Did you hear about tonight's GOP rebuttal? They (and Fox News) are setting up a little Presidency.

[onehandle]

Virginia Governor McConnell is going to be speaking in the Virginia State Legislature to belittle a sitting President.

The GOP and Fox fucking News are setting up a little Mussolini for tonight.

Mother Fucker.

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McDonnell's selection of the House chamber for State of the Union response

McDonnell's team of advisors considered a variety of venues before settling on the House of Delegates' chamber in the majestic state Capitol.

On Sunday, staffers from both Boehner's and McConnell's offices traveled to Richmond, along with FOX News, which is providing pool cameras for the rebuttal, to inspect the location. They approved.

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/virginiapolitics/2010/01/post_554.html

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[NightWatcher]

2. cant be any worse than Piyush Jindal

that was a hoot

[Ozymanithrax]

3. So is this the Republican government in exile?

I am sure that people opposed to Obama will be proud of this venue and everything it stands for.

[JoePhilly]

5. They should hang a confederate flag behind him.

[Enrique]

4. wasn't Richmond the Confederate capital?

just saying...

[Bolo Boffin]

6. Yep.

Googling right now to see if the CSA flag is still flying...

On edit: No, the VA state flag, adopted at the beginning of the Confederacy, is blue with a picture of Virtus dressed as an Amazon. She's standing over a man who's on his back, with a crown knocked from his head. And the motto, Sic Semper Tyrannis, was quoted by John Wilkes Booth when he assassinated Lincoln.

But no other obvious Confederate symbology.

[coffeenap]

7. Indeed! Coincidence?? I think not. nt

[Thrill]

8. Fox News doesn't even try to act fair anymore

.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

9. So wait a minute, is Fox not broadcasting the SOTU?

[onehandle]

10. SOTU and then the little Mussolini.

On edit: I assume.

[bbinacan]

11. I must be missing something.

For years now, hasn't there been a rebuttal speech?

[onehandle]

12. Of course, but on the floor of a legislature and broadcast by Fox News?

Nope. It's theater designed to belittle the President.

Complete with hand picked audience.

[bbinacan]

13. FOX is providing the

pool feed. Is it unusual for one network to provide that service? And why does it matter where the speech is given from?:shrug: