A guns and butter speech that pleased the pundits and the media.

I'm hoping for peace talk and action. Hopefully by November.

Joe Biden’s State of the Union speech before Congress last night was the classic Democratic Party guns-and-butter affair.

This morning he is receiving praise and plaudits from the analysts in the media.

I suppose the reception has more to do with the fact that Biden was able to complete it with no major gaffes. In that, he exceeded expectations.

The Washington Post called the speech “fiery.”

The New York Times said it was “forceful.”

And for many on the internet who are rightfully terrified of a second Donald Trump term and recent polls that show Biden losing in every one of the swing states by both close and big margins, the speech provided some hope.

But as I say, the speech echoed fifty years of Democratic Party mash-ups of tough talk towards perceived enemies abroad and tax-the-rich populism on the home front.

In response to tens of thousands of Democrats in recent primaries who have voted for uncommitted to voice their opposition to Biden’s full support for the Israeli genocide, he only offered to build some piers on the coast of Gaza to off load supplies to starving Palestinians.

Full military aid to Netanyahu’s scorched earth military campaign will continue unabated.

The speech started with a bunch of saber rattling at the Russians and calls for more guns to Ukraine.

It ended with more Cold War rhetoric directed at China.

He promised to stay the course following three years of the Biden Doctrine of fighting wars on multiple fronts.

Biden’s anti-China stuff was only exceeded by the weird Republican response given by the creepy senator from Alabama, Katie Britt sitting in what appeared to be her kitchen on a green screen behind her.

“The CCP knows,” Britt warned with a speaking style that reminded many of us of a bad high school theater performance.

What does the Chinese Communist Party know?

That they can use TikTok to control the minds of American youth.

As I say, just weird.

Today I am going to vote early in the Illinois primary.

Nothing I heard last night has changed my plan to leave the president line blank along with the boxes next to Biden pledged delegates.

Illinois does not count write-ins or uncommitted votes.

I’m waiting for some peace talk and action.

Hopefully by November.