# Trump addresses Congress (2-28)- Doper real-time commentary thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [February 28, 2017, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-addresses-congress-2-28-doper-real-time-commentary-thread/781029 "2017-02-28T13:48:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2017, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-addresses-congress-2-28-doper-real-time-commentary-thread/781029/21 "2017-03-01T00:57:54Z")
> [@Drum\_God](#): > > “But wait,” you say. “What about his convention speech that painted the US as a hell-scape of epic proportions for nearly two hours?” I don’t see that as a possibility tonight. He can’t go on for hours about how bad things are. He’s in charge now! The hell he can’t. He’ll go on about how bad things are and that is why only he can fix these things. That is how despots operate. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2017, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-addresses-congress-2-28-doper-real-time-commentary-thread/781029/22 "2017-03-01T01:00:33Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > How are some of you going to survive 4-16 years of this? 16? Where do you get beyond 4-8? ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2017, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-addresses-congress-2-28-doper-real-time-commentary-thread/781029/23 "2017-03-01T01:26:06Z")
Do we get to make fun of him for using a teleprompter? I seem to remember not too long ago that it was a point of scorn and ridicule from the GOP when Obama did it. Or is that another “It’s OK if Republicans do it” thing? ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2017, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-addresses-congress-2-28-doper-real-time-commentary-thread/781029/24 "2017-03-01T01:46:11Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > Here’s the drinking game: > > 1. Take a drink when he starts talking > 2. Just keep doing that until you can’t hear him anymore. Mine was going to be "take a drink every time he uses a superlative adjective or whatever you call the reverse( “horrible, terrible”), but I think it pretty much amounts to the same thing. And maybe Ryan and Pence dressed exactly alike on purpose? Some sort of unifying symbol? - or they’re both really borrowing dressers that though they were being daring by wearing a tie that was a shade of blue other than navy. ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2017, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-addresses-congress-2-28-doper-real-time-commentary-thread/781029/25 "2017-03-01T01:48:20Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > I’m disappointed that Nancy Pelosi has told members of her caucus to behave. I wanted to hear “You lie!” after every statement. Given the blanket condemnation by Democrats of the Republican who did that they can hardly do likewise without appearing as hypocrites. Pelosi was right to counsel calm. ---
**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:** [March 1, 2017, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-addresses-congress-2-28-doper-real-time-commentary-thread/781029/26 "2017-03-01T01:55:47Z")
Hey look! Twins! ---
**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:** [March 1, 2017, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-addresses-congress-2-28-doper-real-time-commentary-thread/781029/27 "2017-03-01T01:59:09Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Female members of Congress are going to wear white to show their support for women’s issues. And Melania’s wearing black. On the plus side it was awfully nice of the First Lady to travel all the way to Washington, DC. ---
**Author:** ![Stalky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@Stalky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stalky)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2017, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-addresses-congress-2-28-doper-real-time-commentary-thread/781029/28 "2017-03-01T02:04:30Z")
> [@Leaper](#): > > Same way conservatives dealt with the past 8 years. By slowly losing touch with reality and electing the most incompetent celebrity we can find. Too bad Beiber is Canadian. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2017, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-addresses-congress-2-28-doper-real-time-commentary-thread/781029/29 "2017-03-01T02:05:24Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > 16? Where do you get beyond 4-8? Obviously we’re going to repeal the limitations on terms and/or he’ll name himself Dear Leader For Life. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2017, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-addresses-congress-2-28-doper-real-time-commentary-thread/781029/30 "2017-03-01T02:08:13Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > Obviously we’re going to repeal the limitations on terms and/or he’ll name himself Dear Leader For Life. Just like Obama did. ---
**Author:** ![leftfield6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leftfield6/32/18780_2.png) [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2017, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-addresses-congress-2-28-doper-real-time-commentary-thread/781029/31 "2017-03-01T02:09:02Z")
He has already started fucking around with the microphone position. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2017, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-addresses-congress-2-28-doper-real-time-commentary-thread/781029/32 "2017-03-01T02:10:46Z")
Standing O every two sentences. This could get tedious. ---
**Author:** ![Okrahoma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90db22/32.png) [@Okrahoma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Okrahoma)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2017, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-addresses-congress-2-28-doper-real-time-commentary-thread/781029/33 "2017-03-01T02:12:07Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > Standing O every two sentences. This could get tedious. Standing Os as far I can tell so far from both sides of the congress. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2017, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-addresses-congress-2-28-doper-real-time-commentary-thread/781029/34 "2017-03-01T02:13:07Z")
And his kick-off issue is anti-Semitism. I am picturing Steve Brannon tied to a chair somewhere in a windowless room,watching TV and foaming at the mouth. ---
**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:** [March 1, 2017, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-addresses-congress-2-28-doper-real-time-commentary-thread/781029/35 "2017-03-01T02:13:52Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > And his kick-off issue is anti-Semitism. I am picturing Steve Brannon tied to a chair somewhere in a windowless room,watching TV and foaming at the mouth. Anti-semitism? Is Trump for it or against it? ---
**Author:** ![Okrahoma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90db22/32.png) [@Okrahoma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Okrahoma)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2017, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-addresses-congress-2-28-doper-real-time-commentary-thread/781029/36 "2017-03-01T02:14:05Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > And his kick-off issue is anti-Semitism. I am picturing Steve Brannon tied to a chair is a windowless room,watching TV and foaming at the mouth. Again, FCOL Steve Bannon is no antisemite. Stop believing your own propaganda. Propaganda is for others, not for yourself. ---
**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:** [March 1, 2017, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-addresses-congress-2-28-doper-real-time-commentary-thread/781029/37 "2017-03-01T02:14:59Z")
Anyone have a cite for his claim that drugs coming over the border is at an all-time high? ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2017, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-addresses-congress-2-28-doper-real-time-commentary-thread/781029/38 "2017-03-01T02:18:28Z")
> [@Okrahoma](#): > > Standing Os as far I can tell so far from both sides of the congress. Nah, it’s definitely only the right half standing. ---
**Author:** ![Stalky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@Stalky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stalky)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2017, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-addresses-congress-2-28-doper-real-time-commentary-thread/781029/39 "2017-03-01T02:18:44Z")
Was that a chorus of chuckles when he said he was draining the swamp? I choose to think so. ---
**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:** [March 1, 2017, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-addresses-congress-2-28-doper-real-time-commentary-thread/781029/40 "2017-03-01T02:21:20Z")
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