[charmcitysking]

The Democrats were a disgrace last night - their demeanor was that of a spoiled child who didn't get the toy it wanted from the toy store.

[Cog]

The rebuttal speech was essentially, Trump is a racist repeated in several different ways. That might work with the 50 people listening to Joe Kennedy III, but you are insulting every single person who voted for Trump, because you are in effect calling them racist as well. Like Hillary's deplorable remark, that caused her to lose, not gain votes.

Are the Democrats trying to revive the Kennedy dynasty? This guy was no JFK if that is their plan.

Something else that was appalling during the SOTUS. When the historic low unemployment levels for black and Hispanic members was pointed out as a positive, the Democrats couldn't even be bothered to clap, much less stand for that. That should be frankly embarrassing to the Democrats.

But back to the SOTUS. Trump hit on the successes we have had as a nation and the exceptional people that we are. The Americans he brought into the chamber and talked about at length concerning courage, hard work, and struggle were a very positive picture. A very Reaganesqe speech. In large part a president attempts to inspire and the speech didn't fail in that category.

[Outcast_Searcher]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('charmcitysking', 'T')he Democrats were a disgrace last night - their demeanor was that of a spoiled child who didn't get the toy it wanted from the toy store.

[KaiserJeep]

The wife and I watched every word. My strongest impressions were of Trump's rivals, I believe the speech was both conventional and R party line. Nancy Pelosi looked like she had been sucking on lemons. Chuck Schumer and Marco Rubio were completely expressionless, displaying niether approval or disapproval as they watched for Trump to make an exploitable mistake.

The problem is, all of them want the power that Trump has, and that's the real prize in Washington. Ultimately Clinton lost to Trump because she wanted more money and he wanted more power. 2020 will be an interesting election.

[Plantagenet]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Cog', '
')Are the Democrats trying to revive the Kennedy dynasty? This guy was no JFK if that is their plan.

[charmcitysking]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Outcast_Searcher', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('charmcitysking', 'T')he Democrats were a disgrace last night - their demeanor was that of a spoiled child who didn't get the toy it wanted from the toy store.

[KaiserJeep]

The State of the Union is pretty much the same as the first time I saw such, while studying Civics in Jr HS. That would be that the politicians in Washington are busy gathering cash and personal possessions, while maintaining the facade of serving the taxpayers.

R or D doesn't really make any difference to the rest of us, whose purpose is to pay taxes.