analysis.
I was pleased to hear that our economy is doing much better compared to under the other guy.
While gas prices continue to climb we are more than happy to pay it. Our roads are vastly improved, we have a winter and summer blends of fuel and increased code three response times.
We should all be thankful for living in these prosperous times
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I find your comments very self-centered and selfish.
t’s all about you, right?
@ Lazy K ~ well that sounds just great!
What country do you live in?
@Lazy K….”Earth to Lazy K, Earth to Lazy K….come in Lazy K……”
You are being sarcastic, right ? Lazy K ?
You make joke?
Lazy …..
1. We are “more than happy “ to pay higher gas prices? Who are you speaking for?
2. Roads are “vastly improved?” Show me.
3. Increased code 3 response times means it takes LONGER to get there (get it? An increased amount of time means MORE time)…
What drugs are you taking?
I tuned it for about a minute and things were going as I expected. The corporate run Democratic Party (no longer the party of the people) put a bumbling idiot into the Presidency so the world would not take the US seriously. I can’t imagine anyone here who sees themselves as a Democrat wanting to associate with such a mistake. He’s just a front man and a terrible “car salesman” at that. He’s helping the oligarchs run the country into the ground and turning it’s citizens into slave consumer serfs. We need to rise up and rebel before it’s too late.
… only a brief part where Ukraine was discussed then I got a stomach ache and turned it
I had it on in background while I had visitors but today skimmed the transcripts. He is a very poor speaker and after a lifetime in government you would have thought he could take classes or something and I am not talking about stuttering. His speech is lifeless and his attempt at enthusiasm comes across as anger. Not good. Interesting in the transcript how he said a bunch of divisive stuff about the previous administration, holding police accountable, and giving citizenship to illegals but then immediately afterwards outlines what he calls his “unity agenda.” Democrats are genetically hypocrites.
Everyone bagging on MTG and Bobert were just as upset last year when Pelosi tore up the speech, right?
Right Dems?
Probably forgot about that one. Dems attention span is only relative to what they’re told on CNN/MSNBC. Completely programmed NPC’s
No.
It was a show staring a hooker, a drunk old woman, and a demented guy who can’t control his bowels.
For me, it wasn’t worth the time.
I would not watch a speech that describes our current state of the union. If anyone believes our Country is not in a complete state of disarray needs to have their head examined. Pick one of the following….
1) trillions in spending to special interests or programs…
2) Major inflation which includes Gasoline & many other products…
3) rampant crime throughout the Country…
4) complete failure of protecting our boarders…
5) losing our respect in the World as a superpower…..
I felt like they where trying way to hard to make he sound like a strong leader, when it was just the opposite. I liked and didn’t mind the standing ovations to the Ukraine representative. But they keep careening and going on during his speach. Turned it off , I did want to hear what he had say , but it felt more like ” ya, Biden is the best and a hero” fake .
Yes.
In a nutshell, It was basically all platitudes by someone who’s truely never accomplished anything significant, other than being a con artist.
No . Didn’t watch. Gave myself an enema instead.
Didn’t need one but rather watch drooling biden.
Yes, I watched it. I have for every President’s State of the Union Address unless I was deployed. It gives me a look at their view of the past year and their plans for the future. I also understand that the Chief Executive cannot pass laws nor be the final word on constitutional issues, so the address is aspirational. I listen to the tone of the address, which gives some additional insight to the President. I give every President the benefit of the doubt in their first year, and see if their attempted actions are reflective of their stated goals. I might not agree with their agenda, but I try and understand why they are proposing the ideas they outline. I am not surprised by the comments posted here, but am disappointed at the tone of many.
If we believe that they all of a sudden support the police then we are idiots!
This from Brandon.
“And if Congress provides the funds we need, we’ll have new stockpiles of tests, masks, pills ready if needed. I can’t promise a new variant won’t come. But I can promise you we’ll do everything within our power to be ready if it does.”
I’m just curious how you make tests for a variant that does not exist yet?
Each and every variant so far has been detected with the current tests. The fact that they were variants has been established by sequencing and showing the mutations from the previously known virus variants.
I guess it takes less to parrot a childish slur than to understand science.
Talk is cheap. Action is expensive.
Positive action by a politician is unheard of.
No, I did not watch although I really support what Boebbart and Greene stated about Biden having blood on his admin and his hands.
The SOTU has sunken to the level of the Grammys and Oscar presentation, ie. it is in the toilet!!.
Electing a vegetable has consequences. When the currency crisis hits and is replaced with the new ISO standards, just pray that central bank digital currencies don’t get issued directly to consumers. Otherwise the federal government will have direct programmatic oversight on what you can or cannot spend on, as they decide what is deemed ‘essential’. America is going down fast and deserves every bit of it. It’s going to get worse. Much much worse.