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Well, the concern is that they changed the headline based on complaints.

That would be weak.

Now, I actually doubt that happened.

The early edition was likely out out before the conclusion of the speech, which was sold ahead of time as being a call for bipartisanship.

Though, I would imagine they had a preview copy of the speech before they went to press, so who knows.

 

This is hilarious. And so perfect for him.



“Trump hates the idea that anybody puts words in his mouth. He hates the idea that everything isn’t written by him,” one said. “That’s something he jealously guards.”

Two days before his inauguration, Trump tweeted a picture of himself at a strange-looking desk, holding a pen and a pad of paper. “Writing my inaugural address at the Winter White House, Mar-a-Lago, three weeks ago,” he said. As it turned out, the desk was the Mar-a-Lago concierge desk, and the desktop computer and brochures that usually sit on top of it had been cleared off and replaced with an eagle statue for the photo. The pen in his hand was a marker, his preferred writing instrument but less than an ideal one with which to write a long, inherently historic speech. From there, the confusion continued, with conflicting reports claiming the speech was penned by Miller, or Steve Bannon, or Trump himself, or some combination thereof.

 

So, nothing. Thanks.

 

75 standing o's during a 90 minute speech. It could have been Obama promising Medicare for all, free college tuition, higher taxes on the rich, campaign finance reform, gun law reform and a climate change moonshot and the Ds weren't getting up that many times.

 

You're right. They've tended to get up more than that.
The story is from 2011, but some of the counts for recent Republican presidents are in this as well. Looks like the average is around 70 or so.

What you might not know about the State of Union - CNN.com

 

The concierge desk, lol.

 

Who does everyone have in the "first celebrity who will have to walk back an idiotic tweet related to this news story" pool?

I'm going to go with the favorite, Kathy Griffin.

 

In SOTU the POTUS referred to "our beautiful auto workers", but not a word about neo-Nazis as "very fine people."

 

Joy Reid in the media division.

 

Two major retirements from the House in the last 30 minutes. Bob Brady, Democratic power in Philadelphia who's leaving to spend more time with his attorneys, and Republican Trey Gowdy.

 

Not sure how this is news. Everyone knows politics in this country has been a train wreck for decades.