How many refused to watch the Fuhrer's speech?

[Elwood P Dowd]

I finally turned on the tube as he was
exiting the Reichstag.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

1. I refused-too much like a Nuremburg Rally!

:puke:

[Warpy]

2. Although I would have enjoyed the looks

...ranging from embarrassment to boredom to outright disgust, I passed. I knew the transcript would be available, and I just can't manage to have that man on my TV without wanting to kick that smirk off his face right through the screen. Since I'm unemployed, I can't afford to buy a new set.

[yowzayowzayowza]

3. Present.

Listening to that pig farmer wannabe pontificate is hazardous to the continued reliable operation of my television set.

[silverweb]

4. I always refuse to watch or listen to him.

He's very bad for the digestion, the blood pressure, the ability to concentrate, and the general mood.

:crazy:

Instead, I rely on braver DUers to watch, listen, and opine on georgie's performances - and sometimes I'll even read a transcript later on. Thanks brave DUers!

:toast:

[madrchsod]

5. i watched the real deals

the barbarians-where the leaders fought side by side with their men.not like the boy king who hid during his test of manhood. these guys were the real deal....

[tinrobot]

6. My son forced me to watch SpongeBob

He thought the SOTU was dumb...

He's right. SpongeBob is smarter.

[Crasher]

9. Spongebob...

Your son rocks. Spongebob rules.

[dusty64]

7. I also could

not watch.

[murielm99]

8. I did not watch, I listened...

I can no longer stand to look at Shrub's smirky face.

[...Alltogethernow]

10. "Know your enemy"

... I'll always watch, better to sharpen my sword.

[Katarina]

36. Know your enemy...

This is usually my attitude as well but last night I could not bring myself to watch him. I figured I would see bits and pieces on the news and anything of importance would be discussed here. I honestly did not have the stomach to watch his smirky assed face last night. And I certainly didn't feel like watching all his little cheerleader minions applaud every freaking word that came out of his hole. This administration completely disgusts me. :puke:

[bermudat]

11. Whenever Bush is on tv,

I can't find the channel changer fast enough. Watching bushler makes me physically ill. I rely on DU and bartcop forum to keep me posted the chimp's doings.

[TacticalPeek]

12. Sugar Ray Robinson v Gene Fullmer, 1960

ESPN classic.

Draw.

[Elwood P Dowd]

13. Remember The Friday Night Fights

back in the 50s and early 60s? What about the CBS
Baseball Game Of The Week with Dizzy Dean and Pee Wee Reese?

[alittlelark]

14. Watched the first 12 minutes and 4 smirks

that was all I could stomach.........TIVOed it. I'll try consuming too much wine this weekend and give it another shot.

[rocktivity]

15. I have a job interview first thing in the morning

I knew I couldn't watch without drinking, and I knew I'd have to drink too much!


rocknation

[neebob]

16. I wish I had!

I was feeling optimistic until I watched that sickening display of lying, immorality, and encouragement of lying and immorality.

[caledesi]

17. I did not watch. I didn't want to be sick. nt

[bonemachine]

18. I saw about 15 seconds

As I walked by the break room at work. It made me snarl in anger.

[virgdem]

19. Hand raised here - I refuse to ruin my digestion by watching

"The Happy Horsehit Hour"

[ariellyn]

20. I went to K-Mart...and observed how empty it was--another sign of his

ailing economy. There were about ten shoppers in K-Mart, when the store used to crawl with people night and day. The lot was empty and store in a nearby strip mall were closing at 8 instead of 9 when they used to close. The store's inventories are minimal--no sales, no frills.

I'm in Chicago and even a friend remarked to me Saturday how empty the mall was when she went shopping that day. I know they media says the economy is revving up, but from what I see, we are in trouble. It is frightening. In K-Mart, the only thing I could think of was I have to save more money. It's going to get a lot worse IMHO.

[Mattforclark]

21. Sieg Heil

is what blurted out of my mouth when he said that we should thank servicemembers when we see them.

I already %*(#ing do that and I don't $*(%ing need %(#@ing AWOL George Bush to tell me to do so, thank you very %*@)ing much.

That is all.

[Valjean]

22. I'm offended.

It's Der Fuhrer, not TheFuhrer.

I just call him Bonnie Prince George ;-)

[bookman]

23. DVD

I made sure we had a DVD for tonight. We watched Open Range.

Duvall is a good actor.

[Selwynn]

24. I felt like I had to... but wish I wouldn't have.

[Tansy_Gold]

25. Not one word

I never listen to him. I put my fingers in my ears or hum loudly. Sometimes I can tolerate seeing him, but even that is becoming difficult.

I did not turn the tv on at all tonight.

[fabius]

26. I can't watch him. Not a single word.

[1gobluedem]

75. I can't either

I actually get physically ill when I look at him. I knew I'd hear and read plenty about it today and that's bad enough.

[xxqqqzme]

27. just cannot do it!

I am in awe of the DUers who can, so I come here to get the highlights. I had 2 go 2 a city council meeting @ 7 2 speak in opposition of a bogus ordinance trying to outlaw the devices that hold up signs and banners....don't ask!

I cannot abide his mush mouth and his lazy lipped sloppy speech patterns. I have never yelled @ my TV screen B4 squatter. I am afraid someday I'll throw something to destroy the set.

I am thrilled and inspired by good oratory. It is a skill I admire. Sadly, there are precious few orators these days.

[radfringe]

28. didn't refuse

took some cold medicine and crashed around 7:00pm

[bhairava]

29. I just can't look at his goofy Chesire grin

History repeats itself truly as f*cking farce. I trip over dogs, cats, and chirrun' to find the remote when the feckless usurper is on. I MIGHT read the trascipt later if anything groundbreaking was revealed.

[Shadowen]

30. I did.

You must know two things to achieve any sort of victory in any sort of contest.

1. Know thyself.

2. Know thine enemy.

I'm working on #1. #2 was helped along by the SOTU.

[Piperay]

31. I didn't watch...

I watched the PAX network instead and watched 'Super Market Sweep' and 'Shop till you drop' thought that was fitting since good Americans are supposed to keep shopping no matter what else is going on. :shrug: :argh:

[Blue Gardener]

32. I couldn't watch

I would have been up all night ranting about it. I just can't watch that idiot spew more lies.

[Nlighten1]

33. I accidentally saw about 3 seconds of it.

I refuse to watch the un-elected chimp.

[Corgigal]

34. Also didn't watch

He lied during it last year so I can't imagine he wouldn't again. Not that the press gives a damn.

Watched Godfather 2.

[Snappy]

35. The Siege

I watched that to get used to what will happen when Al Q. strikes again.

Best of luck on getting the job rocknation. :)

[Loonman]

37. I watched The Barbarians on HC

Fuck bush.

[Brewman_Jax]

46. Same here

Great series, very well researched. I will have to record the complete series when it re-airs.

[sendero]

38. Didn't watch it, didn't listen to it....

... why bother - we already know what he is going to say and how blatantly false most of it is.

[JHB]

39. Didn't actually refuse....

...just got caught up in a good book and forgot about it until this morning.

[Lost4words]

40. I am trying to remain positive, I didnt watch asswipe n/t

[Puglover]

41. I honestly have to leave the room when that pukebubble

speaks....
I literally canNOT stomach him....

[Ferretherder]

42. Couldn't watch, couldn't listen,...

...couldn't cope.

[LeftHander]

43. Was watching a movie

Don't watch much TV anymore.

I did catch Pelosi and Tom D.

[ellie]

44. I watched the rebuttal

but I did not watch the speech itself. I can't stand to see *'s smirky face, nor can I stand to hear him speak.

[Hobo]

45. Count me in........

I will never watch that chimp and pony show again. Nothing new here. Move along.

:shrug:

Peace

Hobo

[BarbaRosa]

47. I drank enough

but still couldn't watch.

[havocmom]

48. high blood pressure/ no medical care

can't afford to watch him; could be fatal

[Brewman_Jax]

49. I passed

My compliments to those who can stand it. The part that I definitely didn't want to see was the Democratic members of Congress standing and applauding on cue. That would make me want to :puke:

[phillybri]

50. I was out, anyway...saw "The Graduate" off-Broadway...

Good times...

[RapidCreek]

51. I tried not to...then I figured I needed to see which dems were

jumping up and down like demented lemings slapping thier little paws together.

RC

[GreenPartyVoter]

52. I had thought about it

but I was on the treadmill watching a history channel review of the "great" Barbarians. Do note that next week they'll be showing episodes on Hitler and OSB. (No mention of Bu$h there, though. Weird.)

I am waiting for the transcript complete with point-by-point rebuttal by Stephen Zunes at Common Dreams.

[DinahMoeHum]

53. Didn't watch it, can't stand that smirky mofo. . .

I will read the transcript today, courtesy of the NYT.
With a barf bag at the ready.

:puke:

[mandyky]

54. I went to bed at 930

I think DU was on thread 3 about the STOU, but I never tuned in.

[LeahMira]

55. I think that citizens have some responsibility...

... either to watch or to listen or to read a transcript of the speech. But that's just me.

For those who didn't watch, my impression was that he took off the gloves. No more mister-nice-guy in public. He's going to do what he wants to do and he plans to stomp anyone who dares disagree. And Congress cheered.

[tom_paine]

72. Citizens do, Imperial Subjects do not.

The Imperial Subject has one duty to his Emperor...to obey.

An Imperial Subject has one course of action: Shut yer' piehole or be punsihed.

Thought, truthfully, as the transition from what we once were towhat we are become is not yet complete, neither are these rules quite so obvious, except at the top where teh Busheviks are concentrating their Imperial Force for the moment.

[KansDem]

56. I didn't watch/hear it...

I'm still reeling from last year's lies...

[scarface2004]

57. can t stand that major league..

asshole.

had to turn off morning edition...he suks!!!

[IrateCitizen]

58. Not me -- I'm reading the text today

I prefer to not get into watching political speeches -- as they never really "say" anything and are instead intended to make naked emotional appeals based on catchphrases and generalities.

I'd rather read it without the baggage of "presentation".

[Stuckinthebush]

59. Me

I asked my wife if she thought it would be a good idea to watch. We have watched all of the other ones. She said, "I can't stomach that asshole. I can't stand to see his face. I have better things to do than listen to him lie to me."

So, we watched a TiVOed American Idol program. That was her better thing to do.

[Touchdown]

60. Nope. I watched a DVD..."Florida Erection".

It's an art film.:evilgrin:

[gnorville]

61. Forgot it was on..

I might have watched if i wasn't busy with other things, but I have so little time for the tedium of our political process.

[Butterflies]

62. I skipped it

I can't stand the sight of bush. I knew it would be a bunch of lies and self-righteous statements so I couldn't see putting myself through that. I watched those true crime stories on A&E instead - thank god for cable (except cable news!)

[Suziq]

63. I Cannot Stand . . . .

to watch or listen to the A-hole in Chief! :puke:

:hippie:

[tom_paine]

64. (raises hand)

I already know he lies about everything. I already know he has more in common with Hitler and Stalin and the British King George of 1776 than he has with the Founding Fathers, who would have hanged his Totalitarian ass.

If I want to watch Totalitarian Tyrants, I can always watch old reruns of Stalin's speeches to the slavish Duma.

[spunky]

65. I watched and it was a disturbing, somber epiphany

I have finally gotten so sick of Dubya that as I watched the speech I felt as though I were a foreigner watching it. I kept thinking, he is not my president. He is not talking about my country. Then I yelled at the TV some more. It was worth all 54 mins. of my life that I lost to hear the Dems applauding when he said the Patriot Act was about to expire. . . and the irritated look on Shrub's face when he heard that applause. Priceless.

I couldn't finish the Democrats' Response. Pelosi and Daschle were just too smiling and polite. After Bush's rhetoric, I wanted an angry, forceful response. Not kid gloves.

[liberalhistorian]

66. I cannot bring myself to even look

at the Chimp anymore, much less watch/listen to him, so of course I didn't even bother with the SOTU address. I have my blood pressure to worry about, you know!

[DemLikr]

67. Like Carol Ann in "Poltergeist," I was drawn inexorably to the light

of the TV screen. And what I saw there confirmed the inadequacy of my worst nightmares...a smartass, arogant moron addressing a chamber of the souless.

[0007]

68. I couldn't watch junior insult us with his drivel

[Beam Me Up]

69. I REFUSE TO WATCH TELEVISION

for ANY reason. It is NOTHING but a source of MIND CONDITIONING (lust lust lust, buy buy buy!) and PROPAGANDA.

[ProfessorGAC]

70. I Refused

Read the transcript this morning. Just watching that idiot makes my blood boil, and my MS is acting up. I didn't need the aggravation.
The Professor

[ikojo]

71. I cannot stand the cheering of an unelected but

SELECTED fraud of a president.

The Dems should show him the same respect or lack thereof shown to Bill Clinton for EIGHT years. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO many of them decide to roll over for this joker.

[eissa]

73. Whenever * appears on the screen

I cannot grab the remone fast enough -- I seriously get ill with each glimpse of him. So, no, I absolutely refused to watch even a second of that packed-with-lies, extreme-right-wing-pushing-agenda, farce of a speech. I just watched a Friends repeat and then moved on to the Food Network (Rachel Ray was making some fab-u-lous Thai Chicken Satay.....mmmmmmm!)

[creativelcro]

74. I forgot... Was busy writing a paper...