With a non-performing media, this in one way to get his agenda out to the people. The President has given some very good speeches and he’s getting better all the time.
Yup; once a successful conservative president starts to give SOTU speeches, they suddenly need to be cancelled.
How did this happen to the Democrats? Poor Hillary didn’t win and now everything has gone haywire. The media is lost in space. They are deeply resentful, angry and out of control.
I think the media is afraid that President Trump is going to read the Nunes memo to Congress tomorrow. LOL.
First of all, the SOTU is a great venue to reach past the media into regular folks living rooms.
Secondly, that Joe Wilson “You Lie!” thing was awesome.
Hot gas is a liberal site, so of course they want it ended now that we have a conservative president who actually needs the platform to report the news that our fake media is too busy suppressing. You know, things like killing off ISIS in record time and record low unemployment levels for women and minorities.
Analpundit is the most loathsome stooge over there, peddling Russian Bot conspiracies for explaining the demand for the fisa memo.
That used to be a daily site for me. It’s not even in my browser history anymore.
The previous 8 SOTU speeches though - oh noes, if you didn’t tune in, you were a racist, birther pig! Why, you should be forced to watch our beloved 1st biracial President.
The President can’t. The SOTU is mandated by the Constitution, but not described as to how. It could be just a quick letter of a long drawn out speech, but reporting the State of the Union must be done by the President.
Wonder who is behind it?
It’s an attempt to get people not to watch it.
Cancel it? Like hell. After the events of today I’d crawl over broken glass to hear it. MAGA!
Well, Trump might be the man to do it, the written statement, but I would think it’s a paramount opportunity for him to get an unfiltered message out over 184 characters, so let him at it.
The State of the Union has degenerated into a Stalinesque ritual worthy of the worst era of the Soviet Union.
it’s a embarrassment to patriotic Americans
He needs to address the nation once a year.
The treasonous left is getting worried about how effectively Trump uses the bully pulpit. Good.
The state of the union is FUBAR because of the demoncrat party.
And they never ever said this during democrat presidents.
No then they criticize the repubs for not clapping or sitting for the democrap president.
Hopefully Trump will go against the cringeworthy tradition of introducing citizens from the audience.
I agree, it should be ended, it is meaningless political rhetoric.
“Why wouldn’t America be better off with the president submitting a written statement to Congress in lieu of a speech, as presidents did for nearly the entire 19th century?”
Well, back then their suits were not as impressive, and hair and makeup technology was not as sophisticated either. So they were afraid of how they would look on international television. Duh.
And think of how those images and videos would make them look on Instagram and YouTube. Of course those 19th century presidents weren’t going to let that happen. Get real.
They know that this “mentally deficient nincompoop” will knock another one out of the park and with the memo and other events, they are so puckered up they won’t be able to breath before long...