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Posted By: Moritz55, 3/6/2024 9:51:35 AM

The obstacle course facing President Biden this week during Thursday’s belated State of the Union address presents a formidable challenge. It may prove difficult for the 81-year-old president to navigate. Expectations could not be lower. Biden faces the usual challenges of exaggerating his paltry policy wins, justifying his substantial missteps and attacking his political opponents. But those questions may be overshadowed by more basic ones. Can he make it from start to finish gaffe-free? Will we be able to understand his words? Will this be one of the shortest addresses ever? Will he even be able to find his way off the stage?

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Reply 1 - Posted by: Californian 3/6/2024 9:53:11 AM (No. 1671699)
Biggest obstacle? Staying awake.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: jayjeti 3/6/2024 9:57:31 AM (No. 1671707)
Will he have incoherent mumblings, go off script with lies and odd diatribes, or have a brain freeze? We know he'll go on the political blame game instead of discussing the state of the union, and lie about the state of things when he does address the union -- getting a pass from MSM when he does.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: Amanoftwistsandturns 3/6/2024 9:59:36 AM (No. 1671710)
They didn’t allow FJB to hole up at Rehoboth last weekend. Instead they took him to Camp David and sat him before a teleprompter for hours and pumped him full of Botox, vitamins and who knows what else. You can bet he will be back in Rehoboth this weekend.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: LC Chihuahua 3/6/2024 10:02:58 AM (No. 1671714)
Biden's biggest obstacle is obvious. It's himself.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: DVC 3/6/2024 10:10:47 AM (No. 1671729)
His obstacle is his brain....it's broken.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: zephyrgirl 3/6/2024 10:17:37 AM (No. 1671740)
Pretending to understand what he's reading on the teleprompter.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: DaBigGuy 3/6/2024 10:23:31 AM (No. 1671746)
The drugs will wear off too early.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: Twinkle93 3/6/2024 10:29:50 AM (No. 1671752)
The largest obstacle is going to be making sure no one sabotages the teleprompter.
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Reply 9 - Posted by: padiva 3/6/2024 10:30:58 AM (No. 1671753)
So many possibilities for drinking games./s How much money does he plan to give away from the US Treasury? How often will the SOTH clap? Will the SOTH rip his speech papers? Will the SOTH prompt Biden with the next words when biden stops speaking? Will Jill wear something super-ugly? Will Kamala giggle frequently? Will someone have to finish the speech for Biden?
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Reply 10 - Posted by: plaids 3/6/2024 10:38:05 AM (No. 1671762)
Remember time is crucial. He's giving the speech at night, not good for his condition. Every SOTU has the stand up and applaud after every statement. That's time consuming. He'll struggle with the teleprompter and go off or have freeze ups. It's sad that this is what will be televised widely and this is the best we have for our representation. Friday morning news programs will hail him as wonderful and our savior for a just and righteous democracy. We know better!
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Reply 11 - Posted by: kennedylaw 3/6/2024 12:00:29 PM (No. 1671834)
Brandon will have spent days practicing reading his speech off of a teleprompter and will be fully medicated. He will manage to make it through reading his speech with only a few gaffs, stumbles and long pauses. The MSM will then uniformly declare that it was the greatest state of the union address in American history.
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Reply 12 - Posted by: dbdiva 3/6/2024 12:21:13 PM (No. 1671850)
Agree with #6. Who of us has forgotten "end of quote; repeat the line"? How many directions will he repeat thinking they are part of his speech? Will mrs. jill have to lead him gently from the podium while waving maniacally to the camera? Friday's news reporting is sure to be interesting!
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Reply 13 - Posted by: daisey 3/6/2024 12:32:00 PM (No. 1671859)
Biden will lie. He will gaslight. And the dems will applaud. I won’t be watching. I had a heart attack in October of 2023, and anything to do with Biden isn’t healthy
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Reply 14 - Posted by: DanvilleBill 3/6/2024 4:48:28 PM (No. 1672030)
We have a bumbling fool for a President. Nothing he says or doesn't say tomorrow night will change that.
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