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Biden's State of the Union Prep: No Acronyms and Tricks to Conquer a Stutter
The New York Times via Yahoo ^ | February 7, 2023 | By Katie Rogers (D-NYT)

Posted on 02/07/2023 11:20:51 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer

WASHINGTON — As President Joe Biden prepared to deliver one of the biggest speeches of his presidency, he met with a close group of aides at the White House and read drafts aloud from top to bottom. He practiced in front of teleprompters at Camp David, making sure the language was relatable and clear.

And, in quiet moments ahead of the State of the Union address Tuesday evening, he marked up his speech with subtle lines and dashes that he has long used as a signal to take a breath, pause between his words or steer through a tricky transition.

Biden is the first modern president to have a stutter, which he has navigated since childhood and still speaks of in emotional terms. According to seven current and former aides who have helped Biden prepare for high-profile speeches throughout his career, the president’s shorthand will help him as he delivers an hourlong speech in which he will have to make an emphatic case for his legislative achievements and urge Republicans and Democrats to work together.

In the Biden White House, once a serviceable State of the Union draft has been created — after several rounds of preparation between Biden and his team — a larger group of aides is pulled into the process.

As he prepared to deliver his speech last March, Biden was reading through a final draft of the address up until shortly before he delivered the remarks, two people familiar with the timeline said. His final shorthand notes were not transferred over to his teleprompters, those people said.

Instead, Biden relied on his memory and the draft in front of him.

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1 posted on 02/07/2023 11:20:51 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Someone in the audience should let go a few helium balloons..


2 posted on 02/07/2023 11:23:36 AM PST by algore
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

PLEASE go off the script. It’s so entertaining and inappropriately hilarious!


3 posted on 02/07/2023 11:24:09 AM PST by SERKIT ("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.......)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

stutter.....sure


4 posted on 02/07/2023 11:24:09 AM PST by God luvs America (63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Instead, Biden relied on his memory and the draft in front of him

If this is true, the senile moron is so f&%d.


5 posted on 02/07/2023 11:24:15 AM PST by allwrong57
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

How hard is it for a Republican to bring a mini chinese balloon in there and inflate it and set it free while Biden talks?

The media would go absolutely insane but it would be worth it.


6 posted on 02/07/2023 11:24:23 AM PST by struggle
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To: struggle

Why not? Doofus is going to THEIR house...


7 posted on 02/07/2023 11:26:17 AM PST by Nervous Tick (Truth is not hate speech.)
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To: SERKIT

PLEASE go off the script. It’s so entertaining and inappropriately hilarious!

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Hilarious to YOU, maybe, but think of the poor sign-language interpreter! They’ll need hazard pay.


8 posted on 02/07/2023 11:26:23 AM PST by Mudflaps
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To: struggle

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9 posted on 02/07/2023 11:26:42 AM PST by Rennes Templar (Come back, President Trump.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

My sources at the White House said the practice session went something like this:

Teleprompter: I want peace.
Mr. Biden (reading): I want pudding.

Aide: Sir, it’s “peace”, not “pudding”.
Mr. Biden (irritated): That’s exactly what I just said! I want pudding.


10 posted on 02/07/2023 11:27:51 AM PST by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I wouldn’t be surprised if ‘the stutter’ will be in full force tonight.

As he is a low IQ white male, that is the only thing they can fall back on to keep everyone from criticizing him.


11 posted on 02/07/2023 11:29:17 AM PST by Cowgirl of Justice
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To: struggle

I doubt that there is a Republican with enough BALLS to do that. Hell, tearing up the speech would cause a hissy fit by the Media. A balloon, they will want the Republican executed on the spot. I ain’t watchin, so I don’t care what happens.

FJB FJB FJB FJB FJB


12 posted on 02/07/2023 11:29:21 AM PST by OHPatriot (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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To: God luvs America

All Moabama uttered was stuttered.


13 posted on 02/07/2023 11:30:50 AM PST by alstewartfan ("She looks like she's 19 years old, sitting there like a lady with her legs crossed." Creepy Joe)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I’d like to see the results of his drug test prior to the speech.


14 posted on 02/07/2023 11:31:06 AM PST by TonyinLA ( I don't have sufficient information to make an informed opinion said no lefty ever.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Will the visitors’ log show the medics who are calling on him about now with all their goodies?


15 posted on 02/07/2023 11:31:28 AM PST by ryderann
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To: Cowgirl of Justice

Yes. I see this story as “setting the stage” for a very poor delivery. I think Biden is fading — but a poor speech will be due to that “stutter”.


16 posted on 02/07/2023 11:31:30 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (“You want it one way, but it’s the other way”)
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To: Mudflaps
Signing for biden
17 posted on 02/07/2023 11:31:40 AM PST by knarf (I say things that are true . . . I have no proof, but they're true.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The medidiots keep claiming byedung has a stutter. Any proof of this? There’s plenty more of proof that he’s a congenital liar, a thief, a traitor, and a grifter. Any concerns about that?


18 posted on 02/07/2023 11:31:56 AM PST by 43north (America doesn't need an election. We need an exorcism.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Biden gave a tear proof copy to McCarthy.


19 posted on 02/07/2023 11:32:32 AM PST by Sacajaweau ( )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

These days, Brandon goes absolutely robotic when he gives one of his speeches.


20 posted on 02/07/2023 11:33:43 AM PST by ComputerGuy (Heavily-medicated for your protection)
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