LIVEBLOG: State Of The Union Address | Talking Points Memo

Tonight is President Trump’s fourth State of the Union address. The speech couldn’t come at a more tense time for the President, who is on the brink of being acquitted of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress in the Senate.


This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1289110

I will be back tomorrow to view the response as I for one am not watching that shit show

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If you watch, count the sniffs. I predict 27 sniffs in a 40 minute speech.

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Collins and Murkowski are voting to acquit, despite all their chest beating.
Quelle surprise.
That leaves Romney to bipartisan the vote, but I ain’t holding my breath.

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Why 40 min.? Do they cut the lights after that?

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So you are putting yourself in the “heavily medicated” camp?

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It will be more like a sniff per minute, and will run over an hour.
I ain’t watching. I’ve got paint that needs drying.

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Because a normal SOTU would run 70-90 minutes but he doesn’t have the staying power, even when he has rally adrenaline.

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Yes, but the preznit will be drugged too.

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Ditto. I used to think GWB was hard to listen to. DJT makes me hit the mute button so fast you’d think I get a food pellet for it.

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:grinning::grinning::grinning:

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Hey, I resemble that remark!

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Ahh, the STFU.

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More, I think. That’s not even one sniff a minute.

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Sorry, only adderal pellets available.

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WTF???

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Is there a pool for the number of sniffs?

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The list of presidential guests reads like a listing of right wing base red meat…there’s very little in there that appears to be unifying. It’s not the fault of the people, but you can tell where it’s headed by the slanted descriptions, and by the topics that each person represents. It’s going to be an ugly speech…even if Trump doesn’t go off on impeachment and gloat, his speechwriters apparently figured this was the best time to drag out as much divisive content as they could get away with.

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So applause in advance to the poor schlub that drew the short straw having to Live Blog this thing.

Sorry this happened to you, but grateful I don’t have to deal with it.

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Also, spare a thought for Daniel Dale, who does this sort of thing every time that moron speaks in a rally, etc.

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