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I feel weird not watching the SOTU ....

So now Trump is taking credit for women in Congress. Actually he CAN take credit for some of that though not in the way he is implying. Talk about begging for an applause line.
Yeah, that was a pretty slick move on his part - I must admit.

He realizes he's falling off the ledge with women, and needs them in 2020.
 
This is really too much. Pelosi counting the pages left in this thing.
 
As usual Romney does not know what to do with himself. God he could have been so much more than he has turned out to be over his career.
 
That was hilarious. All the women were on one side... and some started a chant “we’re all on this side!” And the GOP started an awkward ‘USA USA” chant.

Yeah. I think the GOP prepped themselves to do the campaign ("U.S.A.! U.S.A.!") chant when needed, including to oppose a Dem reaction, which seems to be what happened here.
 
Mitch looks like he swallowed a bad clam.
 
Trump taking credit for something he has had NOTHING to do with AGAIN.
 
I usually want to know what the president is saying ... whether it's a president whose agenda I like or dislike. So, since I want to feel informed, I usually feel an obligation to listen firsthand and not rely on what other people and their biased filters tell me was the takeaway of the night.

I gave Trump a chance in his first two years. I found a couple of positive things in both his first Joint Session speech and his first official SOTU. But ... no ... not tonight.

Actions always speaks louder than words.
 
How you doing, Linc? Good seeing you around.

We’re having our first ice storm warning in a decade. I’m not watching RTrump. I can’t find a time in our history when we haven’t been at each other’s throats.

And, the South won the latest chapter of our never-ending civil war, this decade, at the ballot box.
 
To the bolded:

To glean additional information from body language and delivery, and to gauge Congressional response.

republicans stand and clap, democrats sit on hands. Besides, I don't think I can trust what he says to mean what he says. I don't need political theater to know or be told what to think about the man when actions, deeds speaks more volumes of the truth than could ever come out of his mouth or any other president for that matter.
 
What!!! How did a line about funding cancer research turn into a school choice (charter school) agenda item? Was there a period in there somewhere that I just didn't hear come out of his mouth?
 
We’re having our first ice storm warning in a decade. I’m not watching RTrump. I can’t find a time in our history when we haven’t been at each other’s throats.

And, the South won the latest chapter of our never-ending civil war, this decade, at the ballot box.

Well said.
 
What!!! How did a line about funding cancer research turn into a school choice (charter school) agenda item? Was there a period in there somewhere that I just didn't hear come out of his mouth?

Also note he decided to drop a generous.... $50 million a year to combat the problem.

That’s a rounding error on toilet repairs for the DOD.
 
I feel weird not watching the SOTU .... but I just can't deal with that creep now.

I can't say for sure, but it's possible I haven't missed a SOTU since sometime in the 90's. I at least haven't actively avoided one. If I was where I could watch it and I thought of it, I would turn it on, feeling it my civic duty.

But not tonight. You guys enjoy.

I don't....Tuesday is trivia nite at the pub, and of course our team won.

Why do I need to see the orange mushroom screaming and yelling....he is on TV doing that every freaking day.
 
Nobody is buying the "if not for me, we would be at war with NK" line either....NOBODY!
 
I feel weird not watching the SOTU .... but I just can't deal with that creep now.

I can't say for sure, but it's possible I haven't missed a SOTU since sometime in the 90's. I at least haven't actively avoided one. If I was where I could watch it and I thought of it, I would turn it on, feeling it my civic duty.

But not tonight. You guys enjoy.

Oh yeah I get it. I wasn’t going to watch, but my mom is visiting and wanted to turn it on just to make fun of him, so I watched it until about 9:45. Couldn’t handle much more. You didn’t miss much. Caravans are coming! Illegal ALIENS! I will build the wall!!!!’ Oh and of course tooting his own horn regarding the economy. Same ole bull, different day ! It was fun watching Nancy though!


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republicans stand and clap, democrats sit on hands. Besides, I don't think I can trust what he says to mean what he says. I don't need political theater to know or be told what to think about the man when actions, deeds speaks more volumes of the truth than could ever come out of his mouth or any other president for that matter.
Fair enough.

I really enjoy watching these things in conjunction with getting feedback from those around me, like in this thread or with friends and family. Ideally, I think I'd like to watch this as part of a larger diverse public group in real-life, but I don't currently hang-out with that many political junkies since I left the city and my active political participation.
 
I feel weird not watching the SOTU .... but I just can't deal with that creep now.

I can't say for sure, but it's possible I haven't missed a SOTU since sometime in the 90's. I at least haven't actively avoided one. If I was where I could watch it and I thought of it, I would turn it on, feeling it my civic duty.

But not tonight. You guys enjoy.

I'd feel weird to watch it.
 
Hysterical...Trump has a nerve talking about "government coercion" as if he is not been trying to coerce and extort his Wall funding from the Hill.
 
“Never a socialist country.” I want to hear “never a kleptocracy.”
 
That claim about him believing the US would be at war with North Korea had he not been elected seems to have gone over like a lead balloon....
 
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