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PatSeg

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9. That is truly sad

Reply to CrispyQ (Reply #5)

Wed Feb 8, 2023, 02:24 PM

Feb 2023

Remaining loyal to the bitter end, even when their better judgment tells them to let it go and move on. Defending the indefensible, excusing the inexcusable and ignoring the obvious. I wonder what it would take for someone like your cousin to get fed up and leave the party.

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I've lived thru a lot of SOTUs... [View all] albacore Feb 2023 OP

I said the same thing. No one has named a Dem yet. The classiest rebuke of a GOP Pres was Samrob Feb 2023 #1

RWNJ's (right wing nut jobs) will point to Pelosi ripping up Trump's speech... Moostache Feb 2023 #2

Yeah, republicans will never let that PatSeg Feb 2023 #6

She ripped it up -after- he was done speaking, right? electric_blue68 Feb 2023 #14

Are you sure it was a cat? oddmanout. Feb 2023 #3

Not sure I'd call I cat-calling, but... johnp3907 Feb 2023 #4

Thanks for the example. I'd say it's on a par with clapping... albacore Feb 2023 #7

There have been applause vs. boos in SOTUs as far back as I can remember. W_HAMILTON Feb 2023 #8

Joe Wilson's "You lie!" wasn't during a SOTU. johnp3907 Feb 2023 #11

It was during a similar presidential speech during a similar Joint Session of Congress. W_HAMILTON Feb 2023 #13

I asked my republican cousin this morning if he isn't embarrassed at the behavior of Marge CrispyQ Feb 2023 #5

That is truly sad PatSeg Feb 2023 #9

Sounds like cousin is a lost cause. Boomerproud Feb 2023 #12

No, although I do remember... Tommy Carcetti Feb 2023 #10