Did anyone find McDonnell's fake SOTU recreation weird last night?

[Jennicut]

Who WERE those people clapping for him in the Virgina statehouse? Friends, family, other GOPers? It was bizarre, like a doppelganger Obama. Strangest response to a SOTU I have seen yet, though Jindal was personally more creepy.

[FSogol]

1. Maybe they hired some people to clap? He does claim to be a jobs creator

despite having never done so.

[bigwillq]

2. YES!

Odd. Weird. All of the above. What was that?!?!? :shrug: Desperation is my guess.

[Jennicut]

4. All the clapping, like it was a SOTU speech.

Is McDonnell the mini President? The sub President? I just shook my head last night in utter confusion.

[bigwillq]

5. I only watched for a bit.

Then I had to turn it off. What a stunt.

[AspenRose]

14. He's auditioning for the role in 2012.

[tosh]

3. Paid actors.

IMO.

Either that or Gov. office staff aka hostages. :shrug:

[Raine1967]

6. Has that ever happened before?

Has any opposition party has ever responded to the SOTU from the floor of a State House? I don't think I like that he did that.

[hlthe2b]

12. Not to my knowledge-- came off as pathetic, staged, desperate

IMO

[ShortnFiery]

7. Hey! Don't complain, you only had to endure one speech, us Virginians are

stuck with him as our Governor for four years. Bob McDonnell's aura and demeanor reminds me of that within my creepy old Uncle who my parents warned me as a little girl to stay away from during family reunions. McDonnell's right wing philosophy make him even more creepy when considering what he's going to attempt to do to our fair state. :scared:

[Jennicut]

10. I feel for you.

I only have that scumbag Lieberman as my Senator. My Gov is merely a moderate Repub that would be a Dem in some states.

[Peacetrain]

8. That is what I thought.. like a faux STOU.. very strange..

[quantass]

9. It was Confirmed they were Hand-Picked Supporters of McDonnell nt

[Jennicut]

11. Ha! I knew it.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

13. "Who WERE those people clapping for him in the Virgina statehouse?"

I wondered too.

McDonnell challenges Obama

McDonnell gave a smooth performance in his 10-minute speech, delivered in front of a live national TV audience and some 300 friends, family, supporters, administration officials and other Republicans in the House of Delegates chamber.

[hedgehog]

15. His speech was to the SOTU as a very poorly done high school

production is to Broadway.








Except high school productions aren't that pathetic.






or creepy.

[yellowcanine]

16. If they wanted to "recreate the SOTU" in VA they would have had all the Dems and Repub delegates

there. What kind of bs is it to have just your supporters there? Besides, he could have mailed that speech in. It was a list of platitudes and old Republican talking point chestnuts imo.

[AwakeAtLast]

17. Amazingly and totally forgettable

NO ONE was talking about it this morning, I don't even think Matt Lauer mentioned it!

[ProgressOnTheMove]

18. It was like the confederate president state of the union. Like watching an alternate reality....

Makes you see why the Democratic candidate for Governor was taking such wacky positions.

[JoePhilly]

19. +1

[WI_DEM]

20. +2