2022 State of the Union

Hakkekage

Last minute thread go

Hakkekage

Starting off with Ukraine/Russia expected, and Obvs last minute revision to the speech

Can only imagine the meltdown in right media circles, not interested in finding out for myself

Applause for the Ukraine ambassador is a good touch also

thatassemblyguy

Briefly mentioning COVID, and immediately launching into the Putin/Russia invasion.

Wonder if we'll get any State of Union, or if this will be state of "look over there!"

TTODewback

Wow, Elki is a prophet.

Hakkekage

thatassemblyguy wrote: »

Briefly mentioning COVID, and immediately launching into the Putin/Russia invasion.

Wonder if we'll get any State of Union, or if this will be state of "look over there!"

I’m sure that will come later, but Obvs should be framing even our problems through the lens of Democracy vs. Authoritarianism. This extended opening is the right response to current events

thatassemblyguy

Hakkekage wrote: »

thatassemblyguy wrote: »

Briefly mentioning COVID, and immediately launching into the Putin/Russia invasion.

Wonder if we'll get any State of Union, or if this will be state of "look over there!"

I’m sure that will come later, but Obvs should be framing even our problems through the lens of Democracy vs. Authoritarianism. This extended opening is the right response to current events

Agreed. I did like the initial statement at least mentioning COVID and how this year we're back together.

thatassemblyguy

Oh, Biden used the word "Seize" not "Freeze" w.r.t. Oligarch stuff.

*vibrating dolphin*

Hakkekage

Taking their yachts and closing American airspace to Russian flights, Russia’s economy is fucked, this is all Putin’s fault

BUT

we’re not going to fight with putin unless he goes west

None of this is news, really, but gonna hit each beat. At least Biden is milking this

Tumin

I mean

Very "America is back on top stomping Russia" vibes

Hakkekage

Tumin wrote: »

I mean

Very "America is back on top stomping Russia" vibes

Comfortable ground for old timers

Hakkekage

Did he just say the Iranian people

Um

Ummm

My guy

zagdrob

Tumin wrote: »

I mean

Very "America is back on top stomping Russia" vibes

Stones gonna play Satisfaction.

thatassemblyguy

Oops. Misspoke and said Iranian people not Ukrainian.

thatassemblyguy

Hakkekage wrote: »

Did he just say the Iranian people

Um

Ummm

My guy

That's gonna get some play on Fox and Friends.

Hakkekage

And now, the transition to money stuff

Why did the camera cut to and linger on Kevin McCarthy’s ugly ass face while Biden does his “I was a poor child” speech

Schumer is on a hair trigger to clap

Hakkekage

thatassemblyguy wrote: »

Hakkekage wrote: »

Did he just say the Iranian people

Um

Ummm

My guy

That's gonna get some play on Fox and Friends.

Putin will never fuck up Tehran and that’s a fact

DoctorArch

I know the opposition party acts like assholes during a SOTU, but Democrats need to play images of Republicans sitting on their hands in response to job increases over and over again.

Ilpala

I heard uranian. Like uranus or something. Sounded like he just skipped the k in ukrainian.

It'd been forever since I went out of my way to hear the man speak but yea that stutter/slur isn't getting any better.

Tumin

Inflation?

In MY America?

Not too thrilled that Biden is victory lapping on the economic benefits of COVID restrictions lifting, hard to argue that we are doing the bestest and pivot to...anything negative / pushing for more recovery, single out bad actors. Huhm.

Hakkekage

I mean, he should be milking the infrastructure bill like a….whatever that green milk alien thing is in Star Wars whatever

But “we’re done talking about infrastructure weeks, we’re now talking about an infrastructure decade”

Cringe, slap your speechwriter

DoctorArch

Ilpala wrote: »

I heard uranian. Like uranus or something. Sounded like he just skipped the k in ukrainian.

It'd been forever since I went out of my way to hear the man speak but yea that stutter/slur isn't getting any better.

I think he may have gotten dentures which will slur anyone's speech a bit.

Hakkekage

Buy america rah rah

Well our defense industry is gonna do gangbusters even more than they already have

Veagle

DoctorArch wrote: »

I know the opposition party acts like assholes during a SOTU, but Democrats need to play images of Republicans sitting on their hands in response to job increases over and over again.

I also like them sitting in opposition to 'no more lead poisoning for kids'.

Hakkekage

We’re doing the new factory in American heartland thing again huh

Domestic semiconductor capacity is a good thing tbh, and intel ain’t foxconn, but I’m tired of “private company promises to do something for profit with incidental public policy benefits”

thatassemblyguy

"We're not investing in R&D but China is"

Cutting directly at the nationalist (*cough*racist) heart of any GOP candidate.

DoctorArch

Veagle wrote: »

DoctorArch wrote: »

I know the opposition party acts like assholes during a SOTU, but Democrats need to play images of Republicans sitting on their hands in response to job increases over and over again.

I also like them sitting in opposition to 'no more lead poisoning for kids'.

The spaced out seating due to COVID protocols makes the sitting much more obvious than before when the gallery is packed.

thatassemblyguy

Hakkekage wrote: »

We’re doing the new factory in American heartland thing again huh

Domestic semiconductor capacity is a good thing tbh, and intel ain’t foxconn, but I’m tired of “private company promises to do something for profit with incidental public policy benefits”

Yeah, I'm not happy with "privatizing will save us" shenanigans.

Hakkekage

Who is this ACTUAL BABY in the audience

thatassemblyguy

Hakkekage wrote: »

Who is this ACTUAL BABY in the audience

Bezos de-aging tech worked too well.

Eddy

Considering that the opposition's rebuttal will almost certainly be about mask mandates, has Biden talked about how numbers are down from the crazy surge and how some places are easing mask mandates, as a sort of prebuttal

DoctorArch

"Lower costs not wages"

Or just tax the rich and corporate profits.

Hakkekage

Ugh car prices

Literally am dealing with this right now

I’m not sure about this inflation line

Lower your costs, not your wages

Agreed, but every company will say US-only supply chains and manufacturing = higher costs

Tumin

I mean when 50% of your costs are housing and healthcare

DoctorArch

Yeah, insulin is fucking bullshit in the US.

Hakkekage

The baby is there as a diabetes advocate and to make a point about pharma profiteering

Ok, I now understand, but

Its that kids birthday??

I like this whole segment but he needs to finish every other sentence with “and I just hope KYRSTEN can hear me”

Hakkekage

“Childcare is infrastructure, Joe”

How is it going to PASS, though

DoctorArch

At the least you can raise the cap on the tax deduction for child care. The current limit is ridiculously low.

Tumin

Let the children vote

thatassemblyguy

Kid in audience is diabetic. Used as an introduction to the talking point that government needs to be able to negotiate drug costs like insulin.

I wish there were some petty digs at whats-his-name from WV.

AOC looking fierce in the audience. 100% positive to give Fox crowd a hate-stroke.

Sleep

My wife informs me that we pay 18k a year for child care

I like that dead eye shot on Warren right as soon as taxing billionaires and mega corps comes up.

enlightenedbum

Connect climate to Russia, you morons.