Tag: state of the union
As part of last night’s Daily Show segment on the Republicans’ smarmy, insincere response to the State of the Union, Jon Stewart took a moment to address Rep. Michael Grimm, who threatened to throw NY1 reporter Michael Scotto “off this fucking balcony” after Scotto attempted to ask a question about Grimm’s shady campaign finances. “To be fair, ‘I […]
There have been 116 State of the Union addresses since the 1900s. The Washington Post has a nifty interactive infographic illustrating word usage frequency, in neat little circles. See how the 20 presidents used words. See “communism” get replaced by “terrorism” (108 times in 2001 from Bush Jr) and the stream of “America”/”American” steadily getting […]
The most exciting part of last night’s State of the Union broadcast came after the speech itself, on NY1. During a post-SOTU interview, reporter Michael Scotto asked Staten Island Republican Rep. Michael Grimm a question regarding his campaign finances, which are currently under federal investigation. Grimm didn’t like that, and stormed off. The action started when […]
