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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAverage SOTU lasts about an hour and an half?
This is like watching paint drying on a wall full of ketchup!
They must have a good drug to keep him going?
Deuxcents
(26,318 posts)Mossfern
(4,683 posts)should have brought pillows with them.
Jack Valentino
(4,770 posts)but we were warned in advance.....
I've had about enough now, even as 'background noise'....
Much more and I would be tempted to LOAD my ancient shotgun---
but because of "AFFORDABILITY" issues, I can't AFFORD
to buy a new television.....
Lefta Dissenter
(6,701 posts)Mr. Dissenter and I watched every moment of the replay of the gold medal round of Mixed Doubles Curling. I watch curling 🥌 once every four years, and it certainly was the most compelling thing on tv tonight!
Wiz Imp
(9,595 posts)The previous record was Clinton in 2000 at 1 hour 28 minutes. Trump's speech last year (technically not a SOTU) was just shy of 1 hour 40 minutes. The average SOTU over the past 60 years has been about an hour.
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/presidential-documents-archive-guidebook/annual-messages-congress-the-state-the-union-0
Johonny
(25,888 posts)Than people that didn't accomplish anything but need to pretend they did.
Basically summing up Trumps entire life.