MSNBC is gushing, of course. Switched to PBS and they're sounding much more analytic.
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I can't really do MSNBC anymore. Not even Rachel. The Presidential palace in Kyiv could be on fire, and they'd be interviewing fifteen people about how soon Trump is going to be arrested. I'm over it.
I'm thinking that's one reason Rachel has taken a hiatus. I think even she felt she needed to get away from the all Trump, all the time environment.
Governor Reynolds isn't making a rebuttal, she's just rattling off "Biden is awful" talking points. That's all these "rebuttals" ever are, no matter which side.
It's almost like they write the rebuttal before they bother to read the speech itself that was released like 12 hours ago.
WTF is with this rebuttal? It's like she's reading my great aunt's Facebook feed.
Of course they do. They've been working on this as long as Joe has. It's not a rebuttal, it's equal time.
I don't want to keep harping on how low my expectations were, but it really was a surprisingly good performance.
Politics 101. Rather like the basketball polls/rankings. All that matters is the scoreboard . . . And Biden/Pelosi are likely to get a shellacking.
You might be a little quick on that. It was a solid speech with a lot of bipartisan support. Your reference to Pelosi suggests you might be stepping out of bounds, too, since she had nothing to do with it.
I bet you see a bump in Biden's numbers this week. Not saying it will be huge, but I bet it's noticeable.
Well, Putin has to walk around the Kremlin wary of someone putting a bullet in the back of his head.
I don't agree with his take on inflation and how to reduce it; the oil release is a drop; but overall there was a lot to like for guys like me who have hated what I've seen from this admin thus far: borders, guns, police, prescription drugs, cancer, Putin, etc. And he himself sounded strong and sharp.
One personal pet peeve. Does he just hate Musk? Why doesn't he ever include Tesla? Is it animus or old gov beholden to Ford etc
I don't get the Tesla reference, but I did notice every single bit that you would like. I think I mentioned most of them in real time when they happened.
I'm such a f*cking dork.
That’s the sophisticated way of “self deleting “
I just wanted to put it out there that I think there’s a serious likelihood Putin won’t survive this massive mistake.
The best thing for the planet would be for one of his generals to put one in the back of his brain.
I hope you’re right, but I don’t see it. I worry more about what Putin might do militarily if he thinks that’s a likelihood.
I think it has got to be a loner. Too risky to plan it with somebody else who might fink on you.
If the reports are true that Russian tankers are puncturing their fuel cells then what must their leadership be thinking and planning?
Those rebuttals are always horrible, and usually cringeworthy. Has there ever been one that's considered good and actually politically beneficial to the speech maker?
I’m not sure, but I think Putin has a tight grip on any other “leaders” in Russia.
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Was it bipartisan? Or was it a lesson in what sanity looks like for his super-progressive non-serious democratic colleagues?
I bailed when he said to not see Covid as a partisan dividing line. I didn’t want to shop for a new TV tomorrow.
From what I saw, I don’t think he rose to the occasion about Ukraine. Announced stuff that the rest of the fee world already did—banning Aeroflot. And dip in to oil reserves? WTF is that? The rest sounded like he was going through a checklist. His delivery was fine.
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Let’s leave our plan on not starting WW3 to those of us who have to live on this planet for 50 more years please.
8-month old (today) kid takes too much of my energy to have a serious discussion lately so I have to resort to mindless trolling the trolls.
I’ll catch up tomorrow. Be best.
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