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senseandsensibility

(24,631 posts)
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 04:05 PM 4 hrs ago

So PBS is reporting that the speech will be two hours long

I mean, can he stand or talk for that long? Even if he just rambles and lies? And the Rs better take long naps this afternoon if they are to appear chipper and attentive for that long. Poor US Hockey players having to sit through that. Then again, they asked for it. Should have followed the women's lead.

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So PBS is reporting that the speech will be two hours long (Original Post) senseandsensibility 4 hrs ago OP
We are getting into Castro territory Henry203 4 hrs ago #1
At least Castro JBTaurus83 3 hrs ago #25
I saw Castro speak for five and and half hours straight at El Teatro Karl Marx in Havana 26 years ago. sop 3 hrs ago #31
In the 2000 time period? Things were rough then, financially erronis 2 hrs ago #42
It was in December, 2000. sop 1 hr ago #64
Trump will probably have a piss bag strapped to his leg, demosincebirth 1 hr ago #65
LOL serves the Hockey Team right n/t leftstreet 4 hrs ago #2
Haha! Agree! nt City Lights 4 hrs ago #4
Colorado Avalanche player popsdenver 2 hrs ago #43
That'll be two hours of each of our lives that we'll never get back. calimary 4 hrs ago #3
Are you watching? senseandsensibility 4 hrs ago #6
I'll be going to the movies tonight MustLoveBeagles 4 hrs ago #14
Not sure yet. calimary 4 hrs ago #15
If you do have a barfbag handy MustLoveBeagles 3 hrs ago #17
Now that he has started popsdenver 2 hrs ago #45
Look for Aaron Rupar on Bluesky catchnrelease 2 hrs ago #49
Only if you watch SheltieLover 3 hrs ago #27
No way in hell am I giving that pedophile a single second of my life groundloop 2 hrs ago #44
I get to keep those hours because I won't waste my precious time on that mess. Ocelot II 1 hr ago #55
If there were a show that just showed Rachel Maddow and others on MSNOW milestogo 1 hr ago #60
Looks like sonebody is going to cranking the adderall tonight indusurb 4 hrs ago #5
;-{) preview..... Goonch 4 hrs ago #7
They will have him amped up on Adderall or similar. He's clearly done that before when speaking hlthe2b 4 hrs ago #8
I'll probably watch some of the MS NOW PatSeg 3 hrs ago #20
Forget the hockey team Tasmanian Devil 4 hrs ago #9
I think they want to be there as a reminder senseandsensibility 4 hrs ago #10
Understand... Tasmanian Devil 4 hrs ago #13
Resistance at it's best! pazzyanne 1 hr ago #68
There will probably be a few 20 minute interludes dweller 4 hrs ago #11
He actually did that at some point right? senseandsensibility 3 hrs ago #29
Yes dweller 2 hrs ago #33
Just watched season 1, episode 1 of All Creatures Great and Small Mme. Defarge 4 hrs ago #12
Good choice PatSeg 3 hrs ago #19
I just watched the first two episodes bif 2 hrs ago #39
My house mate was reluctant Mme. Defarge 1 hr ago #62
Is he trying to emulate Fidel Castro and his famously hours-long speeches? SunSeeker 4 hrs ago #16
It blows my mind PatSeg 3 hrs ago #18
You mean you don't appreciate the weave? senseandsensibility 3 hrs ago #26
Ha, ha, ha! PatSeg 2 hrs ago #40
Think he'll stay awake for the entire thing? Wicked Blue 3 hrs ago #21
The longer it goes the more ammo for the Dems in the midterms. Nt Fiendish Thingy 3 hrs ago #22
Will push him from a stamina standpoint. BannonsLiver 3 hrs ago #23
Oh, please! MorbidButterflyTat 3 hrs ago #30
is that including the times when he goes off script? Skittles 3 hrs ago #24
I've saved the last All Creatures Great and Small to watch just for tonight. dem4decades 3 hrs ago #28
No way.nHe goes that long without s******* himself Tribetime 3 hrs ago #32
Someone needs to make a video of disasters occurring, people dropping dead, locusts, blackouts occurring. RoeVWade 2 hrs ago #34
The audio equivalent of waterboarding! bif 2 hrs ago #35
GOOD one, bif! calimary 2 hrs ago #47
stalin could talk all day. donnie is a wimp nt msongs 2 hrs ago #36
Hes gonna be pumped so full of geriatric chemicals he could fix the medicare doughnut hole by himself tonight Volaris 2 hrs ago #37
This is his delusional thinki D_Master81 2 hrs ago #38
I hope he shits his diaper... lame54 2 hrs ago #41
Will there be an intermission or interval? QueerDuck 2 hrs ago #46
I bet most of those in attendance will be thinking that exact thought tonight. calimary 2 hrs ago #48
I need a drink Roz! (Atta girl!) QueerDuck 1 hr ago #63
For the sake of attending Democrats MustLoveBeagles 1 hr ago #67
If it's a minute less than three hours I'll eat my hat Prairie Gates 2 hrs ago #50
Even if he just rambles and lies? hibbing 1 hr ago #51
Just remember, it's all done after sundown. Sneederbunk 1 hr ago #52
He's probably going to go for some record Renew Deal 1 hr ago #53
They will have to medicate him. Some uppers to keep him focused and semi-coherent. Irish_Dem 1 hr ago #54
Watching Star Trek tonight Ishoutandscream2 1 hr ago #56
He'll start late. pandr32 1 hr ago #57
I'll try to watch it but..... EndlessMaze 1 hr ago #58
That's more than I can handle senseandsensibility 1 hr ago #61
It would only be five minutes long if Dems put on red hats spelling out Epstein files yaesu 1 hr ago #59
Fuck that shit Blue Owl 1 hr ago #66

sop

(18,168 posts)
31. I saw Castro speak for five and and half hours straight at El Teatro Karl Marx in Havana 26 years ago.
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 05:24 PM
3 hrs ago

The man was indefatigable. Trump will collapse if he speaks for two hours.

erronis

(23,375 posts)
42. In the 2000 time period? Things were rough then, financially
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 06:08 PM
2 hrs ago

at least from what I read. Not a lot of US were visiting then.

sop

(18,168 posts)
64. It was in December, 2000.
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 07:04 PM
1 hr ago

Castro addressed an international conference at El Teatro Karl Marx, in protest of the U.S. Cuba embargo. I had press credentials at the time, writing about the conference for a Miami-based organization. A few of the images I made that evening (ones I am allowed to reproduce):





popsdenver

(2,051 posts)
43. Colorado Avalanche player
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 06:08 PM
2 hrs ago

Brock Nelson? intentionally skipped out................BRAVO..........he just became my favorite Av player........

senseandsensibility

(24,631 posts)
6. Are you watching?
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 04:10 PM
4 hrs ago

Not judging. I know some have a stronger stomach than I do, but the most I could possibly do is follow it here on DU and maybe on bluesky.

MustLoveBeagles

(15,527 posts)
14. I'll be going to the movies tonight
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 04:28 PM
4 hrs ago

Watching Wuthering Heights has to be better than watching dumps usual BS. I'll catch the high & lowlights of the SOTU tomorrow.

calimary

(89,511 posts)
15. Not sure yet.
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 04:28 PM
4 hrs ago

The news anchor-reporter I used to be wouldn’t miss it - just because.

I might tune in. But the “post-game show” might be better. There are always loads of clips. Husband’s preferences WILL be taken into consideration.

Newsfolks talking about it right now do make me curious about it.

popsdenver

(2,051 posts)
45. Now that he has started
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 06:15 PM
2 hrs ago

screwing over his farmers, ranchers, rural hospitals, mass of Trumphumping voters, etc......He is only doing this so FOX has Video and Sound Bites, and speaking purely to the TOP 1%ers at this point.............

catchnrelease

(2,146 posts)
49. Look for Aaron Rupar on Bluesky
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 06:21 PM
2 hrs ago

He takes the bullet for those that can't stand to listen to the orange blowhard. Pulls out the important bits into digestible clips. (You might follow him already. If not he is @atrupar.com)

groundloop

(13,695 posts)
44. No way in hell am I giving that pedophile a single second of my life
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 06:15 PM
2 hrs ago

Not to mention the fact that I don't want my television to add one single viewer to his ratings.

milestogo

(22,893 posts)
60. If there were a show that just showed Rachel Maddow and others on MSNOW
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 06:58 PM
1 hr ago

saying what they REALLY think, I'd love to watch that. But that ain't happening.

indusurb

(316 posts)
5. Looks like sonebody is going to cranking the adderall tonight
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 04:10 PM
4 hrs ago

Look for the white chunks shooting out his nose again

hlthe2b

(113,456 posts)
8. They will have him amped up on Adderall or similar. He's clearly done that before when speaking
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 04:16 PM
4 hrs ago

at night. It will probably be apparent, but I just ... can't watch. I'll watch some of the Meidas Touch/Indivisible/Move On alternative and see video of the circus later. If I wake up early enough (usually do), I might see some of the MSNOW coverage on rerun.

PatSeg

(52,797 posts)
20. I'll probably watch some of the MS NOW
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 04:43 PM
3 hrs ago

post-speech analysis, but I can't sit through another long speech of his. I'll end up swearing at the TV and maybe even throwing stuff. We've all suffered enough.

Tasmanian Devil

(99 posts)
9. Forget the hockey team
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 04:16 PM
4 hrs ago

I feel for the Epstein survivors. Is it really necessary to make them be there? I hope they can disappear into their phones and not actually try and listen to the idiot.

senseandsensibility

(24,631 posts)
10. I think they want to be there as a reminder
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 04:21 PM
4 hrs ago

because you know that trump is not going to mention them. But I'm sure it won't be easy for them.

Tasmanian Devil

(99 posts)
13. Understand...
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 04:27 PM
4 hrs ago

I know nobody is forcing them to attend. It just seems like such a horrible thing to endure.

But maybe that's my bias. My blood pressure won't allow me to hear more than 1 second of his voice before muting him or leaving the room.

pazzyanne

(6,755 posts)
68. Resistance at it's best!
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 07:21 PM
1 hr ago

Those women are some of the bravest I have ever seen! May angels support them if they are there.

dweller

(28,065 posts)
11. There will probably be a few 20 minute interludes
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 04:26 PM
4 hrs ago

Where he will sway to music he hears in his head …

😐




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senseandsensibility

(24,631 posts)
29. He actually did that at some point right?
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 05:10 PM
3 hrs ago

Forget the details but it was sanewashed big time. If Biden had done that you would have to call 911 for the WH press corps.

Mme. Defarge

(8,959 posts)
12. Just watched season 1, episode 1 of All Creatures Great and Small
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 04:26 PM
4 hrs ago

Brilliant! Planning on binge watching it tonight starting at 6 P.M. PST and will probably make it through episode 5.

bif

(26,849 posts)
39. I just watched the first two episodes
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 05:43 PM
2 hrs ago

I was a big fan of the original series and was reluctant to see the new version. But I'm really enjoying it.

Mme. Defarge

(8,959 posts)
62. My house mate was reluctant
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 07:01 PM
1 hr ago

for the same reason, whereas I never saw the original. Then he read a positive review and said we should give it a try. And we both loved it!

SunSeeker

(58,070 posts)
16. Is he trying to emulate Fidel Castro and his famously hours-long speeches?
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 04:29 PM
4 hrs ago

Dictators just love the sound of their own voice.

PatSeg

(52,797 posts)
18. It blows my mind
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 04:39 PM
3 hrs ago

Someone who has the vocabulary of a 4th grader and nothing of real consequence to say can talk for such long periods of time. On and on and on.............

senseandsensibility

(24,631 posts)
26. You mean you don't appreciate the weave?
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 04:58 PM
3 hrs ago

It must be above your head. Actually, the weave doesn't exist except as a name for his so alled hairstyle. And you are absolutely right. Except that I taught fourth graders whose first language was not English and they could speak better than him and with more honesty.

PatSeg

(52,797 posts)
40. Ha, ha, ha!
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 05:56 PM
2 hrs ago

Oh, I had forgotten the "weave". He always tries to justify his peculiar behavior as if somehow it was intentional. Or he blames the microphones or the lighting. He is incapable of taking responsibility for anything.

I have eleven year old twin grandsons and they definitely have a better vocabulary than him. Of course, they are avid readers, plus they're decent, honest people.

MorbidButterflyTat

(4,364 posts)
30. Oh, please!
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 05:23 PM
3 hrs ago

Oh please Oh please Oh please Oh please Oh please Oh please Oh please Oh please Oh please Oh please Oh please Oh please Oh please Oh please Oh please Oh please Oh please Oh please Oh please Oh please Oh please Oh please Oh please Oh please!!!!!!

Skittles

(170,549 posts)
24. is that including the times when he goes off script?
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 04:54 PM
3 hrs ago

hoo boy, gopiscrap has got his work cut out for him

RoeVWade

(877 posts)
34. Someone needs to make a video of disasters occurring, people dropping dead, locusts, blackouts occurring.
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 05:39 PM
2 hrs ago

...all kinds of calamity cutting back and forth to his stupid face and speech.

Volaris

(11,601 posts)
37. Hes gonna be pumped so full of geriatric chemicals he could fix the medicare doughnut hole by himself tonight
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 05:42 PM
2 hrs ago

D_Master81

(2,441 posts)
38. This is his delusional thinki
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 05:42 PM
2 hrs ago

He thinks if he makes some long speech he can convince people of his policies. But people just tune him out. Only the most die hard MAGAs are sitting through his shit for 2 hours

lame54

(39,411 posts)
41. I hope he shits his diaper...
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 05:59 PM
2 hrs ago

So the country can see Mike Johnson's eyes water while he holds his fake grin for 2+ hours

calimary

(89,511 posts)
48. I bet most of those in attendance will be thinking that exact thought tonight.
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 06:20 PM
2 hrs ago

In BOTH parties.

“Good grief, where’s the bar? I need a DRINK!”

hibbing

(10,560 posts)
51. Even if he just rambles and lies?
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 06:30 PM
1 hr ago

I thought that is all he does regardless of the circumstances or setting.

pandr32

(14,099 posts)
57. He'll start late.
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 06:51 PM
1 hr ago

Perhaps they will also have music midway like when he was campaigning that last month. He'll do his dance routine, too.
Exciting stuff.

EndlessMaze

(77 posts)
58. I'll try to watch it but.....
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 06:56 PM
1 hr ago

I usually can only handle a few minutes of watching the orange bastard talk.

yaesu

(9,180 posts)
59. It would only be five minutes long if Dems put on red hats spelling out Epstein files
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 06:58 PM
1 hr ago

And tRump having a nervous breakdown on live tv before they drug him off stage.

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