What the hell am I watching: Republicans torch their own SOTU rebuttal
Source: Rolling Stone
THE RITUAL SURROUNDING the annual State of the Union is never complete until the president's opposition has presented its rebuttal -- occasionally in an embarrassing manner.
Katie Britt, the junior Republican senator from Alabama, delivered the GOP's rebuttal to President Joe Biden's address on Thursday. Her impassioned, breathless speech -- delivered at times in an ASMR-esque whisper from what appeared to be her kitchen -- ended up feeling more like a rejected audition tape for a supporting role on "Grey's Anatomy" than the hard-hitting political sparring favored by Biden's Republican critics.
Into the late hours of the night, Rolling Stone was inundated, sometimes completely unprompted, with messages from longtime GOP operatives, right-leaning pollsters, conservative Capitol Hill staff, MAGA lawyers, and even some senior members of Trump's own 2024 campaign absolutely torching Britt's absurdly over-dramatic rebuttal.
"What the hell am I watching right now?" a Trump adviser asked, mid-Britt remarks.
Read more: https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/katie-britt-sotu-rebuttal-torched-republicans-1234983528/
Meanwhile, on a sports forum, Trumpers are in agony.
https://www.tigerdroppings.com/rant/politics/yikes-katie-britt-comes-across/112546315/page-4/?fbclidIwAR3vFYHAQMWbPutNzCttRXpgWLS5fmtwmrnTdSp2kr49YcPCbQMicyk-ZX4
"Unfortunately this is a lock to be a SNL skit Saturday. They probably just started work on it now."
And from the Huff Post:
Sen. Katie Britt's deeply weird Biden response is freaking people out.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/katie-britt-weird-rebuttal_n_65ea95e3e4b0c77c7415f5f8
NanaCat
(1,231 posts)Of dumbing down their party until their collective brainpower couldn't budge a quark.
pnwmom
(108,990 posts)Roy Rolling
(6,928 posts)Love it. But the quintessential SNL skit will be Bobby Jindal handing over WORST SOTU RESPONSE honors.😻
How quickly we forget. Except Louisiana where Republicans just elected Cajun Jindal 2.0 as guv.
orangecrush
(19,609 posts)Well put.
niyad
(113,527 posts)LuvLoogie
(7,021 posts)NBachers
(17,135 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,362 posts)all the way until after 11 pm EST when Pres. Biden finally exited the House chamber (they were required to keep broadcasting while the House was in session). I managed to avoid what apparently turned out to be a GOP response.
pnwmom
(108,990 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,362 posts)THAT is guaranteed to happen on SNL now!
EYESORE 9001
(25,965 posts)She should do a guest shot on SNL.
I scared myself a little bit just posting this
BumRushDaShow
(129,362 posts)littlemissmartypants
(22,735 posts)FailureToCommunicate
(14,020 posts)other side of the street.
Creepy shark eyes.
Oopsie Daisy
(2,674 posts)peppertree
(21,651 posts)Although that one was probably born that way.
BumRushDaShow
(129,362 posts)Oopsie Daisy
(2,674 posts)You're correct! I did forget her. I haven't thought about her in almost forever.
Now I need to reset my timer of not-thinking-about her to 0-hours, 0-days, 0-months, 0-years.
BumRushDaShow
(129,362 posts)wolfie001
(2,264 posts)Fucking hilarious! Should be a Pulitzer Prize winner!
BumRushDaShow
(129,362 posts)It became a shtick that they did at events.
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wolfie001
(2,264 posts)My first response glad I deleted it.
It was probably for the best to have forgotten her! Such a bizarre woman and she too did a response to a State of the Union address, though as I recall, hers was not official. Still extremely weird.
BumRushDaShow
(129,362 posts)of what would be a series of batshit crazy bozos that now include the MTGs and Boeberts of the GOP.
PatSeg
(47,567 posts)When she first appeared on the political scene, I have to say I'd never seen anything quite like her in politics before. Apparently she opened the door for even worse bozos and now Washington is overrun with them.
BumRushDaShow
(129,362 posts)helping to form a caucus that renamed themselves multiple times to be what they are now - the "Freedumb Caucus".
PatSeg
(47,567 posts)and sometimes a bit amusing compared to what they've morphed into. For some reason politics just invites such people because it gives them so many opportunities to wreak chaos and even become famous in the process.
rubbersole
(6,721 posts)..she professionally devoured.
BumRushDaShow
(129,362 posts)rubbersole
(6,721 posts)Thanks!
BumRushDaShow
(129,362 posts)(the corn dog is always the first thing that comes to mind with her)
rubbersole
(6,721 posts)...it stayed for 3 months. Most brothers/sisters didn't know who she was before.
BumRushDaShow
(129,362 posts)MuseRider
(34,115 posts)I basically remember her hiding in the bushes from gay men. It was the strangest thing I have ever seen.
peppertree
(21,651 posts)It tends to work poorly on Republicans - since they're often already so robotic as it is.
Wednesdays
(17,402 posts)Pluvious
(4,315 posts)She sold her original video as an NFT for almost half a million dollars
She made a "here's my story" video which I found quite fascinating...
PatSeg
(47,567 posts)It is always a joke. They really need to stop doing them. They are just creating embarrassing sound clips that will be played every year before the State of the Union address. And sometimes, they destroy political careers.
BumRushDaShow
(129,362 posts)and none since...
PatSeg
(47,567 posts)That one and Bobby Jindal's who never recovered from that humiliating response.
I don't have the time or patience to watch these clowns anymore.
BumRushDaShow
(129,362 posts)PatSeg
(47,567 posts)I also remember a video he did of him telling his children that he was considering a run for president. It was flat out weird. Some people just aren't cut out for politics.
prodigitalson
(2,428 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,362 posts)LeftInTX
(25,515 posts)I'll bet he still has nightmares about it and wakes up in the middle of the night in a cold sweat. Poor little Marco had dreams of being President one day, but those dreams all went down the drain over a stupid water bottle.
Old Crank
(3,616 posts)Probably better than anything else they could have done.
The GOP has no spokeperson with any gravitas left to speak.
Just one clown after another. Anyone with any sense has been exiled.
Old Crank
(3,616 posts)while behind the kitchen counter, like they did with women on TV in the 50's?
Would fit in with the GOP Governor candidate's views on women.
peppertree
(21,651 posts)She looked like a third-world version of the Stepford Wives.
hlthe2b
(102,342 posts)My gawd... How can one even parody this? It is already a parody of the worst acting ever.
underpants
(182,868 posts)I told my wife and daughter they need to watch it. They are both home today.
Trueblue Texan
(2,440 posts)Why? Why? WHY did you make them watch it?!
underpants
(182,868 posts)My wife works from home and my daughter is on spring break.
liberal N proud
(60,339 posts)Was she barefoot and pregnant too?
The kitchen setting just made the statement that the woman belongs in the kitchen.
Trueblue Texan
(2,440 posts)returnee
(47 posts)is laughing in his grave.
littlemissmartypants
(22,735 posts)Trueblue Texan
(2,440 posts)...ready to champion anyone who reinforces his biases and call the rest inferior.
littlemissmartypants
(22,735 posts)FSogol
(45,519 posts)All the children of 'Merica are in danger.
texasfiddler
(1,990 posts)LOL
magicarpet
(14,160 posts)It was kettle full of frogs on a slow boil.
Wuddles440
(1,125 posts)'Laugh of the Day'! Nicely none!
rubbersole
(6,721 posts)Opossum Thursday 🦥. Vittles at 6pm sharp.
The Conductor
(180 posts)What a phony attempt to appear homey. And her tone was that of a kindergarten teacher talking to the class just before naptime. She spoke as if even she didn't believe the crap the Rethuglicans are peddling. The cynics there chose her because she was young and a female. They should have concentrated on getting someone competent, like the Democrats have.
This is what happens when you start to believe your own con, and they figured Biden with stumble along and fall asleep halfway through his talk, giving this young nobody an edge. Were they on stage together, she and Biden, she would have appeared to fade into the woodwork.
atreides1
(16,091 posts)They didn't want someone competent, they used her because they need a poster girl to show that women are too emotional and can't be trusted with making decisions that don't have to do with kitchen work!
JHB
(37,161 posts)They bred that out of themselves.
Lonestarblue
(10,053 posts)littlemissmartypants
(22,735 posts)Trueblue Texan
(2,440 posts)My daughter was "THE" actress in all her high school plays, went on to study in NYC. Britt's performance reminded me of so many of my daughter's earliest dramatic performances--really good for a jr. high aspiring actress, but she'd never have made through auditions in high school. Don't worry, Ms. Britt, somewhere there is a vehicle out there for your talents.
Wednesdays
(17,402 posts)Trueblue Texan
(2,440 posts)Hekate
(90,773 posts)We watched Senator Stepford Wife wih the sound off, and I read the comments here.. Looks like Rolling Stone was on exactly the same wavelength as DU.
3catwoman3
(24,031 posts)And choosing someone as inexperienced as she is in politics to try to rebut Joltin Joe seems like the definition of folly.
niyad
(113,527 posts)an actual "thing"??? Responses to. .turning pages slowly? 13 million asmr videos?? WTAF???
Could somebody here explain it in a way that does not sound like total nonsense, or proof that someone has wayyyyyy too much time on their hands? Thanks in advance.
Ursus Rex
(149 posts)It's calm, deliberate, and relaxing (at least to the fans of that stuff). I regard it in much the same vein as those "unboxing" videos. I'm not so much a fan of the genre as whole, but I did like this one where the presenter unpacks, cleans, and puts away her groceries into storage containers and then into the fridge.
niyad
(113,527 posts)Wednesdays
(17,402 posts)madaboutharry
(40,218 posts)I can see it already. It will go down as one of the most epic moments in SNL history. They have to do it.
DemocraticPatriot
(4,383 posts)over-dramatization we witnessed last night with #whinyKatie
We should all send her a box of kleenex to her Senate office. She appeared to be someone who should always keep a box or two close at hand!
Susan Calvin
(1,649 posts)I turned off the TV as soon as Biden wrapped up his speech, but I do have the rebuttal recorded. I'd be interested in anybody's opinion as to whether I should spend my time watching it.
pnwmom
(108,990 posts)But as you watch it, imagine millions of R's squirming, knowing how ridiculous she looked.
catbyte
(34,426 posts)"Pretty.
But she has the abandoned pet commercial voice.
We coulda don better as Rs."
Perfect. She was "pretty" and then there was the requisite typo.
cstanleytech
(26,316 posts)LOL
IronLionZion
(45,514 posts)She was working herself up so much over how awful everything is in America, that I thought she might burst into tears.
I am better off now than 4 years ago by every measure.
DemocraticPatriot
(4,383 posts)I was afraid she was about to burst into tears, over her false tale of a failed America....
It was pathetic.
Mira
(22,380 posts)where whiny sadness asks for contributions to help lost or tied-up dogs left out in the cold. Or at least a person auditioning for the part.
louis-t
(23,296 posts)those commercials for ASPCA where the narrator uses a whiny voice to get you to donate to abused animals.
Mira
(22,380 posts)where whiny sadness asks for contributions to help lost or tied-up dogs left out in the cold. Or at least a person auditioning for the part.
Martin68
(22,853 posts)PortTack
(32,787 posts)Ziggysmom
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