Coming soon: The State of the Union

[saveliberty]

Justice Ginsburg to skip State of the Union, signals she has no plans to retire

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will not be attending President Donald Trump's State of the Union address on Tuesday.


Instead, she will be at Roger Williams University in Rhode Island, for a talk that was announced in August, the Providence Journal reported.


Ginsburg, 84, also has sent signals recently that she intends to keep her seat on the bench for years to come.


When asked how long she intends to serve, she said she will stay as long as she can go “full steam,” drawing inspiration from her model, Justice John Paul Stevens, who stepped down in 2010 at age 90.


This year marks the 25th anniversary of Ginsburg's nomination by President Bill Clinton and her confirmation as the second woman on the court -- following former Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, who was nominated by President Ronald Reagan in 1981.

Drinking at home this year, probably a good move.

 

[Valerie]

This year’s opposition response to the State of the Union address has two elements to lift it from its status as a star-crossed, sometimes futile exercise: One, the president’s name is Donald Trump; two, the responder is named Kennedy.

Can Joe Kennedy Beat the State of the Union Curse?

 

[Valerie]

Justice Ginsburg to skip State of the Union, signals she has no plans to retire

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will not be attending President Donald Trump's State of the Union address on Tuesday.


Instead, she will be at Roger Williams University in Rhode Island, for a talk that was announced in August, the Providence Journal reported.


Ginsburg, 84, also has sent signals recently that she intends to keep her seat on the bench for years to come.


When asked how long she intends to serve, she said she will stay as long as she can go “full steam,” drawing inspiration from her model, Justice John Paul Stevens, who stepped down in 2010 at age 90.


This year marks the 25th anniversary of Ginsburg's nomination by President Bill Clinton and her confirmation as the second woman on the court -- following former Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, who was nominated by President Ronald Reagan in 1981.

Drinking at home this year, probably a good move.

the notorious RBG was tired from chemo, but tremendous post there.

 

[saveliberty]

Oprah was busy huh?

 

[Valerie]

Representative Joseph P. Kennedy III to deliver Democratic response to State of the Union address - The Boston Globe

 

[saveliberty]

Justice Ginsburg to skip State of the Union, signals she has no plans to retire

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will not be attending President Donald Trump's State of the Union address on Tuesday.


Instead, she will be at Roger Williams University in Rhode Island, for a talk that was announced in August, the Providence Journal reported.


Ginsburg, 84, also has sent signals recently that she intends to keep her seat on the bench for years to come.


When asked how long she intends to serve, she said she will stay as long as she can go “full steam,” drawing inspiration from her model, Justice John Paul Stevens, who stepped down in 2010 at age 90.


This year marks the 25th anniversary of Ginsburg's nomination by President Bill Clinton and her confirmation as the second woman on the court -- following former Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, who was nominated by President Ronald Reagan in 1981.

Drinking at home this year, probably a good move.

the notorious RGB was tired from chemo, but tremendous post there.

She did it the year before too.

Ginsburg: I wasn't '100 percent sober' at SOTU

 

[Valerie]

"Congressman Kennedy is a relentless fighter for working Americans,” House minority leader Nancy Pelosi said in a press release announcing the selection. “While President Trump has consistently broken his promises to the middle class, Congressman Kennedy profoundly understands the challenges facing hard-working men and women across the country.”

Kennedy’s speech will be followed by a Spanish-language response delivered by Elizabeth Guzman, the first Hispanic female immigrant elected to the Virginia House of Delegates."

 

[saveliberty]

"Congressman Kennedy is a relentless fighter for working Americans,” House minority leader Nancy Pelosi said in a press release announcing the selection. “While President Trump has consistently broken his promises to the middle class, Congressman Kennedy profoundly understands the challenges facing hard-working men and women across the country.”

Kennedy’s speech will be followed by a Spanish-language response delivered by Elizabeth Guzman, the first Hispanic female immigrant elected to the Virginia House of Delegates."

Yep, those Kennedys have been working class people forever....oh wait...

 

[Carl in Michigan]

She did it the year before too.

Ginsburg: I wasn't '100 percent sober' at SOTU

I don't believe that excuse at all. She's OLD. She needs to go.

 

[Valerie]

joe's grandfather robert could have done more but he wound up assassinated, like his brother john.

the gilded charlatan currently holding office is not quite a profile in courage.

and, RBG has been battling cancer for decades now... she's still quite capable of doing her job... sorry, snowflakes.

 

[Vandalshandle]

It is sad that when Trump spoke at DAVOS, and people said that he acted like an adult, that this was newsworthy.

 

[saveliberty]

I am waiting for some college to ban the SOTU address.

 

[Valerie]

being deliberately obtuse is obviously your forte.

 

[Valerie]

"From healthcare to economic justice to civil rights, the Democratic agenda stands in powerful contrast to President Trump's broken promises to American families," Kennedy, 37, grandson of the late Senator Robert F. Kennedy and three-term congressman, told the paper.

Joseph Kennedy III to give Democratic response to Trump's State of the Union address

 

[CrusaderFrank]

How far have we fallen and in just one year:


Thank you very much. Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of the 104th Congress, distinguished guests, my fellow Americans all across our land: Let me begin tonight by saying to our men and women in uniform around the world and especially those helping peace take root in Bosnia and to their families, I thank you. America is very, very proud of you.

My duty tonight is to report on the state of the Union, not the state of our Government but of our American community, and to set forth our responsibilities, in the words of our Founders, to form a more perfect Union.

The state of the Union is strong. Our economy is the healthiest it has been in three decades. We have the lowest combined rates of unemployment and inflation in 27 years. We have completed—created nearly 8 million new jobs, over a million of them in basic industries like construction and automobiles. America is selling more cars than Japan for the first time since the 1970's. And for 3 years in a row, we have had a record number of new businesses started in our country.

Our leadership in the world is also strong, bringing hope for new peace. And perhaps most important, we are gaining ground in restoring our fundamental values. The crime rate, the welfare and food stamp rolls, the poverty rate, and the teen pregnancy rate are all down. And as they go down, prospects for America's future go up.

Read more here:

William J. Clinton: Address Before a Joint Session of the Congress on the State of the Union
January 1996

How Far They've Fallen, Part II

Clinton 92: Putting people First
Dems 2017: Screw the People, the Illegals are First

 

[saveliberty]

"From healthcare to economic justice to civil rights, the Democratic agenda stands in powerful contrast to President Trump's broken promises to American families," Kennedy, 37, grandson of the late Senator Robert F. Kennedy and three-term congressman, told the paper.

Joseph Kennedy III to give Democratic response to Trump's State of the Union address

From a collapsing Obamcare to withholding military pay to using DACA kids as pawns, the Democratic agenda stands in powerful contrast to Trump's 33% stock market rise, offering a real plan to DACA and giving most taxpayers a break.

 

[Valerie]

candidate trump cried to his dumbo parrots that the US dollar was too weak, then after he won, he said the dollar is too strong... this week in davos they talked out of both sides of their mouth in a mixed message. wink wink*

the stock market is rising, (despite rising interest rates which should weaken stocks and strengthen the US dollar), because he's undoing regulations and allowing the foxes to guard the financial hen house.

 

[Valerie]

Donald Trump has said his administration will not label China a currency manipulator, rowing back on a campaign promise.

The US president also left open the possibility of re-nominating Janet Yellen as the head of the Federal Reserve, despite having criticized her.

Trump: China 'not a currency manipulator'

Senate Confirms Jerome Powell as Next Fed Chair

 

[Marion Morrison]

I like the SOTU address he gave a year earlier, where he said this:

"All Americans, not only in the states most heavily affected but in every place in this country, are rightly disturbed by the large numbers of illegal aliens entering our country. The jobs they hold might otherwise be held by citizens or legal immigrants. The public service they use impose burdens on our taxpayers. That's why our administration has moved aggressively to secure our borders more by hiring a record number of new border guards, by deporting twice as many criminal aliens as ever before, by cracking down on illegal hiring, by barring welfare benefits to illegal aliens. In the budget I will present to you, we will try to do more to speed the deportation of illegal aliens who are arrested for crimes, to better identify illegal aliens in the workplace... We are a nation of immigrants. But we are also a nation of laws. It is wrong and ultimately self-defeating for a nation of immigrants to permit the kind of abuse of our immigration laws we have seen in recent years, and we must do more to stop it."

Flashback: Bill Clinton SOTU condemned illegals as lawbreakers robbing jobs, taxes

What wall that is standing was Bill Clinton's doing. Neither Bushes or Obama cared about securing our borders.

 

[Uncensored2008]

How far have we fallen and in just one year:


Thank you very much. Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of the 104th Congress, distinguished guests, my fellow Americans all across our land: Let me begin tonight by saying to our men and women in uniform around the world and especially those helping peace take root in Bosnia and to their families, I thank you. America is very, very proud of you.

My duty tonight is to report on the state of the Union, not the state of our Government but of our American community, and to set forth our responsibilities, in the words of our Founders, to form a more perfect Union.

The state of the Union is strong. Our economy is the healthiest it has been in three decades. We have the lowest combined rates of unemployment and inflation in 27 years. We have completed—created nearly 8 million new jobs, over a million of them in basic industries like construction and automobiles. America is selling more cars than Japan for the first time since the 1970's. And for 3 years in a row, we have had a record number of new businesses started in our country.

Our leadership in the world is also strong, bringing hope for new peace. And perhaps most important, we are gaining ground in restoring our fundamental values. The crime rate, the welfare and food stamp rolls, the poverty rate, and the teen pregnancy rate are all down. And as they go down, prospects for America's future go up.

Read more here:

William J. Clinton: Address Before a Joint Session of the Congress on the State of the Union
January 1996

You are fucking insane.

Trump beats every last one of Clinton's numbers.

Best economy since Reagan.