Manu Raju @mkraju wrote: Rep. Van Orden defends yelling “lies” at Biden during SOTU. Inside the room, it was difficult to tell who said it. Then sources told me he yelled at them.
At first, he wouldn’t say it was him. Then he eventually acknowledged it
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“Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide.” —John Adams
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Rep. Gerry Connolly @GerryConnolly wrote: Republicans: Biden’s speech was too loud and partisan!
Also Republicans:
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No. No, you are not.raison de arizona wrote: ↑Fri Mar 08, 2024 2:38 pm Besides all that, she is a SENATOR. Kind of a backhanded compliment to say she's never been asked to anything like this before and she did a good job for a housewife. Or homemaker, for that matter.
Perhaps I'm reading too much into it.
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Ranking member Joseph Morelle takes umbrage to mtg's behavior.
https://democrats-cha.house.gov/sites/e ... .24%29.pdf
https://democrats-cha.house.gov/sites/e ... .24%29.pdf
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Ryan Shead @RyanShead wrote: Steve Nikoui, the father of fallen Marine Lance Cpl. Kareem Nikoui, was arrested by Capitol Police for the outburst, which also included yelling his son's name while Biden spoke of violent crime in the U.S.
Just a friendly reminder: Donald Trump thinks your son was a “loser and sucker”
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How would that compare to the former doubly impeached and now ex-impotusraison de arizona wrote: ↑Fri Mar 08, 2024 5:14 pm https://twitter.com/GerryConnolly/statu ... 68904?s=20Rep. Gerry Connolly @GerryConnolly wrote: Republicans: Biden’s speech was too loud and partisan!
Also Republicans:
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Spot on!
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Give her a break. She's just cleaning up after servicing Gaetz and wanted one more delicious whiff.
Has everybody heard about the bird?
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I agree. I don't see why the opposition party is entitled to a formal response, that is automatically broadcast.
The Constitution says POTUS must, from time to time, report to Congress on the state of the union. It says nothing about the oppo party.
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Made me curious.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Response_ ... on_address
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Response_ ... on_address
The practice began in 1966 when Republican Sen. Everett Dirksen (Illinois) and Rep. Gerald Ford (Michigan) appeared on TV to offer a response to the address by Democratic President Lyndon Johnson.[1] The opposition party's response has varied in format, ranging from a prerecorded 45-minute TV program in 1970[2] to a call-in show in 1972 where a panel of congressmen answered unrehearsed questions from callers.[1] Since the late 1980s, it usually has been a televised speech given soon after the State of the Union address.[1]
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Also, the same 'housewife' word was the original derivation of 'hussy'. So whenever I see it, I hear it in the Shakespearean 'hussif' pronunciation and shudder.MN-Skeptic wrote: ↑Fri Mar 08, 2024 2:35 pm I can't tell you how much I hate the term housewife. No woman is married to a house. I started working in the tax department of a Big 8 accounting firm in Jan 1975 right out of college and I was taught to use the term homemaker. 49 years ago! That I can live with. I fully endorse women (or men) opting to be a stay-at-home parent and/or homemaker if that's their choice. That's exactly what Women's Lib is all about. Being able to do what you want to do and not be forced to comply with anyone else's preconceived ideas of what you should do. But the term is HOMEMAKER.
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Dig the Pete cameo. Was reading the transportation twitter and impressed by what's going on there.
No matter how old Biden is, he has put in place a very competent and even accomplished administration without much scandal or drama (if any). Refreshing.
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An interesting deconstruction of one of Sen. Britt's breathlessly indignant SOTU response stories.
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What a surprise. A lying republican.
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LOL I just came to post this. I'm writing to her office to get an explanation. She's my senator and I'm owed an answer.
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Off Topic
Oh, the ebb and flow of un/fashionable words and meanings!Ben-Prime wrote: ↑Fri Mar 08, 2024 10:02 pmAlso, the same 'housewife' word was the original derivation of 'hussy'. So whenever I see it, I hear it in the Shakespearean 'hussif' pronunciation and shudder.MN-Skeptic wrote: ↑Fri Mar 08, 2024 2:35 pm I hate the term housewife. But the term is HOMEMAKER.
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The "hus" in "husband" is also "house", coming from Old Norse and into Old English. Roughly "house boss"
should that word go too?
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she lied
the story happened IN Mexico during BUSH
the story happened IN Mexico during BUSH
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