March 1, 2022

It's SOTU night.

The text will be available here, eventually.

And you can watch it live here:

 

It's a tad late for me... and I'm in the Central Time Zone. How can Biden do it at his age?

107 comments:

walter said...

Joementia hired all the best juicers.
Better speechifying through chemistry.

Michael said...

Amphetamine

Bilwick said...

"I love lamp. Loud noises. Vootie. Good night, America--or whatever country this is."

Mary Beth said...

We should not have to be concerned with how the president manages to stay up long enough to deliver the address. It would be nice to be able to think that he has the stamina to carry out the normal duties of the job and would also be able to be awake and alert within moments if he had to be awakened during the night.

Lem Vibe Bandit said...

How does Biden do it? -Drugs.

gilbar said...

Our Professor Althouse asks...
How can Biden do it at his age?


That's EASY! the answer is Adderal. He will be pumped FULL of speed

Temujin said...

He’s been sleeping for days heading into this.

Original Mike said...

I find pretty much all politicians cringe-inducing. Biden is certainly no exception. Fortunately, I'm watching Badger basketball tonight.

John Borell said...

Drugs

madAsHell said...

I wonder if he will use his creepy whisper voice for emphasis.

You know.......he has no agenda. I can't imagine anybody walking away from the speech, and thinking....."Yeah, Joe those are good ideas!!"

Original Mike said...

Has CNN switched to honest (err, hard) news reporting yet.

FIDO said...

Meth. He sleeps all day, they gives him the blood of little girls and meth.

gspencer said...

I'm posting this just before the 900pm kickoff when Old Joe comes stumblin' in. The timing is real important here. The speech has to go off like clockwork. He got his drug fixes at the appropriate time, each one scheduled to hit their designed peak as he's at the podium.

Andy said...

Cocaine

NorthOfTheOneOhOne said...

Jonathan Capeheart on PBS having a Bidegasm.

Mr. T. said...

He can't.

Mr. T. said...

He can't.

Fernandinande said...

To me, SOTU always looks like STFU.

Inga said...

Thank God that it’s not Putin’s useful idiot, Trump that is standing up there today.

Ceciliahere said...

Nancy looks wide awake! What kind of an expression is she making with her mouth? Is her face stuck?

Mid-Life Lawyer said...

I think this is what is now called Cringe.

The Cracker Emcee Refulgent said...

If we cheer wildly at every absurd utterance, maybe no one will notice what a disaster we are.

Wince said...

Hopefully the Babylon Bee will superimpose Biden’s image in front of Pelosi tearing up the speech.

The Cracker Emcee Refulgent said...

Karen of Texas said...

Did he just say "...weaken the resolve of the Iranian people"?

Lem Vibe Bandit said...

If the Alaska pipe line is not resurrected, Biden is not serious about fighting Putin.

Ann Althouse said...

I stopped watching at 8:25

Joe Smith said...

The dumbest man to ever be elected to the senate, let alone POTUS.

It's a fucking embarrassment...Nancy trying to keep her teeth in while bouncing up and down and clapping like a trained seal.

'I stopped watching at 8:25'

I would stop watching but my sig-other is a glutton for punishment...

AZ Bob said...

He's not slurring his words any more than he does in the middle of the day.

Jersey Fled said...

"I stopped watching at 8:25"

I never started.

Dave Begley said...

Stopped at 8:36. Can’t stand to listen to this fucking liar.

tommyesq said...

I stopped watching at 8:25

That is an especially funny line to us East-Coasters!

Danno said...

Blogger Ceciliahere said...Nancy looks wide awake! What kind of an expression is she making with her mouth? Is her face stuck?

Must be the Botox. If her head exploded, she would qualify as an EPA cleanup site.

wildswan said...

I'm dipping in now and then but Free Cell is more interesting. I've decided Joe is trying to make America great again without acknowledging any problems caused by any Dems. A little unreal but easy to follow without paying any attention like a young adult novel. we're to cheer. In Free Cell however it's real question whether one can win every game if one concentrates or whether chance sometimes can be too much for one.

madAsHell said...

He's going to fix all the drug prices, and the drug companies will like their new profit margins.

Chris Lopes said...

"Thank God that it’s not Putin’s useful idiot, Trump that is standing up there today."

Instead, we have Putin's useless idiot.

JAORE said...

Did he just say "...weaken the resolve of the Iranian people"?
yes. Kamela's expression was priceless.

Andrew said...

I couldn't watch it anymore either. The drug-induced mania. The pseudo-folksy charm. The BS ovations. The fake enthusiasm. The triumvirate of mediocrity and corruption (Joe, Kamala, and Nancy). Yuck.

Beasts of England said...

Cocaine, Adderall, and/or crystal meth. He’s a brain-dead jackass…

Mich McCormick said...

That was a disconcertingly short run time over Ukraine. I’m not sure if that’s because we can’t say much or if he and his team have misread the moment.

My only other reaction is gawd he looks old.

Not inspiring.

Dear corrupt left, go F yourselves said...

did anyone hear the clip of Kamala talking down and dumb to a black audience about Russian and Ukraine?

Holy cow.

gspencer said...

Man, they musta given him top shelf skag. He's been on for about an hour and the Depends are holding up.

Dear corrupt left, go F yourselves said...

Biden shut down most of our domestic energy. Big gift to his pal - Putin.

Dear corrupt left, go F yourselves said...

Lying liars who lie

Biden blames across-the-board tax cuts for increasing deficits. Tax revenues ROSE after taxes were CUT: https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2019/11/08/reality-check-after-huge-tax-cuts-revenues-increased--yet-the-deficit-spiked-because-of-overspending-n2556155

Corporate taxes were cut. Corporate tax revenues just hit an all time high: https://taxfoundation.org/corporate-tax-

Michelle Dulak Thomson said...

"How does he do it as his age"? By calling a three-day "lid," for starters. Some sort of strong drug cocktail, for afters.

Note that no one would ask this about Trump, though he's nearly as old as Biden is.

gspencer said...

Again with the cheap reference to Beau just to get cheap, undeserved applause.

Dear corrupt left, go F yourselves said...

"His speech sounds like it was written by pollsters. Politically terrified pollsters."

No doubt..

Wince said...

Did you see Pelosi rise to clap for…“burn pits,” catch herself and then slowly slink back?

Tom said...

I did a shot every time he said “folks.” That was a mistake…

Wince said...

Rather revealingly, how many times did Biden threaten to sic the DOJ on somebody?

cubanbob said...

pic.twitter.com/il4Nx9O6LP

Right there in a nutshell is the SOTU.

Dear corrupt left, go F yourselves said...

The Potemkin Crook wanders thru the party... they love their Potemkin crook.

J L Oliver said...

Yes, to all asking if he used the creepy whisper voice. Also he said,"when all the family sh_t around the dinner table." Also said the Iranians would not agree with the Russian invasion.

The Cracker Emcee Refulgent said...


“Thank God that it’s not Putin’s useful idiot, Trump that is standing up there today.”

Alas, we have Putin’s useful idiot, Biden, standing up there today.

Michael K said...


Blogger Inga said...

Thank God that it’s not Putin’s useful idiot, Trump that is standing up there today.


Speaking of useful idiots.... I watched about a half hour. Bluster and war threatening.

Paul said...

"It's a tad late for me... and I'm in the Central Time Zone. How can Biden do it at his age?"

He slept all day Ann...

Geeze he has had what, 100 'vacations' to his place in Delaware?

He goes to the Fuhrerbunker all the time.

Mr Wibble said...

If Biden were serious about us not seeing each other as enemies, he could start with his own DOJ. Pardon the Jan 6 protesters.

Sheridan said...

They should have finished with Tom Jones singing "It's Not Unusual" like he did in Mars Attacks. Lots of similarities to that movie!

FullMoon said...

Ann Althouse said...

I stopped watching at 8:25

3/1/22, 8:26 PM


When you've lost Althouse,....

n.n said...

Biden has a hundred million and one reasons to cover-up his role and progress in the violent Western-backed coup in 2014 during the Obama administration, ostensibly a Slavic Spring, which would explain his/Democratic disenfranchisement of American interests and properties in the great energy reset, the Capitol Hill/DCPD riot, etc.

Dear corrupt left, go F yourselves said...

Kira
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"Dems hate trickle down economics except when they're giving families pennies and The Kennedy Center tens of millions dollars bc they'll "create work" "

285exp said...

How can he do it? Badly.

Narayanan said...

cos Biden is yootful 80 or so

Skeptical Voter said...

I did watch all the way through--then didn't listen to any of the responses.

Nancy got smart and relaxed the mask mandates. It would have been a terrible visual disconnect if Joe blathered about how he handled the virus--but everybody there was wearing a mask. Most were not masked tonight--although I saw Fat Jer Nadler all masked up.

What struck me was that about a third of the chamber was empty--a lot of Congress critters simply did not show up. A lot of them were wearing blue and yellow tags or blue and yellow scarfs to signify unity with Ukraine.

Rather than taking shots at Trump Biden wisely didn't say anything about Trump.

Toward the end Biden got manic--he was practically screaming as he launched into his peroration. I figure the drugs really kicked in at that moment.

NorthOfTheOneOhOne said...

Watching the PBS pre-game, Judy Woodruff went on and on about how Joe is leading Europe in sanctioning Putin. I've been watching life feed European news (Sky, France24, DW) exclusively since since the invasion started, Biden is rarely mentioned.

Narayanan said...

wildswan said...
I'm dipping in now and then but Free Cell is more interesting.
... In Free Cell however it's real question whether one can win every game if one concentrates or whether chance sometimes can be too much for one.
=====
!!! I had colleague who could remember each game and efficient moves!!

he said one game not solvable

StephenFearby said...

Axios:

Biden calls Ukrainians "Iranians" during State of the Union

What he said: "Putin may circle Kyiv with tanks, but he'll never gain the hearts and souls of the Iranian people."

The big picture: The slip-up immediately caused the word "Iranian" to trend on Twitter.

"Iranian people, Uranium people, Ukrainian people! You know…the thing!" Claremont Institute communication director Nick Short posted on Twitter. ‎‎

https://www.axios.com/biden-ukrainians-iranians-state-of-the-union-6cf2fd89-a252-4ef4-b4d7-3cdc8042957a.html

Bender said...

I've been watching life feed European news (Sky, France24, DW) exclusively since since the invasion started, Biden is rarely mentioned

He's not mentioned in European tweets either, including from on-the-ground in Ukraine. It is the European countries themselves doing everything, plus the EU and European Parliament, which today said that Russia's aggression was an existential threat to Europe, and United Nations, and more and more private companies on their own are disengaging from any business in or with Russia.

When the U.S. is mentioned by Ukraine officials, it is in a cursory way and as a diplomatic courtesy only.

Just like the things Biden reportedly promoted in the speech are things that others have been calling for for over a year, every move Biden has made regarding Ukraine has been a week behind Europe.

Lewis Wetzel said...

I tuned into Biden's speech at a random time and he was talking about US burn pits in Iraq and how that breathing the fumes from these burn pits made soldiers sick and gave them cancer.
This is an obsession of Biden's. Beau Biden was an officer in Iraq, but he was a lawyer who never saw combat. He sat at a desk & kept office hours. Nevertheless, ol' "Slow Joe" blames fumes from burn pits for the brain cancer that killed Beau Biden.

Narayanan said...

Danno said...
Blogger Ceciliahere said...Nancy looks wide awake! What kind of an expression is she making with her mouth? Is her face stuck?

Must be the Botox. If her head exploded, she would qualify as an EPA cleanup site.
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with Botox more likely to collapse into dark matter!

Narayanan said...

Danno said...
Blogger Ceciliahere said...Nancy looks wide awake! What kind of an expression is she making with her mouth? Is her face stuck?

Must be the Botox. If her head exploded, she would qualify as an EPA cleanup site.
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with Botox more likely to collapse into black hole!

Left Bank of the Charles said...

It’s wonderful that we again have a President whose public speeches we can safely sleep through.

Tina Trent said...

Meth or other speed dilates pupils. Biden has blue eyes for distant camera ops and pitch black holes when they really juice him up to speak at length.

pacwest said...

Buy American. Companies should just cut their costs. What a novel idea. And to think that during my 45 years in business that never even crossed my mind. Biden is a genius! (LOL. Sometimes I crack myself up.)

I watched the whole thing and I'm guessing he lost a couple of points in the polls.

Steve Pitment said...

How can Biden do what at his age? Confuse Ukraine and Iran.

Tom said...

“Don’t cut wages. Cut costs.”

Every person in the private sector probably is asked by their company to cut costs every week. I can’t imagine anyone who heard that thinks Biden has any clue what he’s talking about. “Cut costs?! My God, why didn’t we think of that?!”

And this said by a president who is very happily leading a government that’s $30T in debt to social security recipients and communist countries.

Ceciliahere said...

He thinks we’re now watching Russia invade Iran.

Look forks, I mean folks, at this point what difference does it make? Afghans, Irans, Ukrans,, you know what I mean…the whosey, whatsit people over there someplace. They’re winning with their resolve.

Now let’s talk about my son, Beau, my father and my sainted mother. And don’t forget Doctor Jill the breadwinner in the family.


Douglas B. Levene said...

The most interesting thing about the SOTU address was that at least two Democratic Congresswomen, Rashida Tlaib, speaking for the Working Families Party, and Cori Bush, speaking for the Congressional Black Caucus, gave formal responses to Biden tonight. I can't remember when a member of the president's own party took to the airwaves to give a formal speech criticizing the president's SOTU on the same night it was given. That's Biden's biggest problem. He can't even inspire fear or loyalty from the Democrats, let alone from the Republicans.

Narayanan said...

Russia war fighting doctrine quite different than Pentagon's : fewer men bigger BOOM

Russia’s military is instead built around ground-based heavy artillery. Much of the Russian force now invading Ukraine consists of “Battalion Tactical Groups” (BTGs). These formations of less than 1,000 men operate as much artillery as a U.S. armored brigade—a formation of about 4,500 troops—as well as air-defense, anti-tank, and multiple-launch rocket system (MLRS) batteries. Russia’s Soviet-era artillery has been modernized and much of it is brand new. In addition to large quantities of self-propelled artillery, many of Russia’s active artillery systems substantially outgun and outrange their Western equivalents, partially thanks to a domestic defense industry that specializes in this niche.

Stephen St. Onge said...

wildswan said...
In Free Cell however it's real question whether one can win every game if one concentrates or whether chance sometimes can be too much for one.
_________________________

        The answer is that some games are unwinnable, but only a handful out of the possibles.  Wikipedia’s article on Free Cell used to list them, might still do so.

n.n said...

“Don’t cut wages. Cut costs.”

Finitely available and accessible plus energy (e.g. intermittent/renewable vs nuclear, petroleum, etc.). The issue is not costs, but rather prices, specifically progressive prices (e.g. shared responsibility, inflation) in singe/central/monopolistic economic models. Also, [catastrophic] [anthropogenic] immigration reform in lieu of emigration reform to mitigate progress at both ends of the bridge and throughout. Establishing a religion that normalizes elective abortion (e.g. one-child/State's Choice, selective-child/her Choice) for social, redistributive, clinical, and fair weather causes is a first-order anthropogenic forcing of social dysfunction on a forward-looking basis.

tds said...

wage is cost

wendybar said...

I am so embarrassed that this person was installed as the president of this once great country.

BUMBLE BEE said...

Got this right... https://twitter.com/i/status/1498791098835214336

BUMBLE BEE said...

To stay up late, you need better drugs. Check with Hunter.

John henry said...

My favorite part was the Trump/MAGA/USA rally that broke out about halfway through.

Brandon was basically just rehashing all the things President Trump accomplished during his 4 years and at one point the entire congress, both sides it appeared, broke into a "USA, USA USA" Cheer.

It sounded just like a Trump rally.

Are the demmies going to try to gaslight us into believing that they are the pro-USA party now?

John LGBTQBNY Henry

wendybar said...

Biden "You can't build a wall high enough to keep out a virus"

This is the gobbly gook that we are supposed to understand? And he talks about immigration reform AFTER opening the border and letting 2 million illegals and terrorists from other countries spew in??? We are so fucked. 3 more years of this...or of Kamala who talks down to us like we are 5??

Andrew said...

@BUMBLE BEE,
Oh wow! Thanks for sharing.
That might be the greatest TV moment in history.
Now we know why Biden was so energized.

Kay said...

I saw a short clip, and it took me back to 2003. Terrible.

Iman said...

Well… here’s another nice mess he’s gotten us into.

Amadeus 48 said...

So, I guess Biden shouted “Let’s go Brandon “ at the end. They are pretending that he shouted “Go get him (or ‘em)” and it is not in the transcript. Either way, I think Biden must have been referring to Brandon. It’s a good thing he didn’t put a “I did that” sticker on his forehead.

Rory said...

"Don’t cut wages. Cut costs"

My closest supermarket just went from five to 12 self-checkouts. Dropped three cashiers on the day shift.

Tommy Duncan said...

"Cut costs."

OK Joe, you go first. Allow American oil producers to pump oil and lower gasoline and oil costs.

How about easing the federal regulations that are driving costs upward?

How about cutting waste out of the federal government and reducing our tax burden?

Maynard said...

Joe won't make it another year. Next years SOTU will be delivered by POTUS Kamala Harris.

She will speak to us as if we were small children.

Democrats in the media will praise her as an inspirational leader for the future ... and the children.

Two-eyed Jack said...

The PBS coverage was interesting. They wanted so much to talk about potential bipartisan initiatives but had to admit that the Republicans passed on almost all the "bipartisan" applause lines. They couldn't even get wee-weed up about Boebert's "Thirteen" shout, because the topic is too embarrassing. It seemed like the whole thing was such a downer and even their Never-Trump Republican commentators were letting them know.

RoseAnne said...

When talking about "burn pits" on the way to introducing how his son Beau may have died, Biden said he had "been in and out of Iraq and Afghanistan more than 40 times."

40 times? If he went to both on the same trip, then it could have been 20 trips. Still sounds excessive. Yes, we were there 20 years, but, given the security needed for US senators and especially the VP, why?






Big Mike said...

The people who voted for Joe Biden need to give the sane among us all a deep, groveling apology, and I mean groveling on their knees.

People who realized that Joe would be a terrible President, but haughtily stuck their nose up in the air and declined to vote for Donald Trump anyway, they also need to grovel out an apology on their knees.

walter said...

gspencer said...
Again with the cheap reference to Beau just to get cheap, undeserved applause.
--
Well..you don't want Ukraine and Hunter mentioned in same speech.

Maynard said...

Thank God that it’s not Putin’s useful idiot, Trump that is standing up there today.

You cannot build a wall high enough to keep out this insanity.

Big Mike said...

Stephen Kruiser’s take on Pjmedia.com:

A lot of the reports were mentioning Biden’s call for unity, which is impossible to take seriously coming from a man who calls his political opponents racists and terrorists and uses his Dept. of Justice to silence them.

So, less-than-respectfully Joe, hell no.

Ceciliahere said...

All that was missing were the red hats!

Rusty said...

“Don’t cut wages. Cut costs.”
You first, president dipstick. The American people have sacrificed enough.

Rusty said...

"Blogger Ceciliahere said...Nancy looks wide awake! What kind of an expression is she making with her mouth? Is her face stuck?"
That was very distracting.
She was preparing to moisten her eyeballs with her tongue.

Bilwick said...

Speaking of useful idiots . . . Hi, Inga! The party line has been lost without you.

driverdonald said...

Harris is a filthy liar

pacwest said...

Speaking of useful idiots . . . Hi, Inga! The party line has been lost without you.

That was one of the things that puzzled me about Biden's SOTU. It seemed geared towards the low IQ audience. The Inga base is obviously locked in no matter what. No real need to cater to them, but how big can the "this is a country, this is another country, this is a war" contingent be? College kids majoring in gender studies?

I did enjoy the Pelosi show though. Comedy gold!

Bilwick said...

So does "trunalimunuprazure" translate as "Go get 'em!"???