# 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:** 10
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-the-union-2018-follow-along-thread/807846/181 "2018-01-31T04:05:25Z")
We, I was kinda disappointed in Joe Kennedy. Doesn’t quite live up to his family name. Isn’t Bernie supposed to speak? ---
**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, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-the-union-2018-follow-along-thread/807846/182 "2018-01-31T04:05:39Z")
Godddamn, Bernie is just in permanent fight mode, isn’t he? Gotta love that about the guy: he sees something wrong and it doesn’t stop bothering him until it stops being wrong, is the impression I get. ETA: Uh oh… Bernie’s feed is down. I wonder what’s up? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-the-union-2018-follow-along-thread/807846/183 "2018-01-31T04:07:00Z")
Hmm…anyone else getting “We will be back momentarily” on the Bernie response? ETA: I guess so…they’re mentioning it in the comments. It’s on again. Ah, the joys of “Hide Chat.” ---
**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, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-the-union-2018-follow-along-thread/807846/184 "2018-01-31T04:08:55Z")
> [@Johnny\_Ace](#): > > Hmm…anyone else getting “We will be back momentarily” on the Bernie response? > > ETA: I guess so…they’re mentioning it in the comments. It’s on again. It’s probably “Breaking News-- MEMO!” that’s taking over. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-the-union-2018-follow-along-thread/807846/185 "2018-01-31T04:11:39Z")
So mainstream media is not covering Bernie? Bummer. ---
**Author:** ![Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/try2b_comprehensive/32/65_2.png) [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-the-union-2018-follow-along-thread/807846/186 "2018-01-31T04:12:49Z")
Ok, I thought his opening point about job creation slowing down was a little weak sauce. As we approach full employment, I kind of would expect the number of created jobs to shrink. But, “insurance for all”? Good point. “4 cents an hour for workers vs $62 billion for the 3 richest people”? Exactly. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-the-union-2018-follow-along-thread/807846/187 "2018-01-31T04:20:43Z")
Clean, beautiful coal. More Gitmo. Purging federal employees. Only MS-13 members ever commit murder. And Trump personally strangled ISIS with his own tiny hands. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-the-union-2018-follow-along-thread/807846/188 "2018-01-31T04:22:52Z")
Time for the call to action. I hope Bernie calls for people not to hide at home with their heads in the sand. Of course, there are only 11K watching it now. ---
**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, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-the-union-2018-follow-along-thread/807846/189 "2018-01-31T04:23:35Z")
> [@Evil\_Economist](#): > > Pity. I was hoping for a full-on meltdown. Well, we have 3 more years of increasing dementia to look forward to. Increasing from zero apparently? ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-the-union-2018-follow-along-thread/807846/190 "2018-01-31T04:23:38Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > And hour and 20 minutes… 30 minutes over the 50 minute time they said at the beginning. Only the great Bill C has done a longer SOTU. And that guy LIKED giving long-winded speeches. Myself I had to miss this thread as I had to be part of the livefeed for my own political group in Puerto Rico. But our takeaway was mostly along the lines of “y’know, if he were always like this, we could live with it. We’d be f%&$#\*g miserable, but we could live with it…” ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-the-union-2018-follow-along-thread/807846/191 "2018-01-31T04:25:20Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > Only the great Bill C has done a longer SOTU. And that guy LIKED giving long-winded speeches. > Myself I had to miss this thread as I had to be part of the livefeed for my own political group in Puerto Rico. But our takeaway was mostly along the lines of “y’know, if he were always like this, we could live with it. We’d be f%&$#\*g miserable, but we could live with it…” He’d have to live with a teleprompter on a truss all the time. Just not practical. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/try2b_comprehensive/32/65_2.png) [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-the-union-2018-follow-along-thread/807846/192 "2018-01-31T04:26:27Z")
Bernie “The Hammer” Sanders! He is right on, on and on! ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Economist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c89c15/32.png) [@Evil\_Economist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Economist)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-the-union-2018-follow-along-thread/807846/193 "2018-01-31T04:30:55Z")
> [@HurricaneDitka](#): > > Increasing from zero apparently? Are you familiar with President Trump? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-the-union-2018-follow-along-thread/807846/194 "2018-01-31T04:32:07Z")
I think this is the first time I’ve ever heard a CNN talking head say the word ‘dissed.’ ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-the-union-2018-follow-along-thread/807846/195 "2018-01-31T04:34:36Z")
I am pissed CNN is having all the talking heads on and not Bernie. I swear I am writing a letter. ---
**Author:** ![Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/try2b_comprehensive/32/65_2.png) [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-the-union-2018-follow-along-thread/807846/196 "2018-01-31T04:53:56Z")
[Song 1](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQaUs5J2wdI) [Song 2](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WB1UD2GpBcc) ---
**Author:** ![AnalogSignal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/analogsignal/32/1085_2.png) [@AnalogSignal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnalogSignal)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-the-union-2018-follow-along-thread/807846/197 "2018-01-31T04:54:05Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > I am pissed CNN is having all the talking heads on and not Bernie. I swear I am writing a letter. A letter? Will you have the Pony Express deliver it so they get it quickly? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-the-union-2018-follow-along-thread/807846/198 "2018-01-31T05:07:10Z")
Nah, I think I will use smoke signals. It is almost instant. As long as you have an interpreter handy. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-the-union-2018-follow-along-thread/807846/199 "2018-01-31T05:15:15Z")
> [@HurricaneDitka](#): > > So far seems like a fairly typical modern SOTU address. Bring some guests, tell their personal stories, ra-ra-ra me, outline some policies you’re “calling on” Congress to pass, and tout your accomplishments. Basically what Obama did too, and Bush before him. The difference is that Obama had actually accomplished something, as opposed to President Snowflake. ---
**Author:** ![Arizona\_Mike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7cd45c/32.png) [@Arizona\_Mike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arizona_Mike)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-the-union-2018-follow-along-thread/807846/200 "2018-01-31T05:26:40Z")
1. What WAS that drool coming from the corners oF Kennedy;s mouth? 2. Did they film that on the set of an early Bruce Springsteen music video? 3. Was that his Uncle Ted’s convertible with the top up in the background? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-the-union-2018-follow-along-thread/807846.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-the-union-2018-follow-along-thread/807846.md?page=11)