Your Pre-Gaming And Gaming Guide To The SOTU

In case you missed our show this morning, we briefly covered the fact that everyone and their cousin Bob is doing a rebuttal to the State of the Union tonight.  What once upon a time was a written document given to the American people by the President has become a pseudo-Oscars, a dog and pony show, complete with seahags-ripping-up speeches, mean girls wearing all white in protest and let’s-see-who-gets-to-sit-in-the-cool-seats.  It’s a perfect spectacle of present-day governmental blowhardassery, really.

Alas, I’ve watched every one for the past 13 years, because it’s part of my job description.

That rebuttal thing?  It’s becoming one of the more ridiculous parts of the SOTU, as there are pre-buttals in addition to the re-buttals, which are already overabundant.

So yeah – first, there’s a prebuttal.  That’s right.  We get to TAILGATE for this crap now, y’all.  Senator Joni Ernst will deliver that doozy for us, and she’ll be joined during her speech by fellow GOP senators Ted Cruz, Texas, John Barrasso, Wyo., John Hoeven, N.D., and Chuck Grassley, Iowa.

Up on the main stage, at 9 pm EST, we’ll get to see the old man with dementia stumble through what presumably was one of the hardest speeches ever written. And I’m also assuming that no one will throw tantrums, because Republicans don’t act like spoiled-rotten toddlers who are in dire need of discipline (isn’t that right, Nance?).

Then, we have the rebuttals:

• Iowa Gov Kim Reynolds is giving the official Republican response to the SOTU.
• Rep. Colin Allred of Texas will deliver the Congressional Black Caucus’ response.
• Rashida Tlaib will deliver a response on behalf of the left-wing Working Families’ Party. Because Biden isn’t driving us off a cliff fast enough, apparently.

Bill Maher said that having Tlaib give a rebuttal was like “sacking your own quarterback,” which is completely accurate.

And he also talked about her bullsh*t BDS movement:

Some people have one move only: boycott. Cancel. Make-go-away. But here’s the thing, the house voted 318 to 17 to condemn the #BDS movement, including 93% of Dems. Does Tlaib want to boycott 93% of her own party? pic.twitter.com/0QrPQmwwiw

— Bill Maher (@billmaher) August 21, 2019

And as if THAT wasn’t enough, there are others out there who are also giving ‘unofficial’ rebuttals, such as Ben Shapiro of The Daily Wire:

Biden is giving his State of the Union address tomorrow night, but what is the *actual* state of the union?

Tune in right after the SOTU address to watch @benshapiro‘s response to the address and his full breakdown of the first year of Biden’s presidency. pic.twitter.com/HqYdFsc75r

— Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) February 28, 2022

Mock and I will be giving OUR “rebuttal” Wednesday evening, with cocktails, after all the other people have done their yammering.  I hope you’ll join us!  Stay tuned for time/details on our Facebook page.