Quote:Joe Biden is getting set to deliver his first State of the Union address, or at least that’s the current plan. Given his penchant for sundowning, whether he actually speaks will probably have a lot to do with what kind of day he’s having. Last year, the president was months late in speaking to Congress for reasons never actually disclosed or justified.

This year, Nancy Pelosi is already looking to stack the deck. In what seems like a rather insane decision, according to Axios, the Speaker of the House is planning on limiting in-person attendance to just 25 people.

The normal caveats apply here. This is an anonymously sourced report relaying what Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy was told. Still, when Pelosi’s office was asked, they claimed no final decision has been made and that they were working with the attending physician to come up with protocols. That they didn’t outright deny the report is telling, and McCarthy would have no reason to lie about such an issue. At the very least, it appears this prohibition on attendance is very much in play.

The question is why? The Omicron wave is well on its way down, with cases being about half of what they were a week ago. By the time the SOTU happens, things will be bottoming out, with risk levels being extremely low. In other words, COVID-19 is not a viable excuse for drastically cutting attendance. Besides, the president is vaccinated, as is almost every member of the House. Yes, that’s going to be the official explanation, but we all know it’s bunk.

So what’s the real reason? I have my suspicions. Namely, I suspect that when you are dealing with someone in steep mental decline, not having hundreds of people clapping and groaning can only make things easier. Given Joe Biden’s penchant for melting down while speaking publicly, whatever help Pelosi can give him will surely be well-received.

Yet, even if we assume this is just about COVID-19, what kind of message does it send to the world that the President of the United States is so weak and feeble that he can’t be in a massive room with more than 25 people? Does anyone think Xi Jinping or Vladimir Putin are looking at this spectacle of absurdity and thinking anything other than they can take advantage of the situation?

Obviously, we are seeing that play out on the border of Ukraine and with China’s elevated aggression toward Taiwan. But it’s not just America’s major geopolitical and military enemies that are a problem. Even when dealing with allies, having a president who is so indisposed and incapable is a major handicap. There’s a reason Germany feels emboldened to defy the United States in regards to Russian energy.

Having an 80-year-old geriatric president is a major handicap for the country. The results speak for themselves, and they’ll be on full display as Biden mumbles, yells, and whispers his way through whatever his SOTU speech ends up being.

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He can't go off script.

My question is, who's the 25 gonna be in attendance..

Why can't he get the same treatment the MOB got when he did these SOTUs.

(02-02-2022 02:30 PM)gdunn Wrote:  He can't go off script.

My question is, who's the 25 gonna be in attendance..

Why can't he get the same treatment the MOB got when he did these SOTUs.

We already know who dictator Pelosi will have hand picked for attendance. They will be the biggest lapdogs in the Democrat party. That way when Spongebrain Sh*tpants starts rambling off some talking points he'll have a standing ovation. When he says something incoherent, which will be fully expected most of the time, they'll still act like a studio audience with an applause sign telling them when to clap.

We are doing things more and more like North Korea does when the cameras go on.

Will it be held in the studio across the street as well?

While he makes a good case about why, I'll need more than anonymous sources on this one. It would just be horrible optics.

(02-02-2022 06:01 PM)fsquid Wrote:  While he makes a good case about why, I'll need more than anonymous sources on this one. It would just be horrible optics.

Would fit perfectly with a year of scripted speeches with either turning his back on questions to walk away or reading off of a card about who he is supposed to call on with what pre vetted question.

Not sure anyone would be shocked. It’s a bad scripted “reality” TV show at this point.

(02-02-2022 06:01 PM)fsquid Wrote:  While he makes a good case about why, I'll need more than anonymous sources on this one. It would just be horrible optics.

Seriously?

(02-02-2022 06:01 PM)fsquid Wrote:  While he makes a good case about why, I'll need more than anonymous sources on this one. It would just be horrible optics.

ya think … it’s simply tossing more coals on the ri’donk’ilous runaway train…

@go4iTTT

“good case” … lmmfao

Duck and cover…..

Pelosi is just recreating his entire presidential campaign.

(02-02-2022 08:59 PM)shere khan Wrote:  

(02-02-2022 06:01 PM)fsquid Wrote:  While he makes a good case about why, I'll need more than anonymous sources on this one. It would just be horrible optics.

Seriously?

Yes seriously, I have a hard time believing a lifetime politician like Pelosi would think this would be a good idea. Even 50% would look so dumb.

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(02-02-2022 03:24 PM)No2rdame Wrote:  

(02-02-2022 02:30 PM)gdunn Wrote:  He can't go off script.

My question is, who's the 25 gonna be in attendance..

Why can't he get the same treatment the MOB got when he did these SOTUs.

We already know who dictator Pelosi will have hand picked for attendance. They will be the biggest lapdogs in the Democrat party. That way when Spongebrain Sh*tpants starts rambling off some talking points he'll have a standing ovation. When he says something incoherent, which will be fully expected most of the time, they'll still act like a studio audience with an applause sign telling them when to clap.

Will they all dress in white again?

May as well, dims looking at a whitewash anyway.

Normal folks be done with the dumb.





Y’all starting to figure this out yet?








Suckers

(02-03-2022 12:09 AM)fsquid Wrote:  

(02-02-2022 08:59 PM)shere khan Wrote:  

(02-02-2022 06:01 PM)fsquid Wrote:  While he makes a good case about why, I'll need more than anonymous sources on this one. It would just be horrible optics.

Seriously?

Yes seriously, I have a hard time believing a lifetime politician like Pelosi would think this would be a good idea. Even 50% would look so dumb.

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It started with a whisper…


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(02-03-2022 12:16 AM)JMUDunk Wrote:  

(02-03-2022 12:09 AM)fsquid Wrote:  

(02-02-2022 08:59 PM)shere khan Wrote:  

(02-02-2022 06:01 PM)fsquid Wrote:  While he makes a good case about why, I'll need more than anonymous sources on this one. It would just be horrible optics.

Seriously?

Yes seriously, I have a hard time believing a lifetime politician like Pelosi would think this would be a good idea. Even 50% would look so dumb.

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It started with a whisper…


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Was it a careless one?

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While not required to deliver a speech, every president since Woodrow Wilson, with the notable exception of Herbert Hoover, has made at least one State of the Union report as a speech delivered before a joint session of Congress. Before then, most presidents delivered the State of the Union as a written report.

Most of the SOTU speeches were delivered to the joint session of Congress between Jan. 3 and Feb. 12.

I will NOT be surprised at all to see Pelosi "recommend" the written SOTU option to Biden*, with the official excuse being risking COVID exposure to a full joint session of Congress. Or the Alzheimer's impacted Biden* will simply give it from the Oval Office, reading it from a teleprompter the size of a sheet of plywood.

What will NOT happen is Biden* giving the traditional SOTU speech to a Joint Session of Congress.

(02-03-2022 07:37 AM)boss man Wrote:  While not required to deliver a speech, every president since Woodrow Wilson, with the notable exception of Herbert Hoover, has made at least one State of the Union report as a speech delivered before a joint session of Congress. Before then, most presidents delivered the State of the Union as a written report.

Most of the SOTU speeches were delivered to the joint session of Congress between Jan. 3 and Feb. 12.

I will NOT be surprised at all to see Pelosi "recommend" the written SOTU option to Biden*, with the official excuse being risking COVID exposure to a full joint session of Congress. Or the Alzheimer's impacted Biden* will simply give it from the Oval Office, reading it from a teleprompter the size of a sheet of plywood.

What will NOT happen is Biden* giving the traditional SOTU speech to a Joint Session of Congress.

all the above scenarios still imply what most already understand…

#incapacitatedLeadershite

(02-03-2022 07:37 AM)boss man Wrote:  While not required to deliver a speech, every president since Woodrow Wilson, with the notable exception of Herbert Hoover, has made at least one State of the Union report as a speech delivered before a joint session of Congress. Before then, most presidents delivered the State of the Union as a written report.

Most of the SOTU speeches were delivered to the joint session of Congress between Jan. 3 and Feb. 12.

I will NOT be surprised at all to see Pelosi "recommend" the written SOTU option to Biden*, with the official excuse being risking COVID exposure to a full joint session of Congress. Or the Alzheimer's impacted Biden* will simply give it from the Oval Office, reading it from a teleprompter the size of a sheet of plywood.

What will NOT happen is Biden* giving the traditional SOTU speech to a Joint Session of Congress.

I thought they were all "vaccinated "?

Written was rumored last year as well.

I'd be surprised at 25 max capacity or written.

(02-03-2022 12:09 AM)fsquid Wrote:  

(02-02-2022 08:59 PM)shere khan Wrote:  

(02-02-2022 06:01 PM)fsquid Wrote:  While he makes a good case about why, I'll need more than anonymous sources on this one. It would just be horrible optics.

Seriously?

Yes seriously, I have a hard time believing a lifetime politician like Pelosi would think this would be a good idea. Even 50% would look so dumb.

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Not picking on you squid - I am sort of adding to what you said above...

Have you been paying attention to what has been coming out of Washington lately? The PR firm working for Washington needs to be fired - now. These people have an innate ability to lead with their chin over and over and over.

Take one of (almost any) Biden Statement's for example: My Next choice for SCJ will be a POC Woman.

WTF is the writer of that statement thinking? You immediately set up the nominee for second guessing. We all know why you were chosen.... He obliterated the nominee's character and competency qualifications in a nano-second.

Their effort tell the world and prove how diverse they are, is immediately in question now. It makes it seem like they have to, not that they want to.

Just STFU and do it. The minute he sets up goal posts, he diminishes the choice.

Obviously mentally deficient President is obvious.