SOTU - Pensito

Li’l Marco stands out from the rest.
He won’t attend the SOTU or take a Covid test.
That’s OK, little guy,
We remember your 2017 SOTU reply,
So, Li’l Marco just stay home, hydrate and rest.

Trump’s SOTU a Ratings Disaster

February 6, 2020 Buck Banks

-25%

President Trump’s State of the Union address drew a considerably smaller audience on the broadcast networks — down about 25% from the comparable figure last year, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

The Senate has acquitted him of misdemeanors and high crimes,
But Donald Trump still has us watching closely for dementia signs.
In his State of the Union
We detected some confusion —
During the whole 78 minutes of speaking, he only lied 31 times.

Trump’s SOTU Filled with Hoo-Ha

February 5, 2020 Buck Banks

31

The Washington Post flags 31 false or misleading statements in President Trump’s State of the Union address. “Many of these claims have been fact-checked repeatedly, yet the president persists in using them.”

Pelosi Explains Her Post-SOTU Act

February 5, 2020 Buck Banks

“He shredded the truth so I shredded his speech.”

— Speaker Nancy Pelosi, quoted by The Hill, in a meeting with House Democrats.

Coulter Hated Trump’s SOTU

February 6, 2019 Buck Banks

“This was the lamest, sappiest, most intentionally tear-jerking SOTU ever. Please fire your speechwriter.”

— Ann Coulter, who was once President Trump’s biggest cheerleader among conservative pundits, tore into his State of the Union address after the president tried unconvincingly to act like a unifying president.

Santorum: Trump’s SOTU Speech the Worst Ever

February 6, 2019 Buck Banks

“This was probably the worst delivered speech I’ve heard Donald Trump give. He ran over his lines, he mixed up, he didn’t deliver his punch lines, he would deliver a line and go to the next issue, and I don’t think he even realized he was moving on to the next issue.”

38.2 million

An estimated 38.2 million people tuned in to watch coverage of the State of the Union address, Nielsen reports.

“In the end, the State of the Union is just a speech. The impact is often overstated and the politics over-analyzed. But the speech given by the President last night tells me he and his team understand the cause of their political problems and have a plan to address them.”

— Dan Pfeiffer

78%

A new CBS News poll finds most Americans who watched President Biden’s first State of the Union address approved of what they heard, and many said it made them feel optimistic and proud.

-25%

President Trump’s State of the Union address drew a considerably smaller audience on the broadcast networks — down about 25% from the comparable figure last year, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

31

The Washington Post flags 31 false or misleading statements in President Trump’s State of the Union address. “Many of these claims have been fact-checked repeatedly, yet the president persists in using them.”

“He shredded the truth so I shredded his speech.”

— Speaker Nancy Pelosi, quoted by The Hill, in a meeting with House Democrats.

“This was the lamest, sappiest, most intentionally tear-jerking SOTU ever. Please fire your speechwriter.”

— Ann Coulter, who was once President Trump’s biggest cheerleader among conservative pundits, tore into his State of the Union address after the president tried unconvincingly to act like a unifying president.

“This was probably the worst delivered speech I’ve heard Donald Trump give. He ran over his lines, he mixed up, he didn’t deliver his punch lines, he would deliver a line and go to the next issue, and I don’t think he even realized he was moving on to the next issue.”

— Former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA), discussing President Trump’s State of the Union address on CNN.

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

— Tom Nichols

— Jeffrey Toobin

“What a surprise… right on schedule… here comes the ‘midterms variant.’”

— Fox News host Maria Bartiromo suggested that Democrats are trying to create a new Covid-19 variant to help them win the midterm elections.

“Bill O’Reilly’s really talented. He’s more talented than I am… But I think there’s a deep phoniness at the center of his shtick… built on perception that he is the character he plays… The moment that it’s revealed not to be true it’s over.”

— Tucker Carlson, on C-SPAN on September 13, 2003.

“I do not think Putin is a character like Hitler. He comes out of Dostoyevsky.”

— Henry Kissinger, in an interview with the Financial Times.

Numerati

75%

5

$15 million

39 Point Drop

21x