Originally Posted By Mr X Anyone watching? whitehouse.gov has live streaming available fyi. The President is just now arriving..
Originally Posted By Mr X Oops. He called Joe Biden "Mr. Vice-President". Isn't that supposed to be "Mr. President", as in "President of the Senate"?
Originally Posted By dshyates Nancy Pelosi looks like she is doing some sort of exercise that requires her to stand up every 13 seconds. It is a little distracting.
Originally Posted By Mr X Applause is fine, but this whole "constant standing ovation" crap is silly. They should really put a stop to that somehow.
Originally Posted By dshyates And why does she have that "I just bit into a lemon" look on her face? Did she hit the Botox Lounge on the way over?
Originally Posted By Mr X lol. Here's a "new etiquette rule" they could follow...nobody stands unless the Supremes stand first.
Originally Posted By Mr X OMG...that was AWESOME! "quitting high school is no longer an option. you're not just quitting on yourself, you're quitting on your country." Wow. Awesome.
Originally Posted By DyGDisney If I were President, I would say, "Please save your applause for the end of my speech." I would not want the constant interuption. I wonder if it does something for one's ego though, always being clapped for.
Originally Posted By DyGDisney The speech is awesome so far, btw. Even my 11 year old has started paying attention (she was reading a fun book, but got caught up in the TV).
Originally Posted By dshyates A very good speech. It will be interesting to see the Republican response. Jindal better bring his A game.
Originally Posted By mawnck Jindal schmindal. It will be interesting to see the stock market response. Especially the agricultural sector.
Originally Posted By hopemax I expect a pretty negative Republican response. It would be more proof that the GOP hasn't gotten the memo that what people want to hear right now is hope.
Originally Posted By dshyates I think if Jindal goes with teh "Somebody pissed in my cornflakes" approach. It wil really seal their role as bitter, planless losers.
Originally Posted By mawnck I'm watching Jindal now. Am I just really biased, or is he really sucking at this? He sounds sing-songy and phony and looks awkward as heck.
