STFU

I don't usually listen to the SOTU.  I'm usually at work, and they're often boring.  I've heard about this one, and heard parts of it.  And I can hear the Republicans now.  Well, I have actually heard them some, though I try not to listen to that bullshit, but I can imagine their outrage: "Oh, it's nothing new, he's not gonna work with us, how dare he?"  There is some new stuff in it.  He does want to work with them.  He's tried.  But after five years of Republicans not wanting to do a thing he wants- even stuff they want! stuff they came up with!- with them saying "absolutely not" to anything he does, wouldn't you get impatient?  So he has said: work with me.  Or don't.  I don't care.  I'm going to do this.  We can work together, or not.  I think he should have said that a long time ago, when it became clear that they were the Repobstructionist Party.

Of course there's an even wackier fringe too, that is saying that this is clearly him being a dictator (they've been saying that from the start, with no evidence for it.)  If you look at reality, if you have any cognizance of reality, it's not that.  But we shouldn't expect any acceptance of reality from Republicans.  Why should they start now?  They don't care about reality, or America.  They just want to listen to themselves yell.  And frankly I say fine, leave them behind.  Hopefully most people will recognize the idiocy, as more comes out of the Reps, as they keep finding new depths.  I'm not sure whether to be optimistic for the future of the country, with maybe the Republicans splitting into parties that might be more reasonable; or to be pessimistic, since so many people willingly believe utter crap.

Which leads, of course, to one of the special guests at the SOTU: Son of Duckman, who showed up dressed appropriately for such an event (not) and sporting an American flag headband that just a few years ago would have gotten him jeers from most conservatives.  Because, after all, it is blatant misuse of and disrespect for the flag.  But hey, why let something like their principles, or common decency, get in the way of scoring points with idiots?  Do they know how this makes them look?  Do they know how it makes America look?  I bet they do, and just don't care.  But then, they are Republicans.  They make it pretty clear that most of the time they don't care about anything or anyone but themselves.