This was not the Joe Biden Republicans were looking for

[babylonsister]

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/3/7/2228166/-Biden-just-kicked-Republicans-asses-all-over-the-field-and-left-them-to-wince-in-pain

This was not the Joe Biden Republicans were looking for
Thursday, March 07, 2024 at 11:00:52p EST
dartagnan


That was awesome, wasn’t it?

He spoke so well, so quickly, so intelligently, and transitioned so effectively that the Republican members, decorated like NASCAR cars with their pandering buttons and hats, looked like, well… idiots.

They could not get a word in. They could not get a jeer in. They could not get a made-for-TikTok protest in.

Republicans were on their heels the entire evening. And they probably knew it from the outset.

They tried to whine about immigration and he destroyed them.

This was not the Biden that Fox News had told them to expect.

This was not the Biden that they were prepared for.

No one is paying attention to their “response.” No one cares. No one cares who jeered, who heckled, and no one cares about Marjorie Taylor Greene’s hat.

No one. President Biden won the night, and it will carry over.

This was a seminal moment in U.S. politics.

That’s all.

[2naSalit]

1. It was the...

Liveliest SOTU speech I've ever seen.

All the Rs were sitting there chewing their cud (many were chewing gum) and remaining glued to their seats by shitgibbon butt paste. I saw that as a reveal party for who needs to be voted out of office and charged as co-conspirators of a coup.

Best Thursday evening in a long while! I even forgot to make popcorn!

[Lonestarblue]

2. I had to laugh when I saw so much gum chewing.

I had a flashback to my childhood because my mother forbade chewing gum in public so we rarely had it. Today neither I nor any of my siblings chew gum. Indoctrination works!

[2naSalit]

5. Same here...

Though my hypocrite mom chewed gum often, in public, even snapping her gum but we were not to be seen with it in our mouths. In school it was an evil thing and nobody was allowed to chew it on school grounds. This was in general, I never saw a grade school where that was not an unwritten rule.

[usedtobedemgurl]

9. My mom said it looked cheap.

It was drilled into me. I still have problems chewing gum.

[redstatebluegirl]

30. Mine too!

She said it looked like a cow chewing her cud. I have NEVER chewed gum because of my Mom. These people totally lack basic manners.

[soldierant]

55. I haven't chewed gum since the first year

I was quitting smoking. But I don't think Iwould have made it through that year without it. And that year i really didn't give a rat's patoot where I was chewing it.

That was 1976-1977, and at the time Gatorade was making or had licensed a gum with electrolytes which tasted like the original gatorade, and whether or not it was a placebo effect, that really helped more tha any other gum.

[Lonestarblue]

62. I'm so glad you quit smoking! One if my uncles died from lung cancer--not pretty.

[soldierant]

64. I'm glad too. Probably the hardest thing I've ever done in my life

and well worth it. Thanks.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

3. The JAB to the Conservatives on the Supreme Court was HISTORIC.

When Joe scolded them that the Women of this country STILL have the right to vote. And vote they will.

[et tu]

6. roar in 24

great big beautiful blue tsunami in roevember~

[calimary]

52. Yes indeedy!

You haven't taken THAT right away from us, you GOP bastards! At least not yet. But I bet it's on your list somewhere.

[Joinfortmill]

4. Joe rocked it. Americans need to vote and end this iteration of the GOP once and for all. It's dead.

[Farmer-Rick]

7. What were the MAGA wearing?????

T-shirts with a picture of their Lord Trump? And American flag bow ties? They looked like the clowns they are.

I just loved how he went after little Putin dictator. And that comment about how women are not without electoral power and you're about to find out.

[Upthevibe]

8. babylonsister

I was actually able to watch it in real time.

It was fantastic!

[PunkinPi]

10. Loved Joe's reaction when he saw MTG's clown costume...

Link to tweet

[Roxi]

14. I would have laughed, too

She looked like an absolute clown, as well as an idiot.

[3catwoman3]

17. She doesn't just look like a clown...

…she is one. And not a funny one.

[leftyladyfrommo]

29. It's all she has. Take that away and she wouldn't

be noticed by anyone.

[3catwoman3]

32. Speaking of clown, was Sinema there last night?

I was looking to see what outlandish sartorial selection she was going to choose. I didn’t see her.

[rubbersole]

33. She was sitting on Goldman's Sach.

[FoxNewsSucks]

36. haha

[ShazzieB]

43. No, not a funny clown.

Just a tacky, trashy one!

[Niagara]

25. Thanks for sharing Joe's reaction.

[spanone]

11. K&R

[spanone]

12. K&R

[orangecrush]

13. Blew me away

From the jump.

[SouthernDem4ever]

15. I was surprised the usual monkey repugs didn't jump around and screech

llike they usually do. Wonder how mike johnson accomplished this? Maybe gave them all bananas.

[world wide wally]

38. Boebert was busy giving Matt Gaetz a handjob

[SouthernDem4ever]

39. even though that's funny

it's sad that it could have been true. LOL

[llmart]

59. "it's sad that it could have been true."

Who says it wasn't? She was dressed like it was a typical night on the town where she trolls for guys.

[sop]

16. Since RWers love those silly (83-year-old) "Chuck Norris isn't too old" memes so much,

here are some paraphrased Joe Biden memes:

- Joe Biden will never have a heart attack. His heart isn't nearly foolish enough to attack him.

- Old age once crept up on Joe Biden. Old age promptly died of Joe Biden.

- Joe Biden doesn’t get old, he gets even.

- Joe Biden has birthdays but doesn't age.

- Joe Biden was exposed to the Coronavirus, now the coronavirus is in quarantine.

(There are literally thousands of "Chuck Norris isn't too old" memes on RW sites.)

[chouchou]

18. Joe Biden was handed an Oscar last night...given by Joe Biden.

What a Marvelous, Glorious thing!

[ArkansasDemocrat1]

22. Joes hugs the statue "You like me! You really like me!"

[cilla4progress]

19. Sucker

punched?

[bucolic_frolic]

20. Is Trump's dementia being faked?

Can't say the thought hasn't occurred to me. TSF emerges post convention in fine form because it's been a ruse all along.

[3catwoman3]

35. There has been speculation about that.

Anything is possible with that asshole, but I think it unlikely that his big yet fragile ego would be able to let himself be perceived as defective for such a sustained time.

I think he sounds relatively with it while engaging in his familiar and repetitious ranting about things that matter to him, which is pretty much just himself and all the injustices he thinks he endures. He gets mushy and muddled for any other topics, and you can tell he doesn’t give damn.

[ShazzieB]

44. Nope.

I don't believe it is. He's WAY too vain to make a fool of himself on purpose.

[4lbs]

21. The Repukes might as well have been wearing redshirts and called

themselves Stormtroopers.

Dark Brandon killed them dead.


Wilhelm scream anyone?

[mcar]

23. Kick

[liberalla]

24. Yes! So true!

[Stuckinthebush]

26. My 24 year old daughter who was lukewarm on Biden

Texted me and said, "I've never been this ready to fight for a President. Let's go!"

Game. Set. Match. Biden won last night bigly.

[Demsrule86]

27. I love Joe Biden...always have. I have worked every campaign he ever ran-

Including the short-lived campaign in the 80's where he was attacked with lies. This is who he is. He is a great campaigner. You don't spend decades in the Senate in these times without being able to raise money and win. He is a decent, honest guy too. And kind, I have told this story before but during one of the campaign venues I worked, I took my college-age daughter. At the time, she suffered from anxiety. It was in Ohio at an old factory...in Youngstown I think-not sure.

And it was crowded. During the time we waited for President Biden, the crowds became too much for my daughter who promptly had an anxiety attack. She was being escorted out by security. Biden intervened. He was as always kind. He had her taken to the VIP section where it was not so crowded. She stayed for the event. This is who Biden is. He later had a picture taken of her with him. She was thrilled and still has that picture.

[10 Turtle Day]

68. What a great story

It demonstrates what a kind, decent man that Biden is. He has empathy in spades. In contrast, TSF has none.

[Niagara]

28. Kick!

[Martin68]

31. Yes! "This was a seminal moment in U.S. politics."

[republianmushroom]

34. Believe this Joe Biden surprised everybody.

New respect for "tired Joe".

[uppityperson]

37. Dark Brandon

[Shoonra]

40. Biden hit it out of the ball park, BUT ....

The SOTU speech and its delivery were terrific, BUT I wonder if the people whose minds need changing were watching it.
I suppose every Democrat and every Biden supporter watched it gavel-to-gavel, but I worry that people who might be tempted to vote for Trump might not have watched.

[lame54]

46. I hope they were watching...

To see a car crash that never happened

[CrispyQ]

47. Rest easy.

https://democraticunderground.com/100218758352

[Sogo]

50. Don't you just love planting those negative seeds??

[andym]

60. Put some highlights on your cell phone and listen to them in a public place

When people ask why you are listening to it, tell them you find it inspiring and they should listen to it on Youtube if they want to be inspired too. That will spread the word.

[llmart]

61. Even if they never watched it...

in this day and age, it's hard not to get a sense of a big news event when people are talking about it the next day and there are all sorts of outlets on the internet that rehash it. If nothing else, the headlines will smack them in the face.

[Efilroft Sul]

41. The academic term for Biden's persuasion technique is "fucking up their shit."

[HighFired49]

42. Hoist by their own petard!

Most of the R's are so ignorant and stupid that they believed their own propaganda about Pres. Biden's capabilities. I wonder how they feel about "poor, old Joe" today. Probably feel like they've been hit by a petard!

[CrispyQ]

45. I want a picture of Lindsey Graham laughing with the text, "Did Lindsey ever laugh when Trump was in office?"

I loved Biden's line, "...the ACA, you know, the old Obamacare..."

[crickets]

57. "...is still a big deal." Loved it!

I was clapping and laughing so loudly the neighbors probably heard it.

[usonian]

48. Worst tactical error someone can make

is to believe their own lies.

[Sogo]

49. Yup.

[getagrip_already]

51. The best part - everyone is ignoring tsf today

If he hadn't posted a bond, there wouldn't have been any news at all.

And that won't play on the rw outlets.

It has to be killing him and ketchup bottles all over mal.

[Pacifist Patriot]

53. The way he delivered the line "I'm not going to let that happen." about the repeal of the ACA ...

was jaw dropping. I'm a trained public speaker. That was a moment that should be played in Communications classrooms ad infinitum!

[underpants]

54. I'd forgotten about the buttons.

Game Set Match.

[Hassler]

56. These fools forgot Biden did the same thing to them

At last year's SOTU

[PatrickforB]

58. I sure hope so, Babylon Sister. He slammed it out of the ballpark - a total home run.

He blew the Republicans away and really did make them seem small, like those Skeksis in the old movie Dark Crystal.

It was a seminal moment. My wife and I actually cheered the TV at a couple of points. Biden was great.

The way he brought up abortion! Wow.

And the border - masterful.

He ran circles around these Republicans.

[Tribetime]

63. Biden keeps getting better and better.

Air smells fresher, the grass is greener and it feels like drumph will face justice when he loses.....I'll have to start drinking and celebrate

[Skittles]

65. they didn't get the Hunter Biden they were looking for either

because repukes are all completely FULL OF SHIT

[Johnny2X2X]

66. I am 51 and I'm good shape

I could not do what he just did. I would lose my voice or be exhausted near the end. Talking for 70 minutes in a row like that without even a drink of water would wipe me out.

He strolled in and talked to people for 20 minutes. Then gave a speech like that full of fire for over an hour. He then strolled out talking to people for over a half hour.

People who don’t talk for a living don’t realize how tiring that had to be. If I give a presentation at work for an hour my voice changes by the end of it and is less strong. The stamina our President is showing at 81 is unreal.

[COL Mustard]

67. Dark Brandon Rises

The sequel!

I love this guy! He’s the right person at the right time to defeat evil.