I reluctantly watched the State of the Union address by Joe Biden. It was much better than expected, because he only had only a few gaffs, and he was able to stay focused and deliver the speech.
However, what really matters in a State of the Union address is how it impacts anything or anyone. This was by far the most divisive State of the Union address possible. Biden took several opportunities to trash Trump, the Supreme Court, and Republicans in general. That played well to the Democratic members of congress in attendance and to the usual suspects in the fawning left wing MSM. Republicans were absolutely appalled. The question is how undecided voters respond. One safe assumption is that few bothered to watch this performance.
Democrats are trying to spin this as: “yes, Joe is old, but he is a nice guy and Trump is a dangerous jerk!” This speech did nothing to help that narrative. Biden was bitter, angry, and in some cases downright delusional. One severe problem is that he keeps harping on January 6th, ignoring two key facts. One is that a high percentage of Americans, perhaps a majority, believe there were serous problems with the 2020 election. Many of them, who were paying attention, are convinced the election was stolen. Another is that few people buy the myth that January 6th was an armed insurrection. It was a crowd, that got out of control, with some people acting irresponsibly, but there was no attempt to overthrow the government. No one, including Donald Trump, has even been charged with insurrection.
But perhaps the most important impact of this speech is how it impacted Republicans. If they were not united behind Trump to defeat Joe Biden, they are sure united now. The facial expressions by Mike Johnson, Speaker of the House sitting right behind Biden, were priceless. He wasn’t buying this nonsense, and he isn’t going to buy it in the future. This morning, he was on Fox where he said:” The State of the Union made it clear: it’s time for a new President.”
Republicans also had a bad night. Trump decision to troll the State of the Union, while interesting for some people, was an incredibly stupid idea. In effect he did the same thing to Biden that the MSM does to him, and it did not elevate him, instead he came close to lowering himself to Joe Biden’s level. The GOP hecklers were out of line and ineffective. We all must respect the office of President of the United States, and the State of the Union speech, even it is impossible to respect Joe Biden.
The rebuttal to the State of the Union speech by Katie Britt was very polished but it took far too long and in some ways her performance was way over the top. She is a very impressive person, and she delivered a polished performance, but that isn’t what was required. I finally realized what was wrong. She came across like one of those cultured elite talking heads we have all come to despise. I would have preferred someone like Senator John Kennedy from Louisiana. He would have absolute skewered Joe Biden and made people laugh in the process.
Ultimately, thankfully, Joe Biden was so plain awful that even Republicans will probably be unable to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory, again. This speech made it almost impossible for Democrats to even consider replacing Joe Biden, and if he is the nominee, they are going to get trounced. He did just enough to silence his critics in the Democratic Party, but he did absolutely nothing to convince people he is capable of being President of the United States. The fact checking on this speech will be beyond brutal.
Joe came across as a bitter, angry man, incapable of uniting this country. The only people who bought this clown act are already delusional anti-Trumpers. Baring something unforeseen, it will be the Joe and Donald show next fall.
The most common characteristic of incompetent people is that they don’t know they are incompetent. Since they are incapable of evaluating their own performance, they are also incapable of learning valuable lessons. The very last person on this planet to acknowledge the incompetence of Joe Biden, is Joe Biden. Last night proved one thing: “what you see is what you get, and who everyone who watched that State of the Union with an ounce of objectivity saw the real Joe Biden, a rapidly aging incompetent bitter and angry man.”
TDM