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Adriana E. Ramírez: Joe Cool (Barf)
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ^ | February 8, 2023 | Adriana E. Ramirez

Posted on 02/09/2023 8:17:01 AM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Last night, President Joe Biden delivered the best State of the Union address I’ve heard in my lifetime. He turned what is usually a boring exercise in partisan clapping and mutual back-patting into a riveting combination pep rally, poetry slam and real-time legislative session. I was entranced the entire 72 minutes. I laughed. I cried. I yelled “sick burn.”

Even Speaker Kevin McCarthy nodded along to half of what Mr. Biden had to say. Joe Cool was bipartisan. He appealed to Middle America. He handled his hecklers with a million-watt smile. He looked and sounded like Presidents do in the movies.

The President had swagger.

I did not expect it at all.

The State of the Union is usually a perfunctory exercise in restating the politics of the day, with some mild Washingtonian theatrics layered on top. One party lays out its platform, while the other demonstrates its indifference through pointed silence.

As soon as President Biden got on stage, though, it was clear this night would be different. “Mr. Speaker, I don't want to ruin your reputation, but I look forward to working with you,” Mr. Biden said, shaking Mr. McCarthy’s hand. Everyone laughed.

I believe the tension broke a little on Tuesday night — the horrible divide that keeps our diverging ideologies from letting us enjoy each other’s company. It wasn’t a kumbaya moment, to be sure. The haters showed up. And for the people who truly hate the president, no amount of charm will overcome their feelings.

But I also noted how often Speaker McCarthy shushed those haters when they tried to interrupt. Are we somehow reverting back to civil discourse? Is there a chance that we could actually begin to speak to each other with respect?

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Editorial; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: barf; joebiden; notsatire; proposals; sotu; stupidoped

1 posted on 02/09/2023 8:17:01 AM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Joe Fool.


2 posted on 02/09/2023 8:19:05 AM PST by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Jeez, a newspaper writer, likely a Communist, liked Dementia Joe’s SOTU speech. What a surprise!!


3 posted on 02/09/2023 8:21:54 AM PST by Kaiser8408a (z)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Democrat voters are not known for their intelligence.


4 posted on 02/09/2023 8:23:06 AM PST by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> --- )
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

I see only three possibilities here:

1. Ms. Ramirez watched Biden’s speech while high on some combination of pills and liquor.
2. Ms. Ramirez didn’t watch the speech at all, and decided to write a puff piece based on someone else’s observations.
3. Ms Ramirez is so detached from reality that she can be considered insane.


5 posted on 02/09/2023 8:23:32 AM PST by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: gundog

This is bordering on Bizarro world.


6 posted on 02/09/2023 8:26:19 AM PST by Pigsley (I)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Cocaine is a helluva drug!


7 posted on 02/09/2023 8:26:43 AM PST by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Author looks like a barrel of laughs.

8 posted on 02/09/2023 8:29:04 AM PST by BookmanTheJanitor
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

This writer would never get anything from me except a one way ride out of the USA.


9 posted on 02/09/2023 8:33:12 AM PST by ridesthemiles
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To: BookmanTheJanitor
Author looks like a barrel of laughs.

Well, at least like a barrel ...

10 posted on 02/09/2023 8:42:08 AM PST by BlueLancer (Orchides Forum Trahite - Cordes Et Mentes Veniant)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

11 posted on 02/09/2023 8:44:23 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

“The President had swagger.”

Is that what they are calling dementia these days??


12 posted on 02/09/2023 8:44:55 AM PST by Polyxene (Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O Lord. Lord, hear my voice: Psalm 130)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤪🤡


13 posted on 02/09/2023 8:47:52 AM PST by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Swagger is a bad thing when it emanates from a Republican, but it’s great from a Democrat! Got it, comrades? /S


14 posted on 02/09/2023 9:08:55 AM PST by Frank_2001
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
The President had swagger.

She's hallucinating. Gropin' Joe has stagger ...

15 posted on 02/09/2023 9:13:22 AM PST by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: BookmanTheJanitor

Peyote and ‘shrooms are a bad combination ...


16 posted on 02/09/2023 9:15:24 AM PST by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: BookmanTheJanitor

Her real skills are as an interior lineman with the Pittsburgh Steelers.

She writes op-eds in the offseason instead of playing golf.


17 posted on 02/09/2023 9:18:33 AM PST by Laslo Fripp (Semper Fidelis)
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To: smokingfrog

Democrat voters are not known for their intelligence.


As a Believer, I have always had a hard time accepting the theory of Evolution. However, I now believe that Democrats are descended from pond scum and are the product of the infinite negative mutations that had to have taken place. Since mutations create biological defects in a species it stands to reason that Democrats are dumber than pond scum. Which is why we need to drain the swamp.


18 posted on 02/09/2023 7:59:23 PM PST by IAGeezer912 (One out of every 20 people on the face of the earth are Americans. We have won life's lottery.)
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