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pressbox69

(2,252 posts)
Fri Jan 26, 2018, 10:40 PM Jan 2018

So Who Will Have The Guts To Shout Out YOU LIE At The SOTU On Tuesday Night?

Bernie Sanders? Liz Warren? Kamala Harris? Cory Booker? Julian Castro? Oprah Winfrey? Who will have the courage to call the king of liars what he is on coast to coast TV?

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So Who Will Have The Guts To Shout Out YOU LIE At The SOTU On Tuesday Night? (Original Post) pressbox69 Jan 2018 OP
All of them. They should take turns, at first, then in unison. unblock Jan 2018 #1
That's what I was going to say! They should do it in unison! Rhiannon12866 Jan 2018 #43
I WILL !! pangaia Jan 2018 #2
Better that they just sit there in stony silence. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2018 #3
Not a good idea. pressbox69 Jan 2018 #7
I agree loyalsister Jan 2018 #17
Agreed. TomSlick Jan 2018 #33
I agree... Demsrule86 Jan 2018 #46
With their BACKS to him! lastlib Jan 2018 #51
Draft Kirsten Gillibrand for the job. VOX Jan 2018 #4
+100 fierywoman Jan 2018 #6
She talks the talk pressbox69 Jan 2018 #8
Walk the walk? NCTraveler Jan 2018 #12
She has called for him to resign and gone after him. NCTraveler Jan 2018 #11
... NanceGreggs Jan 2018 #28
Please stop. Let it go. Demsrule86 Jan 2018 #47
It is the last time Ill mention it. VOX Jan 2018 #53
I understand how you feel...I was enraged the way it went down...it just can't be helped now. And I Demsrule86 Jan 2018 #57
Precisely. VOX Jan 2018 #58
Is Auntie Maxine planning to attend or is she boycotting? fierywoman Jan 2018 #5
Boycotting afaik lunasun Jan 2018 #15
Trump. NCTraveler Jan 2018 #9
No one will. cwydro Jan 2018 #10
Her? Gabi Hayes Jan 2018 #13
Why bring MFM008 Jan 2018 #18
Now that would be perfect pressbox69 Jan 2018 #26
How can you be in two places at once, Gabi Hayes Jan 2018 #30
Try it! Gabi Hayes Jan 2018 #31
I dunno... LompocDem Jan 2018 #41
God no wonder Trump like her....she looks just LIKE HIM!!! onecent Jan 2018 #60
I hope one of them takes a recording of the "Jaws" theme and plays it sinkingfeeling Jan 2018 #14
Maybe they should all show up dressed as sharks. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2018 #19
Maybe pressbox69 Jan 2018 #27
Like to hear a chant Best_man23 Jan 2018 #16
3, maybe? Gabi Hayes Jan 2018 #21
If they do, it will just serve to normalize the GOP opposition under Obama loyalsister Jan 2018 #20
I don't know where these ideas come from Awsi Dooger Jan 2018 #22
They come from opposition to the goal of destroying government loyalsister Jan 2018 #23
One of the dreamers! blueinredohio Jan 2018 #24
70 million of us should... like the movie "Network" lapfog_1 Jan 2018 #25
Right you are. pressbox69 Jan 2018 #32
I nominate Ted Lieu. librechik Jan 2018 #29
Just turn their backs. Liberal In Texas Jan 2018 #34
At a minumum, they ought to turn their backs. Maybe even walk out as a group. Paladin Jan 2018 #61
Maybe postcards sent to the White House? raging moderate Jan 2018 #35
would love to see someone throw a shoe at him or 2. AllaN01Bear Jan 2018 #36
No one, because Congressional Democrats have class. NT Bleacher Creature Jan 2018 #37
Democrats class has earned them 45 fewer seats in Congress. VOX Jan 2018 #54
Class doesn't win elections in these times pressbox69 Jan 2018 #38
Really? You think Ralph Northam and Doug Jones won by being classless? onenote Jan 2018 #48
It would be less disruptive to yell Turbineguy Jan 2018 #39
That would draw cheers from their side pressbox69 Jan 2018 #40
I think it will be Melania LastLiberal in PalmSprings Jan 2018 #42
I will- yelling my head off at the TV RainCaster Jan 2018 #44
I hope no one. You shouldn't do that if you are Dem elected. Demsrule86 Jan 2018 #45
Nothing loud and undignified. I suggest "You Lie!" posters. Buns_of_Fire Jan 2018 #49
none of the above - we will act as adults DrDan Jan 2018 #50
Yeah. pressbox69 Jan 2018 #52
protests are one thing, mindless tantrums something else DrDan Jan 2018 #55
I dig the way you deftly moved the goalposts... LanternWaste Jan 2018 #59
It's an event enshrined in, and required by, the U.S. Constitution. Mister Ed Jan 2018 #56
So let's just sit on our hands pressbox69 Jan 2018 #62

Rhiannon12866

(205,202 posts)
43. That's what I was going to say! They should do it in unison!
Sat Jan 27, 2018, 02:12 AM
Jan 2018

And I know I wouldn't be able to help myself, either - if I could stand to tune in.

loyalsister

(13,390 posts)
17. I agree
Fri Jan 26, 2018, 11:28 PM
Jan 2018

It is classless. Hopefully our Democrats will continue to prove to be more dignified than republicans.

TomSlick

(11,097 posts)
33. Agreed.
Fri Jan 26, 2018, 11:58 PM
Jan 2018

Just because the other guy is a jerk does not give you permission to be a jerk. Dems should go and sit on their hands.

VOX

(22,976 posts)
4. Draft Kirsten Gillibrand for the job.
Fri Jan 26, 2018, 10:52 PM
Jan 2018

She says she “stands up to Trump.” We know how she stood up to fellow Democrat Al Franken.

Let’s see if she packs the gear to call out a congenital liar AND self-admitted serial molester.

 

NCTraveler

(30,481 posts)
12. Walk the walk?
Fri Jan 26, 2018, 11:11 PM
Jan 2018

Seriously. Do you know her background? Not all perfect but she sure as hell gets out there and goes for it. Walk the walk? You are talking about a very accomplished woman who has been walking the walk for some time.

Dislike her for her role in Frankens exit if you must, but stick to that.

 

NCTraveler

(30,481 posts)
11. She has called for him to resign and gone after him.
Fri Jan 26, 2018, 11:02 PM
Jan 2018

He has lashed out attacks on her.

Why did you only target her with this? Any others on board when it comes to Franken?

VOX

(22,976 posts)
53. It is the last time Ill mention it.
Sun Jan 28, 2018, 11:59 PM
Jan 2018

I needed to give it one final flog to work it out of my system. Ready to move on now.

Demsrule86

(68,552 posts)
57. I understand how you feel...I was enraged the way it went down...it just can't be helped now. And I
Mon Jan 29, 2018, 08:39 AM
Jan 2018

want to win the midterms.

VOX

(22,976 posts)
58. Precisely.
Mon Jan 29, 2018, 09:22 AM
Jan 2018

Because the Republican Party isn't going to do anything about Trump (except cravenly back him up). The only available Rx for this galloping disease is more Democrats in congress, period.

 

NCTraveler

(30,481 posts)
9. Trump.
Fri Jan 26, 2018, 10:58 PM
Jan 2018

It won’t be because of guts, it will be due to his lack of both impulse control and intellect.

LompocDem

(143 posts)
41. I dunno...
Sat Jan 27, 2018, 01:37 AM
Jan 2018

...I listened to this in quad back in the '70s. The Nixon AI seemed more rational and coherent than what we are dealing with now.

sinkingfeeling

(51,445 posts)
14. I hope one of them takes a recording of the "Jaws" theme and plays it
Fri Jan 26, 2018, 11:17 PM
Jan 2018

loudly when the F**king Moron starts to speak.

loyalsister

(13,390 posts)
20. If they do, it will just serve to normalize the GOP opposition under Obama
Fri Jan 26, 2018, 11:31 PM
Jan 2018

and the classless Trump administration. This only works if you want to make sure republicans don't look like they have less dignity and decency than we do.

loyalsister

(13,390 posts)
23. They come from opposition to the goal of destroying government
Fri Jan 26, 2018, 11:39 PM
Jan 2018

How much do you think the GOP would love getting rid of the requirement for a SOTU? Reducing government itself and doing away with transparency is their dream.

I want the story to be about Trump's bad ideas and poor performance, and especially Joe Kennedy's response. Overshadowing those things with a petty shout might satisfy a few people, but it would thwart a good opportunity to show that Democrats are superior at governing, and have better ideas.

lapfog_1

(29,199 posts)
25. 70 million of us should... like the movie "Network"
Fri Jan 26, 2018, 11:45 PM
Jan 2018

open your window and shout into the dark "You LIE!"

pressbox69

(2,252 posts)
32. Right you are.
Fri Jan 26, 2018, 11:58 PM
Jan 2018

If Democrats can't stand and shout to the rest of America that the BLOATUS is a liar who will? The Russian factory trolls won't do it.

Paladin

(28,252 posts)
61. At a minumum, they ought to turn their backs. Maybe even walk out as a group.
Mon Jan 29, 2018, 11:41 AM
Jan 2018

I'm not surprised to see the usual "Democrats must act as responsible adults" line turning up, here. As if responsible behavior is getting us anywhere, these days.

VOX

(22,976 posts)
54. Democrats class has earned them 45 fewer seats in Congress.
Mon Jan 29, 2018, 12:16 AM
Jan 2018

And even at that, Democrats are still demonized, since the right- wing narrative has them running the “Deep State.” Democrats are the snowflakes, the pushovers, the silent, enabling parents who clean up the house after their adolescent kids have trashed the place.

Not that long ago, I would have agreed— keep it clean, fight fair, be classy, take the high road. But when you’re facing Atilla the Hun, the high road isn’t even an effective escape route.

pressbox69

(2,252 posts)
38. Class doesn't win elections in these times
Sat Jan 27, 2018, 12:26 AM
Jan 2018

Democrats that didn't learn that in 2016 are doomed for a repeat in 2018.

onenote

(42,694 posts)
48. Really? You think Ralph Northam and Doug Jones won by being classless?
Sat Jan 27, 2018, 09:08 AM
Jan 2018

I could add many more names to the list. You couldn't be more wrong.

Turbineguy

(37,319 posts)
39. It would be less disruptive to yell
Sat Jan 27, 2018, 12:44 AM
Jan 2018

"You tell the truth!"

Because there will not be any reason to do so.

42. I think it will be Melania
Sat Jan 27, 2018, 02:05 AM
Jan 2018

She'll yell (in her adorable accent), "You lie!" Then she'll throw her Christian Louboutin shoe at him and stomp out.

Demsrule86

(68,552 posts)
45. I hope no one. You shouldn't do that if you are Dem elected.
Sat Jan 27, 2018, 08:56 AM
Jan 2018

Do it in the privacy in your own home. Then Let Joe Kennedy III have his moment. My sis who lives in Georgia says her friends (some are righties really like him).

Buns_of_Fire

(17,174 posts)
49. Nothing loud and undignified. I suggest "You Lie!" posters.
Sat Jan 27, 2018, 09:40 AM
Jan 2018

Then, on the other side, it could be a solid color, so when they flip them over and all hold them up together, it would spell out "YOU LIE!" in real big letters. You know, like they do at football games to spell out "GO TEAM!" or "RAH! RAH!" or "I CAN'T SEE THE GAME WITH THIS DAMNED POSTER IN MY FACE!".

They could try starting a wave, but the other half of the crowd probably wouldn't join in.

On a positive note, maybe he'll use the occasion to announce his resignation. Or at least maybe a new Rump-branded product.

There are many opportunities to make him look like an ass, but in the end, he'll manage to do that all by himself.

DrDan

(20,411 posts)
50. none of the above - we will act as adults
Sat Jan 27, 2018, 10:05 AM
Jan 2018

If one wants to protest, then do not show up. But to disrupt the SOTU would be juvenile.

pressbox69

(2,252 posts)
52. Yeah.
Sun Jan 28, 2018, 09:38 PM
Jan 2018

Protests never helped to end any wars. Nor did it help to win anyone equal rights, or freedom from tyranny.

 

LanternWaste

(37,748 posts)
59. I dig the way you deftly moved the goalposts...
Mon Jan 29, 2018, 11:27 AM
Jan 2018

I dig the way you deftly moved the goalposts...

Mister Ed

(5,928 posts)
56. It's an event enshrined in, and required by, the U.S. Constitution.
Mon Jan 29, 2018, 06:26 AM
Jan 2018

It's not a Pro Wrestling cage match in Vegas, and it shouldn't be treated as such.

Give 'em hell everywhere else, but don't disrupt the State of the Union address. To do so is not an assault on the loathsome Mr. Trump, but upon the foundations of our democracy.

pressbox69

(2,252 posts)
62. So let's just sit on our hands
Mon Jan 29, 2018, 10:18 PM
Jan 2018

and watch Czar Trump, the republican tumors and their Russian factory trolls destroy everything America holds dear. The founding fathers are weeping in their graves at what Americans have become.

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