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.
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.
In my mind, the best bit was at the very end... it's not about the age of the candidate, it's about the age of the ideas, and fear and hate are some of the oldest ideas of mankind.
"My fellow Americans, the issue facing our nation isn’t how old we are, it’s how old our ideas are.
Hate, anger, revenge, retribution are among the oldest of ideas.
But you can’t lead America with ancient ideas that only take us back.
To lead America, the land of possibilities, you need a vision for the future of what America can and should be. "
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.
Before this speech, I wondered how he'd deal with the predictable topics he'd be attacked on. I didn't expect him to be the one to bring them all up himself. Baller move.
I really wish Biden would've turned around to Mike Johnson when he was talking about January 6th and ask, "what's the matter with you, man? Why aren't you clapping? So you support a fascist takeover? Of course you do.."
Also turn around and say, 'it's this man here who is blocking aid to Ukraine while women and children die in Ukraine"
So I get in my car, and i'm listening to the beat on MSNBC, and a reporter is saying that she was talking with a bunch of young voters, especially young black voters.
Basically, they think that they've already been through a Trump presidency, and it's not gonna be any different from the first time. Oh boy, could they not be more wrong. Apparently, they haven't heard about project 2025, or they think it's nothing big that 20,000 fascists are itching to take over government roles in the next Trump White House.
It was all great. Until that Israel section. Absolutely no hint of why Gaza needs a fucking dock. And still blindly taking Israel's negotiating position which isn't going to obliterate our credibility as a negotiator at all. It certainly isn't realistic. This isn't a bank robbery. Those hostages are going to be released after Israel demonstrates good behavior, not for a temporary cease fire.