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Joe Biden gave tribute to the possibility that government can work. He laid out one after another policy that makes sense, and often as not, saves money. He talked about real policy successes. Ol' Joe promised to fight against past policy disasters.
Joe laid out one after another policy that voters overwhelmingly support. Behind him, Speaker Johnson squirmed, often shaking his head. Republicans sat sourly, bitterly, usually in silence - notwithstanding the occasional outburst from the emotionally unwell Margie Taylor-Greene.
Decent voters could see that Republicans collectively want government to fail, want popular policies to fail.
I heard that is was a great speech only because Biden's handlers had him massively medicated - some say with speed.
(Somehow I don't think speed would make a senile dementia patient able to give a one hour long coherent speech that included sparring humorously with hostile audience members, would it?)
No one I've asked will tell me what the magic juice actually was, but I think paired with Ozempic it could save human civilization!
I held off giving my impression until others had weighed in. While not perfect- Biden is not a good public speaker - it was well-structured and -delivered. His ad libs were, perhaps, the best part of it, and, I think, most importantly, dispelled a lot of the "sleepy Joe" rhetoric. It was a great environment for his "coming out".
I think it was his best performance as President - energetic, feisty, on point, and specific. I actually found it rousing and unboring. I particularly liked his aside to the Supreme Court.
The response was a gross admixture of Stepford Wives and SNL parody and was "uncanny valley" throughout. Another Republican "rising star" flame-out (joining Bobby Jindal and Marco Rubio in the Hall of Shame). Talk about tone deaf.
