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B-Man Posted March 7 Author Share Posted March 7 LOL. Ukraine's First Lady and Alexei Navalny's widow both turn down White House invitations to Biden's State of the Union address by Emily Goodin Olena Zelenska, Ukraine's first lady, turned down an invitation from the White House to attend Thursday's State of the Union address, dashing President Joe Biden's dreams of seating her next to Alexi Navalvny's widow in a show of force against Russia. The White House intended to place Zelenska and Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of murdered Russian opposition leader, in Jill Biden's box on the night of the president's prime time address. The plan was to use the women as powerful image against Russian President Vladimir Putin, coming at a time when Biden wants Congress to approve more aid for the Ukraine. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13164075/olena-zelenska-yulia-navalnaya-decline-biden-state-union.html . 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Frankish Reich Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 1 hour ago, B-Man said: What's with the random capitalization? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaCrispy Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 1 hour ago, B-Man said: This is epic! 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted March 7 Author Share Posted March 7 3 minutes ago, The Frankish Reich said: What's with the random capitalization? Yeah, thats the takeaway. Good work. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Frankish Reich Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 2 minutes ago, B-Man said: Yeah, thats the takeaway. Good work. Your response would have been much STRONGER with Some Random Capitalization. Learn From the MASTER. You are an UNPRESIDENTED fail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted March 7 Author Share Posted March 7 Enough squirrels 🦫 Back to the SOTU address. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaCrispy Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 2 minutes ago, B-Man said: Enough squirrels 🦫 Back to the SOTU address. America Last 👎 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted March 7 Author Share Posted March 7 1 minute ago, JaCrispy said: America Last 👎 C'mon man ! Who's side are you on ? 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted March 7 Author Share Posted March 7 This can't be true ? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Frankish Reich Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 1 minute ago, B-Man said: This can't be true ? This is pretty funny. It also explains why the "humor" of the Babylon Bee is so obvious. Anything remotely subtle or clever goes right over their heads. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Frankish Reich Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 1 minute ago, B-Man said: Spoiler: there will be no substance. Yes, there will be policy proposals and rants against this and that — but it will all be sound and fury, signifying a reelection campaign. The "substance" is already leaking because that's how the cynical game is played. Biden will demand big tax hikes on evil corporations that they totally won't pass on to you, dear consumer, and another one on people with wealth greater than $100,000,000. Biden will rant against credit card companies — bold take, POTUS! — and is also expected to go on a tirade against shrinkflation, perhaps with another assist from the Cookie Monster because everything is stupid. But Biden's proposals will be DOA as soon as they hit the Republican-controlled House. The administration, however, means for them to be DOA. Biden has no intention of risking political capital on moderate legislation that Republicans might pass. What he does want is a repeat of Harry Truman's successful 1948 reelection race against a "do-nothing" Congress. The more appeal Biden's policy proposals have to the most radical and activist parts of the Democratic base, the better. So instead of all that "healing" we were promised during Biden's basement 2020 campaign, we'll get WWII amounts of flak flying through the air. https://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2024/03/07/can-dr-feelgood-save-bidens-state-of-the-union-address-n4927095#google_vignette . True. But isn't this every SOTU address? - Float a big policy proposal that is half-baked and/or has a snowball's chance in hell of succeeding (think Trump's "repeal and replace" Obamacare with something much, much better) - Float a few small policy proposals that everyone can agree on (think Obama's long forgotten federal retirement savings account thing that he pitched when interest rates were under 1%) - Talk about how the other side is obstructing us from doing the things most Americans want done, and say you are all for compromise when compromise is called for - (since Reagan) try to personalize your supporters by putting a few "ordinary" or heroic Americans as plants in the seats of honor - (since Clinton) go on for way, way too long ... At least 20 years ago George Will started campaigning against a public SOTU address. Nothing in the constitution requires it. A simple letter to Congress is fine. That will never happen since the one prerequisite for the presidency is loving to hear yourself talk, even if you aren't very good at it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted March 7 Author Share Posted March 7 CRINGE. Who thinks feels that things like this are helpful ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
All_Pro_Bills Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 Sources suggest Joe is going to focus on the key problems facing Americans. Its not crime, or the open border, or economic insecurity over things like shrinking real incomes. Its that the cookies they're buying at the Super Market are smaller and there are a few less potato chips in a bag. Between daily 4 hour naps, he discovered grocery store products have been getting smaller over time. Like that 32 oz. jar of spaghetti sauce you won't find anymore. Alert those guys making up those low-ball fake inflation number too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sherpa Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 22 minutes ago, The Frankish Reich said: That will never happen since the one prerequisite for the presidency is loving to hear yourself talk, even if you aren't very good at it. Which makes his refusal to do a Super Bowl interview, a custom, and an incredible "tell" with the largest US TV audience of the year, an election year, all the more revealing. They are trying to keep the man from exposing himself. He is old, infirm, incoherent, and unreliable to his handlers, and that is on his best day. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Frankish Reich Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 So who was the last President to give a memorable SOTU address? I suppose I'd have to go back to Reagan's "shining city on a hill" one. Well written, well delivered, albeit by a President otherwise in decline. Bush 41's "read my lips: no new taxes" is memorable but in a negative sense. I can't recall a single word spoken by Bill Clinton in his roughly 7 hours of SOTU speeches. Bush 43? Kind of a proto-Biden "will he screw up his words" thing. Obama? One of those "communication is 90% nonverbal" things - he had good command of the staging, but nothing inspirational that would compare to his earlier speeches. Trump? I remember the first one (technically an "address to a joint session of Congress") was surprisingly good because he managed to come off as sane and maybe even moderate, but of course he squandered that right away. Biden? Always about the flub watch; so far, he's passed, but there's always this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDHillFan Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 11 minutes ago, sherpa said: Which makes his refusal to do a Super Bowl interview, a custom, and an incredible "tell" with the largest US TV audience of the year, an election year, all the more revealing. They are trying to keep the man from exposing himself. He is old, infirm, incoherent, and unreliable to his handlers, and that is on his best day. Listening to Smerconish on satellite radio the last few days the big question is would democrats be better off if they just “let Joe be Joe”. It was intended to be a serious question and discussion. Good lord. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Frankish Reich Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 I forgot that Bush 43 gave us "Axis of Evil" in one of his SOTU addresses. I remember it because it didn't make sense - it was Iraq, Iran, and N Korea, and was really a pitch for his war in Iraq. Too bad he used it, since it would be perfect for Biden's speechwriters today. There really is an Axis of Evil: Russia, Iran, N Korea that coordinates seriously destabilizing/anti-US actions in various parts of the world today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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B-Man Posted March 7 Author Share Posted March 7 BIDEN TO OPEN GAZA PORT Politico reports that President Biden has a big announcement to make tonight. During his State of the Union address, he will order the military to establish a temporary port in Gaza so more humanitarian aid can get to Palestinians in need. Enough with the airdrops, or to supplement the airdrops. We’re going in big time to keep Hamas in business. It’s not clear to me if this slam comes from the administration sources briefing Politico, but it sounds like it: “The U.S. is resorting to this military mission because Israel isn’t letting in enough aid to alleviate the humanitarian crisis caused by the Israel-Hamas war plaguing 2.2 million Palestinians in Gaza.” And then we have this: “Planning for the maritime corridor [to supply the port] still faces many execution challenges, namely how to offload, secure and distribute the aid.” Hamas will lend a hand. Of that we can be sure. They are still working out the details, but you can’t be too cynical: “Arguably the hardest part is dispersing the aid throughout the whole of Gaza. The multinational coalition will rely on the United Nations, non-governmental organizations and other groups to ensure the assistance gets to the right places.” It’s good to know they will have the friends of Hamas within the UN on board with the plan. It only makes sense. https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2024/03/biden-to-resupply-hamas-directly.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
All_Pro_Bills Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 12 foot high metal fencing erected around the Capitol perimeter overnight for tonight's SOTU address. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted March 7 Author Share Posted March 7 Just now, All_Pro_Bills said: 12 foot high metal fencing erected around the Capitol perimeter overnight for tonight's SOTU address. It might be to keep the Congressmen in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Blitz Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 8 hours ago, B-Man said: Wow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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JaCrispy Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 7 hours ago, B-Man said: C'mon man ! Who's side are you on ? Well, I’m always open for business… But your side does seem to be nicer to me…😉 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted March 8 Author Share Posted March 8 Joe Biden's State of the Union Jedi Mind Trick: Trust Me - Things Were Worse The annual presentation of the American president's wish list, one that never comes to fruition, commences tonight in the well of the House of Representatives as Joe Biden will deliver what we can only hope is his final State of the Union message. This particular speech increasingly has become a useless affair. Even the most diehard political observers would be hard-pressed to come up with a State of the Union address delivered by a president of either party that had any meaningful impact on policy, or even a rhetorical line that's worth remembering. For me, the last line from a SOTU speech I can recall was the Axis of Evil section of George W. Bush's 2002 address. It was just a few months after the 9/11 terror attacks in New York City and Washington, D.C., and it was a moment of clarity to identify the coalition of immediate threats the United States faced. The ironic part about today's world that Joe Biden has helped create is that there actually is an axis of evil very much allied against our interests - China, Russia, Iran, with junior partners in Venezuela and North Korea. But the chance of Joe Biden going down that road and talking in stark terms about national security and our need to beef up our military capabilities to combat it is about as likely as the President accepting responsibility for creating an open border that resulted in the death of Laken Riley in Georgia. It just won't happen. So what do we expect out of the exercise tonight? Well, there's the physical aspect of it, and then there's what will be said, and finally, what won't be said. First, the physical. Joe Biden is a very old man. He is physically slowing down. You see it in his gait, you see it in his posture, you hear it in his voice, and you see it in his declining energy. You have eyes. You have a brain. You can process what your eyes and ears report to you. The bar of expectations, based on recent Biden public appearances, is very, very low. {snip} Axios this morning reports that the President will give a feisty speech to remind people things were worse under Trump. President Biden will use tonight's State of the Union address to admit that prices are still too high in some areas — but argue things were worse under former President Trump, White House chief of staff Jeff Zients tells Axios. Biden needs a cure for what some advisers call "Trump amnesia" — the notion that the chaos and unpopularity of Trump's presidency has receded from some voters' memories nearly four years on. Roughly 435 sitting members of Congress, almost 100 Senators present, several members of the cabinet, the Supreme Court sending a delegation, military brass, plus invitees in the gallery above the chamber, and the person in the room with objectively the worst memory in the room - one that doesn't know when, where, or under what circumstances his oldest son died, one that believes he contracted cancer and asthma from oil rain on the windshield simultaneously in Pennsylvania and Delaware, one that believes he traveled the Tibetan plateau with Xi Jinping, that he taught classes at Pennsylvania, all of the dozens of false memories he has, Biden's the one who's going to presumably tell 320 million people their memory is bad. Good luck with that. For most Americans, their lifespan is a linear timeline where you can plot important points in their life. For Joe Biden, his timeline no longer is in a straight line. It's kind of an oscillating circle these days. It wanders from past to present sometimes in the same sentence of a speech. He confuses years when he was vice president and when he wasn't, sometimes under oath, and that lack of a grip of reality is the basis for why Special Counsel Robert Hur refused to bring charges against the President for his mishandling of classified documents. And Biden is further hindered by being surrounded by incompetent staff. https://hotair.com/generalissimo/2024/03/07/joe-bidens-state-of-the-union-jedi-mind-trick-trust-me-things-were-worse-n3784250 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted March 8 Author Share Posted March 8 Here we go ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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B-Man Posted March 8 Author Share Posted March 8 Entering now. OMG ! Look at that cabinet. How embarrassing for the U.S. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillStime Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 Just now, B-Man said: How embarrassing for the U.S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gobilz Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 Corpse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted March 8 Author Share Posted March 8 2 minutes ago, gobilz said: Corpse Dead man walking. THIS is the best that they could get him ? . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gobilz Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 Rubber mask ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted March 8 Author Share Posted March 8 (edited) State of our Union address starts off with Ukraine. How illustrative. This is bad. Forget the content, which is just weird for a SOTU intro. The delivery is rushed, shouted, and filled with spit Edited March 8 by B-Man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillStime Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 1 minute ago, B-Man said: State of our Union address starts off with Ukraine. How illustrative. This is bad. Forget the content, which is just weird for a SOTU intro. The delivery is rushed, shouted, and filled with spit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCBills Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 On brand.. Biden opens his SOTU talking about Ukraine and J6 I’m beyond over this geriatric piece of trash as President. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillStime Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 Just now, SCBills said: On brand.. Biden opens his SOTU talking about Ukraine and J6 I’m beyond over this geriatric piece of trash as President. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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