Melania is going solo to the State of the Union

[Bill4411]

Another break with tradition as Melania is not going with Donald to the speech. The Christian right may have given Trump a mulligan over Stormy Daniels but apparently Melania isn't.

http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/30/politics/melania-trump-state-of-the-union-2018/index.html

 

[SuperHoosierFan]

Another break with tradition as Melania is not going with Donald to the speech. The Christian right may have given Trump a mulligan over Stormy Daniels but apparently Melania isn't.

http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/30/politics/melania-trump-state-of-the-union-2018/index.html

I can’t wait for Trump to tell us all the awesome things he’s done. I’m sure he’ll tell us about the “biggest”, “best”, “most amazing”, and “greatest”...and how he’s done it all in spite of the “fake media”.

 

[iuwclurker1]

What for? She already knows the state of the bunion.

 

[TheOriginalHappyGoat]

Any guesses on what the most inappropriate thing he says tonight is?

 

[zeke4ahs]

Any guesses on what the most inappropriate thing he says tonight is?

Honestly, I don't think he will. I think he will stay on what is written and it will be decent. Lies, but decent. Unless he adds something stupid before he starts or at the end.

 

[zeke4ahs]

I'm basically hiding from the tv tonight. First the atrocious IU game, which I totally expected. Then Trump. My eyes are bleeding.

 

[TheOriginalHappyGoat]

Honestly, I don't think he will. I think he will stay on what is written and it will be decent. Lies, but decent. Unless he adds something stupid before he starts or at the end.

That would be the smart play. Platitudes and feel good stories and lip service to bipartisanship would do him well right now.

 

[iuwclurker1]

Trump's a colossal waste of time. He's looking worse by the day. In 2019 he'll look horrible.

 

[TheOriginalHappyGoat]

I will say this by way of criticism, although it's not necessarily aimed at Trump: his speechwriters are terrible.

 

[IDontWannaLargeFarva]

Woah, Tim Kaine looks rough.

 

[UncleMark]

I will say this by way of criticism, although it's not necessarily aimed at Trump: his speechwriters are terrible.

A good speaker can make a poor speech better, and a well written speech can make a poor speaker better. But a bad speaker with a terrible speech...

 

[Morrison]

That would be the smart play. Platitudes and feel good stories and lip service to bipartisanship would do him well right now.

Although the SOTU response is usually a bore, and hurts rising political stars as much as it helps, you should check out Joe Kennedy 3.0 tonight. He’s getting some whispers as a legitimate dark horse for the 2020 nomination.

 

[TheOriginalHappyGoat]

Although the SOTU response is usually a bore, and hurts rising political stars as much as it helps, you should check out Joe Kennedy 3.0 tonight. He’s getting some whispers as a legitimate dark horse for the 2020 nomination.

I actually usually find the response more interesting than the SOTU.

 

[iuwclurker1]

He’s getting some whispers as a legitimate dark horse for the 2020 nomination.

Why not? Trump proved a dork hole can win.

 

[TheOriginalHappyGoat]

A good speaker can make a poor speech better, and a well written speech can make a poor speaker better. But a bad speaker with a terrible speech...

Absolutely. A good speech is both text and delivery. So far tonight, I think the delivery is outpacing the text.

 

[Capitol Hoosier]

Holy cow...what a snooze fest. Trump is awful.

 

[SuperHoosierFan]

I actually usually find the response more interesting than the SOTU.

Been a while since I’ve watched one of these. I don’t remember this much clapping.

 

[TheOriginalHappyGoat]

Been a while since I’ve watched one of these. I don’t remember this much clapping.

Well, he front-loaded the speech with acknowledgments. They always get the most applause. And now that he's in the policy section, he's giving the Republican caucus some decent red meat.

 

[twenty02]

Good grief....Think they could tell the guy you aren't supposed to applaud yourself every time....particularly right into the microphone.

 

[iuwclurker1]

Holy cow...what a snooze fest. Trump is awful.

I haven't read the Bible. Let me guess, Revelations?

 

[UncleMark]

Absolutely. A good speech is both text and delivery. So far tonight, I think the delivery is outpacing the text.

Yeah. The speechwriting is that bad.

The Il Duce poses are getting really out of hand, too.

 

[iuwclurker1]

The Il Duce poses are getting really out of hand, too.

It's the viagra. That's what a triple dose will do.

 

[TheOriginalHappyGoat]

Good grief....Think they could tell the guy you aren't supposed to applaud yourself every time....particularly right into the microphone.

Mama Goat a minute ago: "Do they have a microphone right next to the Trumpster's hands?"

 

[IDontWannaLargeFarva]

Going for the jugular on chain migration.

 

[UncleMark]

The Il Duce poses are getting old.

 

[iuwclurker1]

Mama Goat a minute ago: "Do they have a microphone right next to the Trumpster's hands?"

Warming his hands up for tonight. Melania don't want no clap.

 

[Aloha Hoosier]

Mama Goat a minute ago: "Do they have a microphone right next to the Trumpster's hands?"

Of course he does. The President clapping so often after his applause liness is different.

 

[iuwclurker1]

Of course he does. The President clapping so often after his applause liness is different.

Problem is, he's holding them behind the mike, that's why Mama Goat can't see them.

 

[twenty02]

LOL@ Pence clapping for ending chain migration....a guy who's only in this country because of...chain migration.

https://www.rawstory.com/2018/01/tr...migration-mike-pences-family-perfect-example/

 

[Aloha Hoosier]

Problem is, he's holding them behind the mike, that's why Mama Goat can't see them.

I see them. Mama Goat having some vision problems?

 

[TheOriginalHappyGoat]

Of course he does. The President clapping so often after his applause liness is different.

I know that. I just thought it was funny she brought it up just a few minutes after Twenty did.

 

[zeke4ahs]

Good grief....Think they could tell the guy you aren't supposed to applaud yourself every time....particularly right into the microphone.

Mama Goat a minute ago: "Do they have a microphone right next to the Trumpster's hands?"

Correction : Next to his tiny, little hands.

 

[TheOriginalHappyGoat]

First big lie of the night: dramatically misrepresenting current family reunification policies.

 

[zeke4ahs]

First big lie of the night: dramatically misrepresenting current family reunification policies.

Didn't he talk about beautiful , clean coal?

 

[iuwclurker1]

I see them. Mama Goat having some vision problems?

She can't afford your glasses.

 

[TheOriginalHappyGoat]

I see them. Mama Goat having some vision problems?

Cataract.

 

[TheOriginalHappyGoat]

Didn't he talk about beautiful , clean coal?

Okay, second big lie.

 

[zeke4ahs]

Didn't he talk about beautiful , clean coal?

Okay, second big lie.

I'm not watching, just checking the twitters.

 

[iuwclurker1]

Didn't he talk about beautiful , clean coal?

That's what Melania stuffed in his stocking.

 

[twenty02]

This speech is sleep inducing.