# 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:** 3
**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, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-the-union-2018-follow-along-thread/807846/41 "2018-01-31T02:20:00Z")
Oh but wait… our wages are rising. You don’t say? ---
**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, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-the-union-2018-follow-along-thread/807846/42 "2018-01-31T02:21:05Z")
Pelosi’s got her “death stare” goin’ on! ---
**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, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-the-union-2018-follow-along-thread/807846/43 "2018-01-31T02:21:23Z")
His sniffing is pissing me off. ---
**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, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-the-union-2018-follow-along-thread/807846/44 "2018-01-31T02:22:12Z")
Who is seeing rising wages? ---
**Author:** ![Simmerdown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simmerdown/32/14859_2.png) [@Simmerdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simmerdown)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-the-union-2018-follow-along-thread/807846/45 "2018-01-31T02:23:38Z")
His sniveling is pissing me off. ---
**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, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-the-union-2018-follow-along-thread/807846/46 "2018-01-31T02:24:01Z")
“11 months ago”? 😕 ---
**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, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-the-union-2018-follow-along-thread/807846/47 "2018-01-31T02:24:09Z")
Omg he’s applauding himself. ---
**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, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-the-union-2018-follow-along-thread/807846/48 "2018-01-31T02:24:32Z")
Well Melania sure looks like she can’t wait for this to be over. ---
**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, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-the-union-2018-follow-along-thread/807846/49 "2018-01-31T02:27:33Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > His sniffing is pissing me off. He needed a little boost before going on? ---
**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, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-the-union-2018-follow-along-thread/807846/50 "2018-01-31T02:27:38Z")
She shoulda worn black. She sticks out like a sore thumb. ---
**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, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-the-union-2018-follow-along-thread/807846/51 "2018-01-31T02:27:58Z")
$4000 is a lot of money- when compared to zero. Not so much when compared to what the people at the top of the heap got tho, I bet. ---
**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, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-the-union-2018-follow-along-thread/807846/52 "2018-01-31T02:28:52Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > She shoulda worn black. She sticks out like a sore thumb. What color is she wearing? ---
**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, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-the-union-2018-follow-along-thread/807846/53 "2018-01-31T02:30:41Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > What color is she wearing? She’s wearing a white pantsuit. ---
**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, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-the-union-2018-follow-along-thread/807846/54 "2018-01-31T02:30:58Z")
> [@alphaboi867](#): > > Well Melania sure looks like she can’t wait for this to be over. She’s had a _lot_ of practice. ---
**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, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-the-union-2018-follow-along-thread/807846/55 "2018-01-31T02:32:10Z")
> [@alphaboi867](#): > > She’s wearing a white pantsuit. :eek: Surely you don’t mean a Hillary-esque white pantsuit!! Is that a code of some kind? ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-the-union-2018-follow-along-thread/807846/56 "2018-01-31T02:32:31Z")
Still with the sniffing, eh? I missed part of this, wandered off and put my dinner together. Guess that means I’ve missed about half of it. Oh, darn. Looks like “What, Me Worry?” is out-Pencing Pence with the Gaze of Adulation. ---
**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, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-the-union-2018-follow-along-thread/807846/57 "2018-01-31T02:32:53Z")
I could have done without the bit about his god. ---
**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, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-the-union-2018-follow-along-thread/807846/58 "2018-01-31T02:33:09Z")
Bah. Overdubbing _Pulp Fiction_ is a heresy. I know all the good swear points anyway, though. 😃 It’s over…now for the Great Channel Hunt, avoiding all news channels, of course. Too bad Jon Stewart isn’t doing an Indecision 2018 blow-by-blow; I’d watch that. ---
**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, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-the-union-2018-follow-along-thread/807846/59 "2018-01-31T02:35:58Z")
Did you see Ivankas dress, uuuuggggly. Looks like upholstery. ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-the-union-2018-follow-along-thread/807846/60 "2018-01-31T02:36:22Z")
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