Who will watch the State of The Union address?

[Toronto Ron]

Poll question: Who will watch the State of The Union address?

Not me, because:

1) Whenever w* is on TV, my 2-year-old daughter's vocabulary increases in undesirable ways.

2) It'll consist of a bunch of lies, starting with, "Ladies and Gentleman, the President of the United States".

[Aristus]

1. Ugh!

Not me. Not even for the dubious pleasure of indulging in the SOTU drinking game.

[LTR]

2. Ehhh...no.

Not really enthused about hearing a guy talk in cliches and three word sentences all night.

[asjr]

6. And when he

loses his place in the script we will have his umms, ers, They hate our freedoms, etc. I don't understand how even the Repugs stand to listen to him.

[gator_in_Ontario]

3. I'll watch the re-cap, maybe the democratic commentary, but

watching that thing for more than 10 minutes makes me want to throw myself off a bridge.

[ewagner]

4. Not me

Can't stand to watch the ... person

I'd really like to see two things happen before the SOTU:


1. I'd like to see some prominent Democrats say they aren't listening to the speech becasue "He lied his way through the last one why would this one be any different?"

2. I'd like to see Congressional Democrats boycott the speech or not attend because of "previous committments".

[Lydia Leftcoast]

5. It will be bad enough

to read the text in the next day's NY Times.

Seeing the Great Pretender broadcast live is more than my blood pressure can endure.

[RobinA]

40. I'll Be Reading It the Next Day, Too

When I watch or listen to that nitwit I have the urge to drive sharp objects into by skull.

[NewHampster]

7. I always watch

He's a repuke but still the President.

He'll lie and smirk making me completely embarrassed that he's the president but he's still the president.

He stole the job but he's still the president.

I am an American then a Democrat and then a Howard Dean supporter in that order.

I will not be like those that put the repub party above their country.

[MASSAFRA]

8. I would rather read the transcript.

Then I don't have t cringe everytime Bush mis-speaks.

[Wonco_the_Sane]

9. Yes

I wasen't going to till I read about the SOTU drinking game, now I'm thinking of having a party!! BYOB to SOTU u cheap SOB's

[liberalmuse]

16. Drinking game?

I may hook up my antenna for this. It's about time I got rid of that bottle of champagne in the fridge left over from New Year's. Also, I might enter the Bartcop contest.

What will be the key words? Mars? Moon base? Or the same old boring: Terra? Enemies of freedom? Weapons of mass destruction? Weapons of terra? Evildoers? Billions of dollars?

[Cat Atomic]

10. Call me a sadist, but I'm watching.

Maybe we'll make it a drinking game.... take a drink whenever he lies.

[knight_of_the_star]

26. You will be gone SOO fast if you do that

How much beer will you have with you? If you do it that way, you'll be passed out onto the floor by the fifth sentence.

[fujiyama]

52. If you're going

to take a drink whenever he lies during the SOTU, you'll kill yourself!

[hippiegranny]

11. i can't

the mere sound of his voice makes me nauseous, seeing his arrogant smirking monkey mug makes me want to projectile hurl. just can't do it, i'll have to read about it here the next day. thanks in advance to all of you with a stronger stomach than mine.

[kath]

19. "seeing his arrogant smirking monkey mug makes me want to projectile hurl"

Same here, granny! Can't watch him, can't listen to him. Have to change the channel, otherwise I would start throwing things at the TV or drive off the road if he's on the radio.

I do appreciate the amazing fortitude of others who listen to him, then report back here.

[AlinPA]

12. No. I can't stand him. Now, even when there is a clip on TV,

I hit mute or change channels. My wife watches, she has a higher tolerance level than I do.

[Robbien]

13. I'll be watching CNN. Move-On's ad is supposed to be running

during the SoTH.

[lovedems]

14. Absolutely not! bu$h love fest is not the type of "reality" tv I can

handle. :puke:

[Catshrink]

15. I'm actually going to a city council meeting.

Our freeper poor-folk hating mayor wants to remove a lot of low income housing. They claim they will replace it -- but that isn't in the plan they've proposed. He and his cronies want to run the low income folks out of town in favor of development.

You may have seen our fine mayor on a 60 Minutes spot a few months ago. Mesa AZ -- the mayor and his buds were declaring imminent domain and attempting to seize the property of Bailey's Brake Shop, a family business that has been in the same location for 30 years.

They want to revitalize downtown (get real, folks, there's nothing in downtown Mesa) and condemed the older businesses. They want to allow a hardware store to build on that site. Bailey refused to sell his land, filed a lawsuit, etc. The city wants to seize his land and sell it to a "prettier" business.

Here's the catch: the mayor now says he doesn't think the city should take Bailey's shop -- but he has voted for this very thing at every turn.

Lying liar.

[LTR]

17. Why watch?

When you can make your own:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=1033073

[Gman]

18. I'll watch and I'll be playing the SOTU game!

[Catshrink]

21. What's that? Count the lies?

[yella_dawg]

20. Once Upon a Time

there was a president everyone called the "Great Communicator". I couldn't stand listening to him, but all around me everyone was talking about what a "Great Communicator" the president was. So come SOTU time, I decided I would sit down, focus, and really try to see what was what. I felt that I simply must have been missing something, and I needed to learn to "get with it" so to speak.

The senile old fool talked for a good five minutes and NEVER SAID A DAMNED THING. I left the house in a rage and walked for two hours before I was fit to be around humans again. It was the most infuriating thing I ever saw on TV. The so-called speech was a string of empty phrases that literally didn't mean diddly.

I'd much rather listen to Ray Gun than Bunnypants. Political awareness does not require masochism.

[spindoctor]

22. Its the political equivalent of the Superbowl.

You may not like the teams, but you still watch.
Last year's 18 little words did cost the President some popularity points. If he can slip in 9 more this year, he is toast.
I will be watching and I will pay attention. Just in case something falls through the cracks.

[hlthe2b]

23. I'll read the play-by-play on DU , the news summary, the transcript

the next day along with the newspaper summaries.

But listen to W? I don't think I CAN.

[Selwynn]

24. I can't stand it ... so I'll read about it after the fact.

[Zero Gravitas]

25. Probably not

He may not be the real President, but he's the closest thing we have. But on the other hand I cannot stand sight nor sound of that little weasel. When his voice comes on the radio, I turn it down until he's through attempting to string a complete sentance together. I'm afraid I might throw a remote through the TV if I tried to watch the SOTU speech.

Besides I already know the State of the Union: bad & getting worse and there is no chance of improvement until * is kicked out of the White house.

[DemNoir]

27. Since I don't drink before a work day

I will not be able to watch it.

[knight_of_the_star]

28. I will

I have no problem with him giving me my ammunition for later arguments and debates by pointing out what he said in the SOTU and what he does later on. His little thing about several dozen tons of WMDs has helped me enormously.

[citizen snips]

29. Nope.

I consider the whole thing a waste of time.

[buff2]

30. Nope.....not me...

I plan to watch a good horror movie. It's less scarier. I couldn't watch that lying pile of cow manure no matter what the occasion. He's so arrogant,so ignorant,and too annoying. I never watch or listen to him......I can't stand him. Thank God for the remote. At least I have the choice to turn his lying monkey face off.....and I DO!

[creativelcro]

31. no need to have elevated blood pressure for the rest of the week.

[CityZen-X]

32. Cartoons Are More Credible

First of all I can't stand even looking at this Resident Evil, let alone listening to his Bu$h*t! I find that cartoons are more credible and relevant.

[Silverhair]

33. Definately will watch it.

I want to see it direct, not through somebody else's filters.

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

34. i'm like people who like nascar

i'm watching to see if he crashes into the wall.

[Maeve]

35. I will willingly listen to Bush speak

Only when he resigns.

[kalian]

36. I'll read the transcript....

saves me from throwing up or throwing my TV out the window...

[ignatius]

37. iI'll watch so that I will know what kind of bs I will have to argue

against in the office the next day. I also want to hear what kind of lies and propoganda he will try to get past the American people.

[laruemtt]

38. i voted yes

but i'll watch only for as long as the dramamine holds out....

[Stefkaskid]

39. AARP and the State of the Union Address

Is everyone out there aware that AARP is sending 5 members from EACH state to DC tomorrow for the State of the Union Address? They will not be in the gallery, for obvious reasons, but at the DC Marriott watching on a special closed circuit feed from the Capitol. I thought AARP was supposed to be non-partisan? Now then, does anyone not belive that AARP is in the back pockets of the Republican Party? This is true because I have friends who were chosen to go from my state and they are pro-Bushers!

[DS1]

41. Usual Monday Night fare for me

Monster Garage then American Chopper

Unless I'm in front of the computer, that is.

[EV1Ltimm]

42. i'll be waiting for the chopped & cropped versions...

to emerge a couple of days afterwards. those are always much more fun...

http://www.ebaumsworld.com/presaddress2.shtml

(it's kinda 15 megs)

[TyroneStryker]

43. I'm so new that I can't vote...but...

I'll see what is on the History Channel. If it doesn't look good, I'll check out the speech.

[newyawker99]

48. Hi TyroneStryker!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[TyroneStryker]

67. Glad to be here!

[Jacobin]

44. Fresh out of Barf Bags

I'll skim the posts here for "content".

Hell, we all know what Its gonna say:

"War on Terra going great"
"Iraq free and a madman in jail"
"Goin' ta Mars 'n the moon"
"Economy getting better"
"savin's accounts fer the poor people"
"de-regulate social security and you'll all get rich"

Won't mention the Messopatamia, Gargarntuan deficit as far as the eye can see, unemployment disaster, the fact that the entire world is poised to act against our interests in any way that they can, white collar criminals walking the streets, war profiteering, etc.

[laruemtt]

46. Mesopotamia =

messodickcheneya :P

[DEM FAN]

45. NOPE. I Want To Keep My Brain Cells.

Welcome:The President Of The United States.-LIE
Our State Of The Union Is Strong.-LIE
My Tax Cuts Have Helped The Economy.-LIE
It Was Right For Us To To To Iraq. LIE LIE LIE LIE LIE LIE
etc etc etc. :-(

[nickgutierrez]

47. Yes.

With voice recorder and pencil/paper in hand.

I will do some writing after this one, and I want to know exactly what these bastards are up to.

[ramapo]

49. NO

That's way more than I could endure. I flip the station/channel whenever the pResident comes on.

[SemperEadem]

50. I can't... I'll start cussing at the TV

my family will think I've lost it again...

I can't look at Bush without screaming LIAR!!!!!! (well, I say effin' liar, to be truthful ;) )

[ellie]

51. Nope! I'm all out of Xanax

[Ramsey]

53. No way!

The man makes me physically ill. I have to change the radio station if they happen to play a clip of him on NPR.

[Skittles]

54. can't watch it

that unelected, moronic piece of shit makes me sick

[mlawson]

55. No, I will wait until the 2005 SOTU, when

President Edwards gives it. :-)

[liberalhistorian]

56. I'd rather walk barefoot

on hot glass shards, jump onto a bed of nails, clean out Grand Central Station's restrooms with my tongue, and eat live 40-inch worms than listen to one minute of the First Idiot Boy King Impostor's bullshit speech full of lies, spin, and deception, and useless meaningless platitudes.

[ComerPerro]

57. Drinking game - I am going to get trashed

I am going to take a drink every time he says the word "evil".

[liberalhistorian]

59. Don't forget the words

"terra", and "sacrifice!"

[0007]

58. I've seen him once and nothing ever changes

I plan on watching "State of Siege" if I can find it!

[Habibi]

60. That reminds me

I've been wanting to watch Carpenter's "They Live" for awhile now. Maybe tomorrow night would be a good time. Otherwise I'd have to lay in a goodly amount of corn likker to get through the drinking game, and I just can't afford that kind of hangover.

[dusty64]

61. I haven't watched since the

coup. I only watch elected President's address and even used to suffer through reagan's, not this guy.

[MrBenchley]

62. Not even on a bet...

As we used to say in Brooklyn, fuck that shit.

[youngred]

63. I have to

Penalty/Prize of taking 4 pol sci classes this semester

[DebJ]

64. it's always best to know what the Dark Side is projecting to do to us

[Piperay]

65. NO way!!!

I won't listen to his speech anymore than the repukes listened to President Clinton's.

[Individualist]

66. Not me

I'll be here at DU for the play by play. Not only can I not tolerate seeing/hearing that POS, if dem congressmen applaud anything the little dictator says, I wouldn't be able to restrain myself from throwing something through the TV.

[SodoffBush]

68. When is it?

It would be interesting to see what he has to say about all the "progress" made in Iraq, what with over 500 of our soldiers dead, untold thousands of Iraqis dead and forgotten.

[Terwilliger]

69. I voted NO but I will be watching...watching the Dems

they clap for anything untoward and I'm going postal