DU's take on President Biden's State of the Union?

[underpants]

I couldn’t stay up for it.

If there’s a running thread on it let me know.

I’m sure there will be tons of talking head review today but I wanted DU’s take.

[SheltieLover]

1. Rhiannon posted clips & great analysis videos

Superb speech!

Enjoy!

[Fyrefox]

2. He was inspirational!

I think that Uncle Joe was on fire, and covered all of the bases! 👍

[sky_masterson]

3. I watched it and live commented to the room I was in as if I was a Right winger.

Made it more entertaining.
I wish they would keep these things at an hour.
Joe spoke well, few messed up lines like "Iranians" when he meant "Ukrainians".
But that is the Joe we know and love.
Of course the Qanon caucus made asses of themselves.

[underpants]

4. Yeah I saw that Boebert completely embarrassed herself.

[Atticus]

5. Joe spoke like a POTUS is expected to speak. He was cordial, patient and offered a 4-point

"bipartisan agenda" that most on the other side will have difficulty opposing.

He stood up for our agenda without pointing out how only a gaggle of fascist Trump-humpers could not agree, which is why he is POTUS and we are not.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

9. And the icing on the cake...

he refused to react to Boebert's idiotic heckling, which must have pissed her off.

[mitch96]

10. " refused to react to Boebert".. He refused to lower himself to her whaleshit level... Bravo!!nt

[MarineCombatEngineer]

11. +100. nt

[Achilleaze]

6. POTUS re-articulated the true American vision

at a time when America needed to hear it. He got his message through with warmth, gravitas, and power.

We've been overwhelmed with poisonous propaganda from Russia, Fox, corporate profiteering social media, and corrupted pulpits.

We needed to glimpse the true American vision again, to grasp the dream of why people have come here from all over the world.

President Biden gave us that in his State of the Union speech.

[MaryMagdaline]

7. Great speech - thematically tied together

Had a very clintonesque way of explaining tough concepts. Fight inflation by lowering costs of production and transportation, not by lowering wages. Lower childcare costs (referring back to when he was a single dad and had family help). Explaining high costs due to labor shortages during Covid. Cut costs of production by manufacturing here in the USA. It’s infrastructure DECADE. Praised GM and Ford and Intel for huge investments in USA. Start spending 2 per cent of GDP on research and development like the old days. All very nicely tied together.

I especially liked the comment about lowering costs not wages. The right always attacks high wages. He emphasized that American workers should get a chance to enjoy their increased wages.

Another good line (oldie) grow the economy from the bottom up and the middle out.

Very, very good domestic speech

Also very good in the beginning praising tough Ukrainian people and calling out Putin. Loved how he called him Putin. No titles.

[Midnight Writer]

12. Yes, I liked the way he built his case and used simple narrative language to communicate.

Very effective for folks who are bored by the nuts and bolts of policies.

[myohmy2]

8. Joe...

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