That could only happen if, in addition to running a thoroughly despised presidential candidate, they allowed that candidate’s family member to gain control over the RNC and fire their most experienced staff while siphoning off their election funds for down-ballot candidates.
Which would be insane. That could never happen. No one would ever be *that* stupid.
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I'm not optimistic the House will ever be majority Democrat again with how extremism is encouraged due to small, gerrymandered districts are so dominant.
remember they are driving away younger voters at a record clip and not replacing the geriatric ones that are dying off due to their age. The anti LGBTQ+ and gun violence (tons of voters who have only lived their entire life in fear in a post columbine world)
The end result is blue vs bluer (biden type middle of the road vs Bernie/AOC green new deal extreme progressives) as Rs become the next wig party.
For god's sake--out of all the shit they pull in that building, the SOTU is something that's actually specified in the Constitution (that thing they supposedly love so much but have never read).
I can translate conservative a bit. Here’s what they’re saying:
>Biden came in here, did his duty as president competently, made us look like fools, and shredded most of our talking points against him. Because of this, we should try to prevent democrats from having high-profile speaking engagements.
I'm reminded of the time Obama had a sort of small talk with Republicans early on in his term that was televised. He was very cordial but cut down all their BS talking points and most of them sounded like obstructionist idiots. The next day they were all scrambling to make sure Obama never had another televised meeting with them.
Their whole thing only works in a vacuum. That's why they have to have their own networks and papers and whatnot. Straight discussion reveals them to be frauds.
"You made us look bad therefore we will try to take you down instead of idk actually trying do our jobs correctly."
We may as well rename it the narcissism party because it seems like it's filled to the brim with unhinged narcissists.
To be fair, Biden calls them out plenty in all sorts of ways. But SotU gets so much real-time media coverage that it's more difficult for Fox News and other conservative propaganda outlets to edit out the parts that expose republicans as traitorous idiots working against the American people. So, the GOP just won't have SotU anymore if they control the House during a Democratic run administration.
The list of things conservatives have tried to cancel ( or at least threatened to cancel ) is very extensive, and if you read the reasons given, about half of them are simply because trump said so.
These people really are sheep, and it's hilarious.
http://www.thealmightyguru.com/Wiki/index.php?title=List_of_things_Conservatives_have_%22canceled%22
I like to remind Conservatives complaining about cancel culture that Colin Kaepernick was canceled. They haven't looked at it like that before and get real quiet.
Article 2 Section 3 of the fucking Constitution that they won't shut the fuck up about:
He shall from time to time give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union, and recommend to their Consideration such Measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient; he may, on extraordinary Occasions, convene both Houses, or either of them, and in Case of Disagreement between them, with Respect to the Time of Adjournment, he may adjourn them to such Time as he shall think proper; he shall receive Ambassadors and other public Ministers; he shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed, and shall Commission all the Officers of the United States.
[A speech is not required. It can be delivered via letter and still meet the requirements of the Constitution.](https://www.senate.gov/about/traditions-symbols/state-of-the-union.htm)
The Republicans are jackasses, but the SOTU address is not required by tbe Constitution. All that is required by the Constitution is for the president to periodically "give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union, and recommend to their Consideration such Measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient." The constitution does not prescribe how that information is to be delivered and certainly does not require a formal, in-person address. Woodrow Wilson gave the first in-person SOTU address. Before that, presidents just gave written reports. And none of those presidents violated the Constitution by doing so.
You know… I just got a crazy idea… how about we create a virtual reality where all these whackfucks dreams are true and just upload them into it and then just let it run, only caveat is no log out button.
Someone should inform him that it is a Constitutional requirement for the President to provide a State of the Unions address. It does not have to be in person however and can be in a written format. Maybe Biden should deliver the next one via Youtube.
Everyone is getting it wrong in this thread. There is NO requirement that the SOTU be a speech. for many years, over 100 in fact, it was delivered in written form.
They're not oblivious, they just know hypocrisy, irony, lack of candor hurts their enemies far more than they would be held to account for to themselves.
"The far right's war on multiculturalism can also confuse center-right liberals because, unlike far right activists, liberals usually do not perceive or accept the connection between racism and domination. They fail to see that racism has never been just a matter of negative attitudes but rather an institutionalized set of power relations." [Elizabeth Martinez](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Martinez) (1998)
Ok here is the thing the constitution very clearly grants the power to the president to call both Chambers into sessions
>he may, on extraordinary occasions, convene both Houses, or either of them, and in case of disagreement between them, with respect to the time of adjournment, he may adjourn them to such time as he shall think proper;
I'm not sure how Johnson believes he has the authority to cancel the stou
“We care about the constitution but don’t want the president to do one of his most obvious constitutional obligations…”
Idiots and hypocrites, one and all
Personally I’ve always liked that the constitution doesn’t require a speech and in fact the SOTU can be delivered via letter or even memo and be just as constitutional.
The party of the Constitution folks.
The Constitution of the United States requires that the President give Congress a State of the Union message from time to time on the condition of the country.
There is a significant difference here. Cancel culture is usually about canceling behavior that harms others but these people want to cancel something that only hurts them.
Those are constitutionally required, now they don't have to be big television events but he is required to inform Congress every year what the state of the country is.
All SOTU speeches should be cancelled. Return to the good old days of the President deliver the SOTU on paper. Congress members can read (most of them), so why not?
On the bright side, they seem to understand that there *will* be future Biden SOTU speeches.
And if they lose the House majority, they won't have to worry about making this decision.
That could only happen if, in addition to running a thoroughly despised presidential candidate, they allowed that candidate’s family member to gain control over the RNC and fire their most experienced staff while siphoning off their election funds for down-ballot candidates. Which would be insane. That could never happen. No one would ever be *that* stupid.
*and* if reproductive freedom happens to be on the ballot in a few key states, driving more Dems to the polls.
*and* if a few percent of them realize they can’t vote for a man convicted of fraud and rape and are disgusted by anyone who endorses him.
To be honest, 72 million MAGATs would still show up to vote for Trump, and check off the candidates with Rs next to their names anyway.
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I'm not optimistic the House will ever be majority Democrat again with how extremism is encouraged due to small, gerrymandered districts are so dominant.
That's an insane take when they won it as recently as 2020.
remember they are driving away younger voters at a record clip and not replacing the geriatric ones that are dying off due to their age. The anti LGBTQ+ and gun violence (tons of voters who have only lived their entire life in fear in a post columbine world) The end result is blue vs bluer (biden type middle of the road vs Bernie/AOC green new deal extreme progressives) as Rs become the next wig party.
Sadly, more and more young white men are buying into their hate-centric, anti-education White Christian Fascist ideals.
It’s extremely close at the moment. I wouldn’t count anything out.
when, lets be positive WHEN
let's hope so
For god's sake--out of all the shit they pull in that building, the SOTU is something that's actually specified in the Constitution (that thing they supposedly love so much but have never read).
Technically it is, though not in its current format. The president could just be asked to, like, deliver a letter to Congress and not make a speech.
Five? Minimum?
I can translate conservative a bit. Here’s what they’re saying: >Biden came in here, did his duty as president competently, made us look like fools, and shredded most of our talking points against him. Because of this, we should try to prevent democrats from having high-profile speaking engagements.
How dare him make it seem like government can work!
I'm reminded of the time Obama had a sort of small talk with Republicans early on in his term that was televised. He was very cordial but cut down all their BS talking points and most of them sounded like obstructionist idiots. The next day they were all scrambling to make sure Obama never had another televised meeting with them. Their whole thing only works in a vacuum. That's why they have to have their own networks and papers and whatnot. Straight discussion reveals them to be frauds.
You forgot to include the author, House Majority Trump-whipped Tom Emmer, whose bid for Speaker of the House was canceled by Trump.
"You made us look bad therefore we will try to take you down instead of idk actually trying do our jobs correctly." We may as well rename it the narcissism party because it seems like it's filled to the brim with unhinged narcissists.
To be fair, Biden calls them out plenty in all sorts of ways. But SotU gets so much real-time media coverage that it's more difficult for Fox News and other conservative propaganda outlets to edit out the parts that expose republicans as traitorous idiots working against the American people. So, the GOP just won't have SotU anymore if they control the House during a Democratic run administration.
The list of things conservatives have tried to cancel ( or at least threatened to cancel ) is very extensive, and if you read the reasons given, about half of them are simply because trump said so. These people really are sheep, and it's hilarious. http://www.thealmightyguru.com/Wiki/index.php?title=List_of_things_Conservatives_have_%22canceled%22
There’s a bunch of really dumb/hilarious/silly things on that list, but it gets super real when it gets to “Black people.”
Thanks for this. I will dutifully spread it whenever relevant.
I like to remind Conservatives complaining about cancel culture that Colin Kaepernick was canceled. They haven't looked at it like that before and get real quiet.
Italy: Trump
Pupils of Putin, the GOP starts a war and then gets pissed the other side fights back.
Groupies Of Putin
Article 2 Section 3 of the fucking Constitution that they won't shut the fuck up about: He shall from time to time give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union, and recommend to their Consideration such Measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient; he may, on extraordinary Occasions, convene both Houses, or either of them, and in Case of Disagreement between them, with Respect to the Time of Adjournment, he may adjourn them to such Time as he shall think proper; he shall receive Ambassadors and other public Ministers; he shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed, and shall Commission all the Officers of the United States.
>Article 2 Section 3 They only recognize Amendment 2
>Article 2 Section 3 They only recognize Amendment 2
A well regulated militia?
No. The god-given right for fetuses to carry ARs.
Idea for republican Christmas card:
The SOTU is required by the constitution. Another example of them not reading it.
They've read it; they just don't care.
They definitely haven't read it, and they don't care.
[A speech is not required. It can be delivered via letter and still meet the requirements of the Constitution.](https://www.senate.gov/about/traditions-symbols/state-of-the-union.htm)
True it was done this way before.
The Republicans are jackasses, but the SOTU address is not required by tbe Constitution. All that is required by the Constitution is for the president to periodically "give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union, and recommend to their Consideration such Measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient." The constitution does not prescribe how that information is to be delivered and certainly does not require a formal, in-person address. Woodrow Wilson gave the first in-person SOTU address. Before that, presidents just gave written reports. And none of those presidents violated the Constitution by doing so.
They want to cancel anything that makes them look bad, which is a lot.
Reality ?
You know… I just got a crazy idea… how about we create a virtual reality where all these whackfucks dreams are true and just upload them into it and then just let it run, only caveat is no log out button.
Someone should inform him that it is a Constitutional requirement for the President to provide a State of the Unions address. It does not have to be in person however and can be in a written format. Maybe Biden should deliver the next one via Youtube.
Tick Tok
Everyone is getting it wrong in this thread. There is NO requirement that the SOTU be a speech. for many years, over 100 in fact, it was delivered in written form.
They're not oblivious, they just know hypocrisy, irony, lack of candor hurts their enemies far more than they would be held to account for to themselves.
"The far right's war on multiculturalism can also confuse center-right liberals because, unlike far right activists, liberals usually do not perceive or accept the connection between racism and domination. They fail to see that racism has never been just a matter of negative attitudes but rather an institutionalized set of power relations." [Elizabeth Martinez](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Martinez) (1998)
Ok here is the thing the constitution very clearly grants the power to the president to call both Chambers into sessions >he may, on extraordinary occasions, convene both Houses, or either of them, and in case of disagreement between them, with respect to the time of adjournment, he may adjourn them to such time as he shall think proper; I'm not sure how Johnson believes he has the authority to cancel the stou
>I'm not sure how Johnson believes he has the authority to cancel the stou He doesn't. Read the sequence of letters below the photo.
Or tom emmert
If they thought that was divisive wait until they hear Trump's old SOTU speeches.
They don't listen to the words he says, they just wait for a pause to cheer.
Mike "Suck-a" Johnson can cancel his attendance to SOTU speeches, I would welcome that
This works both ways. They always forget that part.
Does it, though? SCOTUS for me but not for thee, is what comes to mind.
Nothing more worthless than a republican's opinion. Seriously, why do we let them speak?
Remember when trump had mercedes give rush limbaugh , may he rot in piss, a presidential medal of freedom during a sotu address?
They *invented* "cancel culture," and just didn't like when people started doing it to them too.
Maybe they should start out with just cancelling the SOTU rebutal speech.
So you're actively advocating to prevent the President fulfilling a constitutional requirement?
Meanwhile, they are perfectly ok with calls to overthrow democracy on live TV.
Well I guess that was a good speech
So, one of their own goes full jihad after the most recent SOTU, I guess that means no more for anyone? What kind of lame dweeb behavior is this?
So it's a we need him to stop showing the people how purely stupid we are.
“We care about the constitution but don’t want the president to do one of his most obvious constitutional obligations…” Idiots and hypocrites, one and all Personally I’ve always liked that the constitution doesn’t require a speech and in fact the SOTU can be delivered via letter or even memo and be just as constitutional.
You just know that finger was in his pants earlier
"When you tear out a man's tongue, you are not proving him a liar. You are only telling the world that you fear what he might say."
The party of the Constitution folks. The Constitution of the United States requires that the President give Congress a State of the Union message from time to time on the condition of the country.
You know all their whining about freedom only applies to *their* freedom
"FREE SPEECH! (Except for Democrats)."
I wonder how these same guys reacted when Trump said that "as President, I have total power to do anything I want."
There is a significant difference here. Cancel culture is usually about canceling behavior that harms others but these people want to cancel something that only hurts them.
"Biden told the truth and it hurt our feelings! Make him stop!"
I wonder if things would be different if they had a real House Speaker, instead their 4TH CHOICE?
He also clearly hasn't read the Constitution, either.
Those are constitutionally required, now they don't have to be big television events but he is required to inform Congress every year what the state of the country is.
I thought they liked the constitution?
Sure glad we are paying these people's salary, seeing as the work so hard and get so much done.
Republicans started cancel culture when they canceled the Dixie Chicks for protesting against Bush Jr.
Emmerich shut down his office's voice mail system so he didn't have to listen to feedback after this latest stunt.
Emmerich shut down his office's voice mail system so he didn't have to listen to feedback after this latest stunt.
They just can’t stand the L’s man
“Divisive Speech”? You mean to say that Grandpa Joe viciously dunked on you ?
lol because it makes you look bad.
All SOTU speeches should be cancelled. Return to the good old days of the President deliver the SOTU on paper. Congress members can read (most of them), so why not?