Some thoughts about Katie Britt...

[Raven]

Watching her last night, first I laughed, then I got creeped out, and finally I got embarrassed for her and changed the station. This morning I Googled her and read her resume. She's a pretty accomplished young woman. I asked myself why she would choose to give her speech in her kitchen and then deliver it like she was auditioning for a third rate Soap Opera. It then occurred to me that she probably got some private coaching from TSF. Her entire presentation was a direct reflection of TSF's opinion of women. He coached her, she did what he told her to do and this morning, she's a laughing stock and her career outside of Alabama is probably over. "Everything Trump touches...."

[Voltaire2]

1. ASMR voice.

Apparently it is a trained or acquired vocal technique used to induce ‘tingly feelings’ in the audience, and of course it has its own internet subculture.

There is speculation that she was coached to present this way.

[Johnny2X2X]

2. Putting her in a kitchen was belittling

This is one of the most powerful people in the entire state of Alabama and the GOP wanted to make her look like she belonged in the kitchen. How embarrassing.

[lame54]

14. Did they get a shot of her bare feet?

[radical noodle]

3. I think they believe

that kind of crap will win over suburban women to trump.

[mitch96]

4. The only saving grace is that the repuke party did not have tRump do. the rebuttal.. that would have been a shit show.nt

[Ocelot II]

5. The sweet, earnest suburban mom, speaking from her well-appointed upscale kitchen,

fake-crying about all the immigrant rapists coming for her children. It was so phony and staged that I was a little embarrassed for her. Why couldn't her handlers at least have given her the dignity of some official-looking set to speak from?

It was also interesting that they picked one of the youngest of their lot, I assume to emphasize the contrast between a fresh young person and old, doddering Joe Biden. Their problem was that she was silly and fake instead of fresh, and Joe didn't dodder. She almost made Marco Rubio look good.

[GoneOffShore]

22. Rebecca Solnit has a pretty good take on Britt's 'speech'.

Republicans last night, I guess (was Trump calling the shots?), seemed both to think that having a woman give the SOTU rebuttal would somehow prove they were--but really, WTF was that lady in the kitchen with the weird diction and overemoting really meant to represent if not the surrendered wife of Christian nationalism aka reinforce patriarchal norms? I mean, not to judge her by aesthetics, because the ethics were pretty disturbing....

If you're on FB, follow Solnit.

Oh, and as to Rubio? He looks like a shrink-wrapped weasel.

[Onthefly]

6. Agree. Coached into infamy.

GAWD! Even by ‘bama standards, she was terrible. My head is spinning just watching 1 minute of her. Basic college speech class material for awful examples. Her facial affect did not align with her speech. It was bizarre!

[themaguffin]

7. Who the hell is tsf?

[Raven]

10. The Sick Fuck.

[Xavier Breath]

24. I've been reading that here all this time and assuming

that it stood for The Slob Father. Either works.

[Rebl2]

21. Formerly

known as tfg I would guess.

[robbob]

25. FKATFG?

A little onomatopoeia vibe to it? Like the sound coming from tRumps ass just a seconds before he realizes that’s NOT going to be a fart….

[malaise]

8. They opted for the invisible kitchen table

It was embarrassing for all women

[llmart]

15. I'm going to disagree with you on this one.

There is a contingent of women in rural areas where this is aspired to by some younger women. They have this notion that living like it's the 1950's is somehow ideal. They talk about hanging clothes on the line, their farmhouse kitchens, being stay at home wives and mothers like it's wonderful. They really know nothing about what it was like to actually be a woman in the 1950's and live like that. I say give them an old Maytag wringer washing machine, seven kids, no birth control, having only car that is used mostly for their man to get to work and poverty household income and see how they wax eloquently about that lifestyle.

[malaise]

16. Wow!

Thanks for this - I thought we were way past this nonsense

[llmart]

18. Fortunately, it's not very mainstream.

But it's real. I live in a district that includes the northern rural area of Michigan. My trump loving female rep introduces all kinds of legislation, most of which go nowhere, including her attempt to have October 10th be declared "Real Women's Day" or some such nonsense. Apparently her biggest worry is that someone who was born male and transitions may try to compete in women's sports. Seriously. The farther north you go in Michigan the more likely to find these women who want to "go back to the good old days". I guess they watch old reruns of The Waltons too much.

[csziggy]

19. Often referred to as "trad wife" for traditional wife role

Too bad these people don't realize that image was a 1950s TV sitcom fantasy.

[llmart]

23. Yep.

The Donna Reed Show, Leave it to Beaver, Father Knows Best blah, blah. Even as a small child I'd see those programs and then look at my own family and think, "that's not the way we live". I don't believe my mother ever wore or even own pearls while cooking.

[snpsmom]

26. Yes

There is also a sizable contingent of “traditional” women in rural communities who will respond positively to her message. I live near and work with them.

[llmart]

27. So do I.

I believe you said you live in rural Michigan. I am on the border between Oakland and Macomb. I'm actually closer to Oakland and tend to go that way for anything I need to do. However, I live close enough to the rural area that I hear and know what some of them are like.

[Firestorm49]

9. TSF: Transactional Service Fee, Tech Support Framework, Tiger Scholarship Fund, The Stamp Forum,............

[Raven]

11. The Sick Fuck.

[Ping Tung]

12. She looked like the ideal All-American housewife doing a toothpaste commercial.

Empty headed , obedient, churchgoing, and frightened that her housekeeper might miss a smudge on the coffee table.

[MOMFUDSKI]

13. She needed pearls to clutch during the

over-emoting parts. Not much of an actress. Tossup between Jindal and her.

[DemocraticPatriot]

17. We should send #whinyKatie a case of Kleenex..

Can't wait for Saturday Night Live....

[jcgoldie]

20. I thought it was telling she never said the word "Trump"

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[Butterflylady]

28. I agree with all of you, but

And the green shirt was a no no. That green was not a good choice and made her look harsh.

[IzzaNuDay]

29. She might have well used a silk screen--

Straight Outta Gilead (Handmaid’s Tale) because she reminded me of those wives!

[Bucky]

30. Oh, TSF means Trump. I don't think you have a good read on him.

The idea that Trump would have the interest or work ethic to coach someone else's speech is ludicrous. He's an entirely self obsessed sociopath. He genuine doesn't care what other people do say or present themselves like. He doesn't care about external presentation because he's convinced his own ridiculous self-centered perspective is all he needs to know.

But seriously, if you're interested in communicating, you have to use people's actual names. Coming up with novel & unreferenced nick-acronyms works against communicating.

I promise: your voice won't burn by pronouncing his name; your fingertips won't burn from typing it.