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submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

Tonight, Thursday, March 7th, is the State of the Union Address so lets keep everything related to it (including the Republican response) confined to this thread.

This is probably one of the most important speeches Biden can give this year. He has to come across as "Present", not just "President".

This will set the tone for the campaign the rest of the year and will be second only to the Democratic Convention speech in August for visibility.

Watch it live here:

https://www.whitehouse.gov/state-of-the-union-2024/

Or through your favorite news source.

The Republican response will be delivered by Senator Katie Britt of Alabama:

https://www.npr.org/2024/03/07/1236338784/katie-britt-alabama-republican-biden-state-of-the-union

Very good speech!

Full transcript is here:

https://time.com/6898705/read-president-joe-bidens-2024-state-of-the-union-address-full-transcript/

Republican response from Katie Britt here:

https://www.britt.senate.gov/press-releases/u-s-senator-katie-britt-responds-to-president-bidens-state-of-the-union-address/

I encourage you to watch the video and not just read the transcript. Reading it doesn't carry just how breathless and borderline weepy her delivery is.

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Dude is sharp, it's no comparison really between Biden and the "look having nuclear guy". Im done giving the people "worried" about Bidens mind the time of day.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago (2 children)

He's had a couple of mis-speaks but that's because he's going too fast (!)

[–] [email protected] 25 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

His stutter and mispeaks are not off-putting to me at all. He is obviously mentally fit, this isn't how someone with mental deficiencies sounds.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 months ago

Yep. Watching this, anyone who claims he's mentally unfit is a fucking liar, and you can immediately dismiss anything else they have to say.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Look he's old. I completely agree it's a concern for >70% of Americans. Both are geriatrics with clear issues.

But one is morally sound. The other is not. One has smart cabinet members and advisors. The other has his fucking kids in a blatant act of nepotism and crooks.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 months ago

Biden has also had a stutter his whole life. It's not new.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/05/politics/joe-biden-stutter/index.html

[–] xmunk 7 points 5 months ago

This is why I hope he'll commit to a lot more engagements like late shows and whistle stop tours. When he's out talking he reinforces that he's still got it together... while Trump... well he's clearly losing it.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago (2 children)

He is absolutely going to destroy Trump in the debates. It's gonna be like Prime Tyson vs Marvis Frazier. 30 seconds and it's over.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago

How long until Donnie boy starts trying to dodge the debates because of “these corrupt political sham trials” and his fanatical followers lap it up?

[–] the_crotch 1 points 5 months ago

"will you shut up man?" from the last debates is still one of my favorite TV moments