Okay…I’m late. Long day at work and bad traffic. But here ya go!
6:16: Are you better off today then you were in 2009? Almost everyone with an income under $200,000 should say yes, unless ordinary scenescence has brought you down. And then, you have health insurance, so there ya go.
Republicans not applauding the end of the recession #SOTU
— Carl Ballard (@BallardCrl) January 13, 2016
6:20: It’s hard to take Obama seriously for this State of the Union Address…what with Eddie Munster sitting behind him and all.
Eddie Munster will not clap for the good stuff. #SOTU pic.twitter.com/L96JwKk6qd
— BUST Magazine (@bust_magazine) January 13, 2016
.@POTUS: "Anyone claiming that America's economy is in decline, is peddling fiction."
(And/or, a Republican) #SOTU
— Goldy (@GoldyHA) January 13, 2016
6:24: Obama isn’t really introducing policy…rather he is systematically laying out the case why most Americans should be Democrats.
Oh shit – Paul Ryan shaved! I guess I have to get rid of my Paul Ryan themed facial hair… #SOTU
— Michael Maddux (@michaeljmaddux) January 13, 2016
President Obama says basic benefits should be mobile. We absolutely agree. More: https://t.co/5xQuKwikVA #SOTU
— Civic Skunk Works (@civicskunkworks) January 13, 2016
Biden is cracking a joke to get Paul Ryan to smile because…well, why not. #SOTU
— Carla Axtman (@carlaaxt) January 13, 2016
6:32: Shit…now Republicans are going to start denying Sputnik…
But republicans deny DNA… #SOTU
— Lizz Winstead (@lizzwinstead) January 13, 2016
6:37: Obama mentions “tea partiers”. Still conflict averse, or he would have said “tea baggers”.
6:38: I wonder if Obama, Biden, and Eddie coordinated their ties in advance….
Thanks, Obama "Gas under two bucks a gallon ain’t bad, either." —@POTUS #SOTU
— Josh Earnest (@PressSec) January 13, 2016
Obama in “Suck it Dubya” mode. #SOTU
— Imani Gandy (@AngryBlackLady) January 13, 2016
via @Wonkette: Look who decided to show up to the office today. Hey, stranger! #SOTU pic.twitter.com/jnfwnMHfSb
— Carla Axtman (@carlaaxt) January 13, 2016
To be fair, Joe Biden spread Crazy Glue on the seats in the Republican section. That Joe! #SOTU
— Goldy (@GoldyHA) January 13, 2016
This is, strangely, both the most hawkish and least hawkish speech Obama has given in recent memory.
— Brian Fung (@b_fung) January 13, 2016
Ryan also refuses to clap when Obama makes pro-diversity points.
— Civic Skunk Works (@civicskunkworks) January 13, 2016
I can't stand Paul Ryan's practiced smugness. #SOTU #SOTU16
— Cenk Uygur (@cenkuygur) January 13, 2016
I can't stand Paul Ryan's practiced smugness. #SOTU #SOTU16
— Cenk Uygur (@cenkuygur) January 13, 2016
6:58: What the fuck is up with dwelling on Kim Davis? She is a circus freak. Only deserves about 3 seconds….
Radical Obama assumption: The American people are a more intelligent audience that the majority in Congress.
— joel r. connelly (@joelconnelly) January 13, 2016
Ok for serious: Good job, President! 9/10. Would vote for again.
— Ana Marie Cox (@anamariecox) January 13, 2016