The big problem with the #Biden State of the Union speech was that instead of speaking to the whole country about the whole country, it focused on speaking to his own choir about himself and his reelection.
That's why people are criticizing it as a campaign speech.
If you're a Biden supporter, realize that the speech did not invite non-supporters, including independents, to join in his efforts. It appealed only to those already on board, which is not productive in terms of actually getting those efforts done.
In other words, if you're in favor of what Biden was calling for, you too should be critical that this #SOTU won't help get those things done.
The speech seemed focused on helping nobody... except Joe Biden's personal reelection.
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@volkris If biden wants my support I need to see humility, apologies for his past mistakes and racism, some sense of him wanting to do better.
All Biden ever talks about is how great he is, and how much everyone who doesnt agree with him sucks (or isnt black in his own words, lol). Every time he talks he makes me want to vote for him less, not more.
@freemo Yeah, one thing I was struck by was the constant talk of himself and what he (supposedly) did, instead of what we did, or what the government did, etc. Humility would be nice, but at least he should realize that it wasn't a moment to talk about himself.
@volkris I think everyone is so sick of ego from Trump that it seems doubly socially naive because the last thing we want is Trump replaced with another ego driven person who makes it all about him.
@freemo well, I end up thinking that if Trump wasn't that way then Republicans would be in a better position to call Biden out on it.
That's the problem with this situation of having two incompetent frontrunners: they can't hold each other in check, and both parties are worse off without that struggle making them better.
@volkris agreed