I fully expect another episode of “Lies Suckers Swallow”. I don’t know if I can bring myself to sit through it.
To be fair, I didn’t sit through all of Obama’s SOTU addresses either, and wouldn’t blame anyone who didn’t want to listen to Trump’s. I’m mostly here for the rage.
Damn. I was so hoping to be able to say, “told ya!”
Backordered. We’ve got fatigue and apathy— can you work with that?
What was the last one of these things that wasn’t forgotten within a week? “Axis of evil”?
Oh there was plenty of rage, it was just in the other SOTU thread. Good times were had by all.
“You [Obama] lie” lasted more than a week. Does that count?
I have a question: how do the Democrats choose the response guy/gal? Does the leadership write the speech, then hold try outs and pick who has the best delivery, or do they turn the whole thing over to whomever they perceive as the great Dem hope and let that person craft the speech all on their own and decide things like where it will be done from?
I would assume it’s done via the same process that brought us water-guzzling Marco Rubio a few years ago.
I think no matter which party is out of power, the process is the same. Some 23 year old minion says, “How about so-and-so does our party’s response?” And all the important people with real decision making powers say, “Yeah, sure, kid. And bring me a caramel mochatinifritolatte, too. Double whip. Now GTFO.”
I guess what I was really curious about is: does the respondent write the speech, or does party leadership write it and pick someone to deliver their pre-written speech? Anyone know?
This is a fascinating question. I’ve no idea.
How do Republicans do it? Here’s who they picked for the English language speech; some years they had someone else do it in Spanish:
2016: Nikki Haley
2015: Joni Ernst (who?)
2014: Cathy McMorris Rodgers (huh?)
2013: Marco Rubio, who did both languages
2012: Mitch Daniels
2011: Paul Ryan
2010: Bob McDonnell
2009: Nobody