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What percentage grabbed the bridge of their nose in frustration when republicans started hooting and jumping like monkeys in a cage?
He said all the right things and laid out his many accomplishments. Meanwhile the GOP heckled him like the classless trash they are. Any reasonable person would support Biden after watching this. >

"reasonable" is in short supply lately >

Well not really, Biden won and even when they had a great chance on midterms, dems managed to keep senate and the margin on the house is very thin. 
I guess there is still hope. >

If in 2024 dems have all 3, dems need to just do things and not dilly dally. While a lot was accomplished, more needs to be done, changed and bettered without fear of republicans whining. >

They were really hamstrung by the evenly split Senate and those clowns Manchin and Sinema. Since the Senate was evenly split, all committees had to be evenly split as well. None of their proposals could leave committee until they had a majority support. This dragged things to a halt for most key bills.
Manchin and Sinema were just absolute trash, internal obstructionists. One is no longer part of the party and will likely be ousted in their next election, The other has been offset by the edition of John Fetterman.  Now that Dems have a majority in the Senate, bills will move much more quickly but they are facing a complete roadblock in the House because of the clowns like McCarthy, MTG, Gaetz, Jordan... I doubt any non-right leaning legislation will pass before 2024. >

And yet my crotchety old bosses at work did nothing but complain. 
"He looked all flustered like he did a bunch of Adderall before" 
"He was glued to the teleprompter and couldn't handle the heckles" >


He was glued to the teleprompter

Hey, that classic is back! >

I prefer it when presidents just go off on a tangent, changing the subject multiple times in one sentence. Like this masterpiece:
"Look, having nuclear — my uncle was a great professor and scientist and engineer, Dr. John Trump at MIT; good genes, very good genes, OK, very smart, the Wharton School of Finance, very good, very smart — you know, if you’re a conservative Republican, if I were a liberal, if, like, OK, if I ran as a liberal Democrat, they would say I'm one of the smartest people anywhere in the world — it’s true! — but when you're a conservative Republican they try — oh, do they do a number — that’s why I always start off: Went to Wharton, was a good student, went there, went there, did this, built a fortune — you know I have to give my like credentials all the time, because we’re a little disadvantaged — but you look at the nuclear deal, the thing that really bothers me — it would have been so easy, and it’s not as important as these lives are — nuclear is so powerful; my uncle explained that to me many, many years ago, the power and that was 35 years ago; he would explain the power of what's going to happen and he was right, who would have thought? — but when you look at what's going on with the four prisoners — now it used to be three, now it’s four — but when it was three and even now, I would have said it's all in the messenger; fellas, and it is fellas because, you know, they don't, they haven’t figured that the women are smarter right now than the men, so, you know, it’s gonna take them about another 150 years — but the Persians are great negotiators, the Iranians are great negotiators, so, and they, they just killed, they just killed us, this is horrible." >

I had to double check to make sure this was an accurate quote...
But sure Bidens the one with dementia >

I think his windmill tirade is somehow worse.

We'll have an economy based on wind. I never understood wind. You know, I know windmills very much. I've studied it better than anybody I know. It's very expensive. They're made in China and Germany mostly, very few made here, almost none. But they're manufactured -- tremendous, if you're into this, tremendous fumes, gases are spewing into the atmosphere. You know we have a world, right? So the world is tiny compared to the universe. So [a] tremendous, tremendous amount of fumes and everything -- you talk about the "carbon footprint" -- fumes are spewing into the air, right? Spewing. Whether it's in China, Germany, it's going into the air. It's our air, their air, everything, right? So they make these things, and then they put them up, and if you own a house within vision of some of these monsters, your house is worth 50 percent of the price. They're noisy, they kill the birds. You want to see a bird graveyard? You just go, take a look, a bird graveyard? Go under a windmill some day. You'll see more birds than you've ever seen ever in your life. You know, in California they were killing the bald eagle.  If you shoot a bald eagle they want to put you in jail for ten years. A windmill will kill many bald eagles, after a certain number, they make you turn the windmill off, that is true, by the way, they make you turn it off. And yet, if you killed one, they put you in jail. That is OK. But why is it OK for windmills to destroy the bird population? And that's what they're doing.

I think this is why Herschel "Concussed Psychopath" Walker latched onto the "good air, bad air" thing so hard. >

i believe it's more like 48% crazification factor in georgia from the last GA senate runoff. >

Dark Brandon won the night for sure. The GOP looked as chaotic as ever. >

The yelling and screaming and booing did not make them look cool. It made them look like a disorganized bunch of children. >

To who? Because I’m sure they still appeared as hero’s on Fox >

He owned the angry mob. >

Hook + Line + Sinker. They bit that bait like the bottom feeders they are. >

Considering the obesity problems in the US and the number who bit, I was expecting Greenpeace to be cutting them out of Asian Fishing fleet nets. >

It was a great speech. Focused on the issues, didnt meander, to the point. Also helped that the GOP looked as clownish and unprepared as ever. Biden is starting to win over some of the skeptics. >

Wow, 72% approval is almost unheard-of these days.
Probably has something to do with the fact that he got the GOP to boo Social Security and Medicare. >

CNN showed a graph of State of the Union speeches and approval ratings and 72 percent is lower than all of the previous ratings going back through Bush.
They also explained that of course you can expect higher ratings because typically the viewers of any given State of The Union will be partisian which means of course more Democrats are being polled to begin with for this particular one.
‘Don’t get me wrong, I think he did well but you really need to put these things into perspective. >

Pollsters found the largest shift among those who do not approve of the way Biden has been handling his job. Only 7 percent of those respondents said before the speech that Biden’s policies will move the U.S. in the right direction, but 45 percent said so after. >

I now remember hearing that as well, although I have to say I’m a bit confused as to how one speech can change so many minds so easily. Then again voters voted for Trump in 2016 so that in itself should tell you something about the quality of a good number of voters in the United States. >

People are dumb and finicky. And importantly, most are completely tuned out of politics 95% of the time. >

It might just be nice if after Jan6 more people cared just a tiny bit more.
Frankly the whole thing about Trump being able to get elected in the first place just pisses me the hell off. Not to mention what their next best choice DeSantis is currently getting away with. These are not men suitable for office if you’re looking to maintain a Republic.
As a 20yr military retiree I just never figured our greatest threat would occur from inside our country. I guess I just figured we faced that test already during our Civil War. >

I think the same.  We were pretty kind to confederates over the years.  Who knew a similar movement would grow? >

Thing is these same people greatly believe in the whole myth of The Southern States Lost Cause. They actually buy into the theory that the Southern States seceded the Union not because of slavery but because of states rights and tariffs. And it doesn’t matter what facts you show them such as all these States when they seceded stated the reason they did so was over the issue of slavery. They just simply go along with the myth that was created decades after the War to generate sympathy for the South and a manufactured reality to make them look better. >

That's true. I didn't realize how much until the internet came into full being. Because I suddenly saw much more than newspapers want to show.  The real carpetbaggers were southerners moving north and bringing their nonsense educations with them. >

Not sure if it has as much to do with physical movement as it probably has to do with just plain old racist fears of being frightened that your majority is now becoming a minority. I don’t think you need to be located in any one specific area to fall for things that align with how you would like to see them.Athough granted if you came from the South and you were white it would be more prevalent.
‘Thing is I actually just got done arguing this with my father-in-law. He‘ll be 89 this year but he grew up in Indiana. One of the things I showed him was a copy of the speech the Southern Vice President gave at the time where he stated that the reason for succession had everything to do with slavery.
‘One of these same people tried to defend their beliefs and show me how non-racist they were by referring me to a Breitbart article.  Turns out it was an article discussing their replacement theory.
I responded that I hadn’t read anything so racist in years. They didn’t take to that very kindly.
it’s still amazing to me the lack of coverage the Trump Administration got on having so many racists he actually had in his Administration. I mean it was talked about, but just not as much as I thought it should have been. I think it probably wasn’t just due to how many amoral things this guy just did. >

He could have turned water into wine and resurrected all of their dead pets and the other 28% still wouldn’t have liked it. >

They would be like "Rosco was a welfare queen anyways. Just lounged around the house contributing NOTHING" >

Most of the problems in America are the fault of right wingers. Most of the problems in the world are the fault of their international friends. We'd do best to marginalize them, denigrate them, and just generally treat them like the enemies of America they are. >

Absolutely spot on. I remember after the midterms hearing conservatives lament that they got crushed by Millennials and Gen Z, and that those votes could have been had with a softer stance on abortion and legal weed. I was thinking to myself “I mean yeah that’s a good start but the rest of your platform is also objectively terrible. Might want to work on changing that as well” >

Back in my day we’d call that last 18% the “dead-enders.”
Meaning there’s nothing you (or anyone else) could do that would change their mind. 
In fact, if sweet baby Jesus Christ Himself came down from heaven on a greased-up pogo stick and said Biden was doing His will, this 18% would still hate Biden’s State of the Union.
Why?
Because they’re fk’n stupid. >

18% plus 72% makes 90%. >

Just so weird how having shit policies is not working out for the GOP. Just so fucking bizarre. >

Let's not celebrate just yet. They just won the house with shit politics and they will use political theater, fake outrage, and outright lies, to try and get the senate and the WH in 2024. DeSantis is extremely popular, much smarter than Trump, and shares the same ideology. >

I'm not sure that says much when most Republicans refuse to watch anything he's involved in >

72% of VIEWERS - but probably only a small percentage of VOTERS. Let's face it, millions of Americans will only see this on right-wing media, where it will be spun as Biden = bad. >

They'll edit the whole speech down to 3 and half minutes of stammering and awkward silences. >

Remember when they purposefully slowed down footage of Nancy Pelosi speaking in order to frame her as being drunk? >

According to Fox News, 0% of viewers had a positive reaction to Biden speech. >

The other 28% believe George Santos is Batman. >

That’s ridiculous! He’s clearly Darkwing Duck. >

“Let’s get dangerous”
Yeah, I can see it >

Kevin McCarthy looked so perplexed on how to handle his body language. He was definitely more akin to Paul Ryan than he was a Trump, aka trying to look like he was a civilized adult (albeit with shitty policies) even though he’s the leader of a bunch of circus clown reactionaries. 
The GOP is truly in chaotic reactionary limbo without somebody to steer them properly in this post-Trump era. The clowns have taken over the show but are so incompetent they have to hide behind a spineless, lukewarm guy like McCarthy, even though they hate his guts.
Despite Biden being wholly uninteresting and getting voted in as more of an anti-Trump statement than a pro-Democrat one, the GOP has somehow made Joe Biden seem like more of a badass leader than he’s every appeared in his entire political career. >

So appreciative that Biden called out the Republicans for exactly who they are. We all know they supported an insurrection and hopefully now Americans are fully aware they want to retire SS and Medicare and care nothing about the welfare of all Americans. Biden speech was 100% on point. Sarah Huckabee’s response was crazy- it’s obvious Trump rubbed off on her big time. Her response proves Republicans are still willing to destroy democracy. >

That water Buffalo is still in politics? >

The other 28% believe in Jewish space lasers. >

Biden needs to become the dark Brandon conservatives are afraid of. No more taking the high road, it’s obvious Democrats can’t beat them by doing this. >

Hecklers should be tossed and invited back ever. Lifetime ban. >

I went into it thinking there was a good chance he was going to flub it and sink his re-election hopes. I came out of it thinking he has 2024 in the bag. Fantastic performance helped by low expectations >

And Republicans flubbing hard. Biden set out the bait and they bit >

The other 28% still think Trump is the second coming of Jesus. >

Meh. My first instinct is that because it’s CNN it didn’t get an accurate sample. We all know how MAGA and GOP voters view CNN. They probably didn’t participate. I’d like to be wrong, so if I am please let me know how. >

I can't believe there are people out there who would still rather have Trump than Biden. Talking to you dad. >


72 percent of viewers had positive reaction to Biden speech: CNN flash poll

This shouldn't be a surprise. >

Biden is great. 
He’s great at playing politics, and he’s great at getting shit done. 
Likely the best president of my lifetime. >

I'm disappointed by his stance that COVID is over and that Jan 6 is "behind us". Neither of those things are true and both are getting worse.
He also barely mentioned the overturning of Roe. >

Pandemics usually end due to social reasons. Although they continue on in reality, they fade in the public’s eyes >

Oh man, I wonder what the fox news poll would say >

well you can pretty much wipe your ass with anything CNN says so.. >

Dark Brandon >

And 28% were going to hate it regardless >

"of viewers"
That probably means 28% of the people that tuned in were likely Republicans looking to see what a shitshow it was gonna be. 
And the rest was Democrat voters. >

So you are implying 100% of Democrat voters who watched it supported it? 
If that’s the case that is pretty remarkable. >

only 38 million or .10 of the population watched it, so that 72% is not a good thing. >

Actually it is a very good sample size. >

A very good size, but a poor sample. Any sample that self-selects is going to be skewed in some way. 
Yes, it's great that 72% had a favorable view of the speech. But don't have any delusions that 72% of all voters feel this way. >

How do you know how they obtained the sample? And honestly, CNN has be leaning right lately so this may be more interesting than we think. >

CNN flash poll is bullshit. CNN is a joke. >

CNN, Fox News, or any of them will lean a certain direction
Stop listening to opinion. Look for the facts >

Raw data like this is next to useless, it is why you need to normalize data, and why data science is a difficult field.
I would bet, a disproportionate amount of viewers who turned into the SOTU already had a positive view of Biden, as they wanted to hear him speak. If I go to a Trump rally, I'm going to expect there to be Trump supporters. If I sample the viewers who watched the SOTU, more would view Biden positively simply because people who wanted to hear Biden talk tuned in.
What would be a more useable set of data, would be if viewers were surveyed BEFORE and AFTER, and then marking the trends based on the change in response. >

Read the article. 
It notes that people that watch a SOTU speech skew towards people that support the President giving the speech. I think they said their sample skewed 8 points more Democrat than the general public.
They also have numbers on people’s opinion of Biden’s policies before and after the speech. They show that a number of people that felt his policies were taking the country in the wrong direction before the speech were more favorable towards them after the speech. >

CNN poll favouring the Dens…who would have thought?! >

Get m­ad. Biden 2024. >

That is surprising and not a little impressive.  Granted there is going to be some sampling bias as it is a CNN poll, never the less, a 72% positive reaction is nothing to sneeze about >

28% of viewers!
rage rage mad mad waah waah rage rage mesomad waaah waah >

and not one single republican voter watched it >

After Fetterman said goodnight to open a debate and Biden said you’re not black if you don’t vote for him and both got overwhelming support from their voter bases and the media, it’s clear neither their voters nor the media actually listen to the politicians they prop up, so why would anyone else? >

Those aren't rookie numbers, I'll tell you that much.