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derby378

(30,262 posts) Tue Jan 20, 2015, 11:11 PM Jan 2015

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What's with the Powerpoint presentation during the SOTU?

Seriously, guys, what the hell?

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What's with the Powerpoint presentation during the SOTU? (Original Post) derby378 Jan 2015 OP

lol, seriously? I didn't watch it, but that is interesting. A scholarly presentation huh! dissentient Jan 2015 #1

Good Stuff! NYC_SKP Jan 2015 #2

Were you watching online? Politicalboi Jan 2015 #3

Sorry, I'm just being old-school here derby378 Jan 2015 #4

I do agree, I think it is kind of funny they used powerpoint dissentient Jan 2015 #6

must be a sneaky teleprompter LawDeeDah Jan 2015 #5

Congratulations! You win the award for... pinboy3niner Jan 2015 #7

Really.. you knew they would be contestants.. or at least I did. Smirk. Cha Jan 2015 #11

I watched and listened on PBS and did not see a slide show. TexasProgresive Jan 2015 #8

Maybe I should have followed your lead derby378 Jan 2015 #9

I saw the 1st line of you post TexasProgresive Jan 2015 #12

I watched on PBS too and didn't see any slide show. 2naSalit Jan 2015 #14

Maybe a new attempt to counter the MSM narrative ecstatic Jan 2015 #10

I wondered, too. elias49 Jan 2015 #13

They're keeping up with the times treestar Jan 2015 #15

dissentient

(861 posts)

1. lol, seriously? I didn't watch it, but that is interesting. A scholarly presentation huh!

Reply to derby378 (Original post)

Tue Jan 20, 2015, 11:12 PM

Jan 2015

NYC_SKP

(68,644 posts)

2. Good Stuff!

Reply to derby378 (Original post)

Tue Jan 20, 2015, 11:13 PM

Jan 2015

Politicalboi

(15,189 posts)

3. Were you watching online?

Reply to derby378 (Original post)

Tue Jan 20, 2015, 11:14 PM

Jan 2015

I wondered too if it showed on TV? And in 3, 2, 1, Faux Noise. Obama didn't say "God Bless America!"

derby378

(30,262 posts)

4. Sorry, I'm just being old-school here

Reply to derby378 (Original post)

Tue Jan 20, 2015, 11:15 PM

Jan 2015

I believe a President should let his or her words speak for themselves, no multimedia presentation needed, no fancy-schmancy split-screen nonsense.

dissentient

(861 posts)

6. I do agree, I think it is kind of funny they used powerpoint

Reply to derby378 (Reply #4)

Tue Jan 20, 2015, 11:18 PM

Jan 2015

I'm gonna have to watch a replay of it on you tube just to see that part.

LawDeeDah

(1,596 posts)

5. must be a sneaky teleprompter

Reply to derby378 (Original post)

Tue Jan 20, 2015, 11:15 PM

Jan 2015

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)

7. Congratulations! You win the award for...

Reply to derby378 (Original post)

Tue Jan 20, 2015, 11:20 PM

Jan 2015

Picky, picky, picky

Cha

(320,550 posts)

11. Really.. you knew they would be contestants.. or at least I did. Smirk.

Reply to pinboy3niner (Reply #7)

Tue Jan 20, 2015, 11:27 PM

Jan 2015

TexasProgresive

(12,785 posts)

8. I watched and listened on PBS and did not see a slide show.

Reply to derby378 (Original post)

Tue Jan 20, 2015, 11:23 PM

Jan 2015

Maybe I missed it when I went to the bathroom.

derby378

(30,262 posts)

9. Maybe I should have followed your lead

Reply to TexasProgresive (Reply #8)

Tue Jan 20, 2015, 11:25 PM

Jan 2015

PBS usually does good work covering these things. I got my feed straight from the White House site.

TexasProgresive

(12,785 posts)

12. I saw the 1st line of you post

Reply to derby378 (Reply #9)

Tue Jan 20, 2015, 11:28 PM

Jan 2015

and my warped mind thought maybe you should've gone to the bathroom. Joni is blathering right know and I think I will flush.

Edited to add: If she grew up so poor who paid for her braces. No one has teeth like that naturally.

2naSalit

(103,806 posts)

14. I watched on PBS too and didn't see any slide show.

Reply to TexasProgresive (Reply #8)

Wed Jan 21, 2015, 12:00 AM

Jan 2015

And I went there because C-SPAN now requires you to log in and identify your cable provider. I don't have a cable provider. And MSNBC required a log in too... ta hell with that nonesense.

On PBS they also watched with David Brooks - a clueless, swarthy toad and Mr. Shields - a reasonable pundit. But I had to click away when they were about to air the rebuttal.

ecstatic

(35,135 posts)

10. Maybe a new attempt to counter the MSM narrative

Reply to derby378 (Original post)

Tue Jan 20, 2015, 11:25 PM

Jan 2015

that leaves so many Americans confused about the truth?

elias49

(4,259 posts)

13. I wondered, too.

Reply to derby378 (Original post)

Tue Jan 20, 2015, 11:29 PM

Jan 2015

I thought it might be the network. I had NBC on.

treestar

(82,383 posts)

15. They're keeping up with the times

Reply to derby378 (Original post)

Thu Jan 22, 2015, 03:36 PM

Jan 2015

some people likely think there is nothing to listen to if there is no power point!

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