Republicans need to stop that shit!

[hamsterjill]

There is such a thing as decorum.

There is such a thing as respect.

The booing, the screeching, the yelling, etc. at the SOTU address needs to stop. All it does is to remind our enemies that we are divided. The Republican pot stirrers need to be called out for what they are and they need to be made to abide by civil rules within the chamber.

Yes, I’m old. Yes, I remember a time when this shit wasn’t allowed and YES, I do feel like this is a legitimate concern. They can take their crappy behavior outside the chamber or they can not be inside the chamber.

[sinkingfeeling]

1. Agreed.

[Johnny2X2X]

2. Never interrupt your enemy when they're making a mistake

The disrespect played perfectly with everything Biden was saying in painting the GOP as out of control extremists who are incapable of leading. It's disgusting to watch them, but it's who they are and the country needs to see it.

[hamsterjill]

6. There is certainly credibility to your point.

But there is also the concept that the party leadership needs to get these jerks under control. What next? Throwing tomatoes?

I would love to see the sergeant at arms removing Marjorie Taylor Green forcibly. To me, THAT would make a bigger impact. Let it happen once and it won’t happen again.

[SheltieLover]

3. I'm sure pootin is quite proud of his ASSets.

[Chipper Chat]

4. The senate could hold Hearings about this.

Embarrass the s*** out of republicans.
(If this is even possible.)

[FalloutShelter]

5. Treasonweasels have proven they don't respect ANYTHING.

Not even their own office.
It is WAY past time to take out the trash.

Let's go Joe! Let's finish the job! Go Democrats!

[C_U_L8R]

7. Let Republicans be Republicans.

Joe revealed them and people didn't like what they saw. Let the great unmasking begin.

[hamsterjill]

10. Do you honestly believe that the speech last night moved anyone to vote differently?

I loved it and thought Joe was great. But I don’t think speeches move voters. What “people” do you think didn’t like it that might change a vote?

The supporters of the likes of Boebert, Marjorie Taylor-Green and Matt Gaetz LOVE this type of dissent. Removing them from the chamber would send a message that this crap won’t be tolerated.

[C_U_L8R]

11. Yes.

Maybe not the loony fringe but certainly anyone who hopes to have social security.

[hamsterjill]

12. I hope you are right.

I truly do. But I think anyone stupid enough to vote Republican has already proven that they will continually vote against their own self interest and will not change.

[debm55]

8. Totally, it was uncalled for. It was embarrassing to watch those fools.

[louis-t]

9. I was shocked to see Kev shushing them.

Even though it seemed half-hearted. They are a bunch of baboons.

[Ocelot II]

13. They showed us who they really are -

a bunch of unserious people who stopped maturing somewhere around seventh grade. Apparently some people like being represented by bratty children.

[Irish_Dem]

14. It's all they got. Performance art and buffoonery.

[John1956PA]

17. +1

Well stated.

[Firestorm49]

15. At times during the SOTU, it sounded more like a gathering at the House of Commons.

[hamsterjill]

16. Yes, but without the dignity.

I know the English get into it but even they have some manners.

[inthewind21]

19. The have manners

when calling each other daft whores.

[inthewind21]

18. The republicans

in the congress now are the ones we have all see at our HS reunions. The ones that never made it into the world of adults. They are low info, poorly educated, still immature 13 year old's trying to function in the adult world. They are obvious as hell and would fit right in on the bleachers at a Jr. High School sports event.

[Scrivener7]

20. I totally agree, but I doubt they will do it.

But on another note, nice to see your name!

I'm just watching the SOTU for the first time now. It's a real barnburner, isn't it? May be the best I've ever seen.

[hamsterjill]

24. Thank you, Scrivener.

I am taking periodic breaks from around here. I find some of the naïveté and nastiness hard to handle sometimes. Taking a break keeps me sane.

I still need to sit down and watch the full speech from beginning to end. I’ve seen most of it but I want the opportunity to see all of it. Joe was the Joe I remember and love!

[Samrob]

21. They screamed "Liar" at Obama's SOTU and they were rewarded for it.

The behavior that gets rewarded, gets repeated. Do not be surprised when they overturn a next election if no one in the insurrectionist hierarchy and hierarchy of election-deniers is not indicted and does not go to jail.

[Scrivener7]

22. This one, though, they heckled and got backed into a corner to take

SS and Medicare cuts off the table.

So satisfying!

[bluesbassman]

23. Their base loves it. Everyone else, not so much.

Forcibly removing the hooligans would make martyrs of them with their base, and could be seen as bullying by Independents and moderates. No, let them score brownie points with their base, those lowest common denominator voters are really lost causes anyway. Let them show their incompetence and unworthiness for the position they hold to the thinking voters.

[hamsterjill]

25. Their base needs to be taken down a notch, too.

And it will happen ultimately. It’s just how much freaking longer we all have to watch it.

Throughout history, there have been idiots who gain a platform. Eventually, they are put in their place and fade away. It’s time for that to happen with the people who make up the MAGA crap.