The address to Congress was an embarrassing joke

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I'll go ahead and say that I like Trump and agree with many of the things that he is doing but that is not what this writeup is about. What it is about is how childish and cringeworthy this speech was and every other speech of this sort that was given by any President since George Senior has been largely the same. To see grownups in a room all behaving like children is just pathetic and I feel ashamed when I witness it.


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I didn't tune it to watch it because I already know what is going to happen at these things. I did read about some of the highlights and what not, and I watched a few clips of the various members of Congress doing exactly what, unfortunately, I expect of them.

It seems as though in politics in the USA the two sides are attempting to out-crazy one another and it didn't take long for the crazy ball to get a rollin' when Al Green interrupted the speech and shouted at the President during the speech.


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Mr. Green had to be escorted out of the room by security much like we would expect to be necessary with a spoiled brat teenager. He would later insist that he doesn't care what the consequences are for his actions and said he was following the wishes of his conscious. I don't believe you Mr. Green. You stood up and made a scene for your own benefit because before today nobody outside of the small part of Texas that you come from had ever even heard of you and unfortunately, he will likely be rewarded for this outburst and remembered because of it. I would imagine it is only a matter of time before he is brought in as some sort of expert by various legacy media and that is a sign of the times that we live in. Acting a fool gets you rewarded in today's world.

It isn't just that one thing that I find so disgusting about these meetups, it is the fact that it is just a show of how absurd our elected leaders are. Every time Donald says almost anything, the "red" people in the room stand up and applaud, start chanting "USA, USA, USA!" and we all have to wait for them to be quiet and sit down so that Trump can continue.


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On the flip side, the Democrats sit and do not ever clap for anything. They just look dour and this year they decided to one-up the childishness by bringing protest signs as well.


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This is a pre-meditated and coordinated effort on their part and they are all clowns for doing it.

Now as for the substance of the speech, it is all predictable stuff there. Trump basically just talked about all the things that he always talks about and also took some jabs at some Democrats and says some mean things. This is not a negative criticism of Trump. Biden, Obama, W, and Clinton all did the same thing and the reaction was the same from the people attending as well. It is just partisan bullcrap.

Of course there is the usual using of children to get a political point across and the reason for this is so that when the Democrats continue to oppose whatever the hell that was all about the conservatives can point the finger at them and claim that they are terrible people because they didn't cheer for a child. Last time around Biden did the same thing and I am sure that ever since there have been televisions that every other President did the same thing. They are using children just like they always do. Ever heard of Greta Thunberg or David Hogg? It's the same despicable thing.

After it all the media said exactly what you would expect them to say based on how the particular news outlet leans politically.

The American people are none the wiser for this having happened, and the various politicians simply did their little outbursts and cheering to advance themselves and their own power.


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good for you, now people will know your name as well. Can't wait to see you getting congratulated for your "bravery" on MSNBC

I see no purpose in these things other than self-promotion and I am dead sick and tired of the childishness of it all. I think that you should be as well regardless of how you personally feel politically speaking.

It would be nice if our elected leaders had more maturity than the audience of The Jerry Springer show but unfortunately they definitely do not. I don't see this changing in my lifetime either.



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It is expected that the points the President makes would be received with more filter from the opposition than his own party. Last night, I caught Speaker Johnson shaking his head at the wrong part of Trump's statement and quickly correcting himself - I had to laugh!

The part that so far is unique to Democrats was to be silent as far as they could be for any guest that is brought up by the President. From my searching, I did not find an example of the reverse.

Since bringing up "feel-good" guests has been the cringy tradition at State Of The Union speeches since the 80's, I would expect an appropriate, if tempered, response from the Democrats about a boy surviving cancer. I think the goal was to give Trump nothing of what he wants. They couldn't do that for his humous content, though. "Pocahontas says yes" got a human response from Liz Warren and I hear some Democrats couldn't help but laugh at some of the ridiculous sounding programs that were cancelled by DOGE.

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I suppose parts of it were entertaining enough. I only saw the highlights which mostly were predictable. I don't know if the sign holding protest is going to work out for the people that did it, not in the way that they might be hoping. Not that it makes any difference since the blues are gonna vote blue and the reds are gonna vote red... even if their candidate is terrible and they are aware of this.

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The memes were brutal on the vacancy demonstrated by holding a sign! I hope Republicans don't try that! 😆

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Mr. Green had to be escorted out of the room by security much like we would expect to be necessary with a spoiled brat teenager.

No had to about it. It was a choice by Speaker Johnson. When MTG and Boebert interrupted Biden’s SOTU, Speaker Pelosi did not choose to have them escorted out.

Meh, I’m disappointed that Dems showed up at all. Trump is ripping off the guardrails of democracy. Mere protests are not enough. We could be heading toward 1789.

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unlike a lot of partisan people I know I found Bigboobies Bobart and MTG's outbursts equally unacceptable, stupid, and childish. It served the desired effect though because all of a sudden people knew who they are. It's all self-serving on all of their parts, right and left.

Johnson did give Green the opportunity to behave before being removed, Green chose not to and I believe his actions were rooted in helping himself and only himself, just like nearly everyone else that is in that room on both sides.

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It looked like spoiled kids who have no manners or self respect and they have just lost it. No one cares and they need to wake up.

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maybe they are all attempting to appeal to the younger TikTok generation of people.

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I watch these events live whenever I can. It is becoming increasing clear, and none so more than this one, that all of politics is for the amusement, entertainment, and misdirection of the populace. A kind of hunger games, where the entertained are also the victims.

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It's at the point now where basically nobody and nothing can be trusted but the thing is, most of the somewhat intelligent people that I know are very aware of this and simply don't trust anyone, even the candidates that they purport to like. I think at this point that partisan war-lines have been drawn and people are going to vote along those lines and only those lines. How else can we explain these terrible legacy congresspeople and absurd candidates like brain-damaged football players getting nominated because they are black and somewhat famous as well as someone like Dr. Oz being in a race against a guy that at that time anyway, was barely capable of talking.

Seeing everyone try to one up one another on the crazy scale is embarrassing and while I do not pay much attention to international politics I wonder if it is the same sort of crazy shit show that it is here. I certainly hope not but it wouldn't surprise me.

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I wonder if it is the same sort of crazy shit show.

I believe it is, because elections all over the world are now coming down to 50-50 votes between two parties. We are being managed via psyops and subterfuge and media and and and... to be evenly divided. Divide and conquer. It is extremely important to not engage against one side or the other.

How else can we explain these terrible legacy congresspeople and absurd candidates

I explain it to myself as ploitics being entertainment for the populace. Kinda like the hunger games except the entertained are also the victims.

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