This looks ripe for memin'
“If memory serves, Jefferson (and maybe others) delivered his via a letter.”
For consistency’s sake, Trump should deliver his SOTU address via Twitter.
This looks ripe for memin'
‘Jefferson (and maybe others) delivered his via a letter.”
Jefferson was a brilliant thinker and writer but had problems with public speaking, some shyness and he was not eloquent.
Series, if the `rats are going to turn this into another act of petulant `resistance’ next year he should make it CCT to the children and to the rest of the country, the adults, as usual on live TV.
He could do it. Most of us are fed up with the Democrats obstructionist nonsense. They will have a chance to tell their side when their great white (very white) hope starts stammering in their response.
By the way there’s nothing in the Constitution about a rebuttal, it was just started in 1966.
The SOTU isn’t stand-up comedy and the participants aren’t hecklers dissatisfied with the show.
Everyone from Jefferson to Wilson sent a letter. Carter did once too.
It didn’t become a regular annual speech until post-WWII.
For many years SOTU reports were delivered in writing only. The US Constitution requires some form of SOTU reporting by POTUS to Congress, but did not specify method or frequency. Some presidents such a Woodrow Wilson began giving in-person addresses, but it only became a regular, annual SOTU event post-WWII.
I could have sworn Jefferson delivered his on TV.
Many did. Wasn’t til later in the Republic that it became common to speak to the chambers.
Washington went to deliver a fait d’ accompli treaty to the senate in person and was met with questions, which he detested as a lack of respect & vowed never to go to the chambers in person again.