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Joe941

(2,848 posts)
Tue Jan 2, 2018, 10:44 AM Jan 2018

So the state of the union speech is coming...

I don't know if I'm going to be able to watch it. It is going to be painful if I do. What do you expect from tRump in the speech and will you watch it or not?

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Va Lefty

(6,252 posts)
1. No I won't watch
Tue Jan 2, 2018, 10:49 AM
Jan 2018

I expect him to lie, brag and pause many times for standing ovations from his Capos

Shrike47

(6,913 posts)
2. I will not watch it. He will brag about how rest he is doing and lie, lie, lie.
Tue Jan 2, 2018, 10:50 AM
Jan 2018

I can’t listen to him speak for more than a few seconds. If he reads it he drones and even then he repeats himself. When he goes off speech, and you know he will, it will be how great he is, how miserable all who oppose him are. We all know the drill.

dalton99a

(92,184 posts)
4. Republicans will give him a roaring applause
Tue Jan 2, 2018, 10:53 AM
Jan 2018

for the tax scam and the ACA mandate killing

dawg

(10,777 posts)
8. Maybe he'll successfully read the teleprompter ...
Tue Jan 2, 2018, 11:44 AM
Jan 2018

and Van Jones can tell us he "became" the President again.

JustABozoOnThisBus

(24,599 posts)
9. I think he will claim to have won a huge electoral victory in 2016, ...
Tue Jan 2, 2018, 11:46 AM
Jan 2018

... and had a huge audience at his inauguration.

Oh, and the middle class will benefit greatly from his tax bill.

No, I won't watch. I'll read about it on DU.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
10. No, please! I can't take anymore. Even though I won't watch it because I
Tue Jan 2, 2018, 12:04 PM
Jan 2018

can't stand the sight or sound of him, I couldn't bear to hear any of his ass-kissing fans describing him as "presidential" or with any other positive adjective.

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