# State of the Union 2018 follow-along thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [January 31, 2018, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-the-union-2018-follow-along-thread/807846 "2018-01-31T00:03:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-the-union-2018-follow-along-thread/807846/1 "2018-01-31T00:03:31Z")
[CBS News](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3j4ay18xokg) already has their live stream up and they’ll have the Democratic response afterwards as well. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-the-union-2018-follow-along-thread/807846/2 "2018-01-31T00:09:28Z")
I think most of us are boycotting. ETA: With the teleprompter, there’s not likely to be much humor. So, just boring hostage-tape stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-the-union-2018-follow-along-thread/807846/3 "2018-01-31T00:14:15Z")
I don’t know. I think he’ll go off script pretty well. I’m sure we’ll hear the word “collusion” a few times. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-the-union-2018-follow-along-thread/807846/4 "2018-01-31T00:14:48Z")
I’m not watching, but if you are you have to do a shot every time he says “great”. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-the-union-2018-follow-along-thread/807846/5 "2018-01-31T00:21:45Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > With the teleprompter, there’s not likely to be much humor. He does look away from them from time to time. He can get totally lost in less than 3 seconds. ---
**Author:** ![SaneBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@SaneBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaneBill)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-the-union-2018-follow-along-thread/807846/6 "2018-01-31T00:26:22Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > I’m not watching, but if you are you have to do a shot every time he says “great”. Man, the rules… > [@](#): > > Do not threaten another poster with physical harm, or wish for their demise. ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-the-union-2018-follow-along-thread/807846/7 "2018-01-31T00:28:02Z")
I predict it will be boring, and he will successfully read from a teleprompter (despite telling us how when Obama used one, it was the worst thing a president could do other than collude with a foreign adversary to win an election). GOP leaders will say it was the best speech ever, Democratic leaders will disagree. Think pieces will be written using the word “pivot” and “presidential”. No one will remember the speech by Friday. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-the-union-2018-follow-along-thread/807846/8 "2018-01-31T00:33:00Z")
Whoops! I forget to make sure everyone could get their [bingo card](http://www.traviscountydemocrats.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/sotu-bing-4-1.jpg)! ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-the-union-2018-follow-along-thread/807846/9 "2018-01-31T00:45:56Z")
I have no doubt my devices send my viewing habits back to whomever, so I am making a special effort to avoid having it on at all, even to staying off Twitter! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-the-union-2018-follow-along-thread/807846/10 "2018-01-31T00:48:45Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Whoops! I forget to make sure everyone could get their [bingo card](http://www.traviscountydemocrats.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/sotu-bing-4-1.jpg)! That bingo card misspells “Uniom”. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-the-union-2018-follow-along-thread/807846/11 "2018-01-31T00:48:58Z")
If you rearrange the letters, it spells “GIBON”. ---
**Author:** ![Jungian\_Camisole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8baadc/32.png) [@Jungian\_Camisole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jungian_Camisole)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-the-union-2018-follow-along-thread/807846/12 "2018-01-31T00:50:23Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Whoops! I forget to make sure everyone could get their [bingo card](http://www.traviscountydemocrats.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/sotu-bing-4-1.jpg)! You could warn a person! I was not expecting the free space. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-the-union-2018-follow-along-thread/807846/13 "2018-01-31T00:52:54Z")
You misspelled “Uniom:” ;). I think for the most part Trump is going to be able to stay on scrip and read from the teleprompter unless something really unnerves him (such as Melania refusing to get in the limo). ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-the-union-2018-follow-along-thread/807846/14 "2018-01-31T00:56:37Z")
But will he interrupt himself halfway through to tell us (well, not me as such, but whoever might be watching/listening) how stupendous the rating for this speech are? The best ratings? Ever? ---
**Author:** ![HurricaneDitka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/96bed5/32.png) [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-the-union-2018-follow-along-thread/807846/15 "2018-01-31T00:58:48Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > I have no doubt my devices send my viewing habits back to whomever, so I am making a special effort to avoid having it on at all, even to staying off Twitter! :eek: Of all the things you might watch, this is the thing you’re worried “whomever” might learn about? ---
**Author:** ![HurricaneDitka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/96bed5/32.png) [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-the-union-2018-follow-along-thread/807846/16 "2018-01-31T01:00:51Z")
Question for the group: If you were an illegal immigrant, and Nancy Pelosi had invited you to attend, would you? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-the-union-2018-follow-along-thread/807846/17 "2018-01-31T01:01:50Z")
> [@alphaboi867](#): > > You misspelled “Uniom:” ;). I think for the most part Trump is going to be able to **stay on scrip** and read from the teleprompter unless something really unnerves him (such as Melania refusing to get in the limo). Of course he will, he’s all about money. But will he stick to the written version of his speech? ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-the-union-2018-follow-along-thread/807846/18 "2018-01-31T01:02:04Z")
> [@HurricaneDitka](#): > > Of all the things you might watch, this is the thing you’re worried “whomever” might learn about? Eh, President Very Special Genius wants ratings, so I’m not going to be giving them to him. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-the-union-2018-follow-along-thread/807846/19 "2018-01-31T01:17:37Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Eh, President Very Special Genius wants ratings, so I’m not going to be giving them to him. Well, he doesn’t need to GET good ratings to claim good ratings, kwim? I’m not watching either, but I will watch this thread. I can’t bear to look at him or to hear the sound of his voice. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-the-union-2018-follow-along-thread/807846/20 "2018-01-31T01:42:48Z")
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