Seriously, can I have a show of hands of who is skipping the Bush thingie

[LynneSin]

Personally I find no purpose to watch the speech tonight other that feasibly playing one of the many SOTU drinking games but I have to work on Thursday and I don't think I'm up for a round of alcohol poisoning.

Who else is skipping it tonight

[latebloomer]

There's not enough booze on this planet

for me to be able to stomach that lying, smirking, evil little twit.

So-- No!

:hi:

[jane_pippin]

8. Lol. I just used those very words to describe the experience.

"Not enough booze in the world to deaden the pain" is I think how I put it.

However, if I wasn't going to work I'd be watching it because, apparently, I need a searing, burning, writhing, aching pain in the ass once a year to keep me alive. Or something.

[latebloomer]

14. Hey, he's a searing,burning, writhing, aching

pain in the ass every day of the year!

It's a good thing you limit it to one day!

[jane_pippin]

22. That he is. Excellent perspective.

:rofl:

[Reciprocity]

50. I second that emotion. n/t

[SeattleGirl]

1. If I watched, I'd have to replace the teevee

Because watching that SOB makes me want to lob things at the screen! :grr:

[LSK]

2. wheres the "party in GD" option?

:shrug:

[Cobalt Violet]

3. If I want to see a chimp I'll go to the zoo.

::):

[hfojvt]

4. I have never been able

to stand one of his speeches. And with a SOTU you know that the Republicans in Congress are going to be doing standing ovations every time he farts.

[JitterbugPerfume]

5. he makes me

physically ill

and i am to old and to broke to risk an illness

[froshty1960]

59. I hear you

I'm one of those uninsured Americans... I can't afford to get sick.

[Oeditpus Rex]

6. There'll be transcripts on the internets

And a wee bit of commentary on DU.

So what's the point in jacking up my BP and scaring the neighbors? :shrug:

[Beer Snob-50]

7. everytime he lies tonight

i will have a shot of jd. everytime he mentions the war on terror i will do 2 shots of jd.

[latebloomer]

10. Better have a stomach pump handy!

:evilgrin:

[Beer Snob-50]

11. I figure to be so drunk after about 15 minutes

I will just pass out.

[LynneSin]

19. Should I start the Pirate_looks_at_50 Memorial thread now?

Since you'll probably be dead of some serious-ass alcohol poisoning

It was nice knowing you btw, you were a good person who respected my someone bizarre obsession with all things Led Zeppelin & Robert Plant. It's a shame we never met in person but I will speak well of you in your memorial thread!

[Beer Snob-50]

24. I appreciate the kind words!

just to let you know, that when i die, my being will be whooshed to washington into the body of gwb and he will turn into a liberal who will immediatly bring back all the troops from iraq, turn himself in for all the wrong he did and rat on the rest of the neocon asshats. oh and he will immediatly make december 26th a national holiday as it is the day after jimmy buffets birthday (dec 25th is someone else a little more important)and he is a national treasure.

btw, i will have to make a trip to your area at some point just to go to the doghead fish (i think that is the name) brewery.

[LynneSin]

30. I will support this new and improved bush only if he makes

Sept 25th as a national day of mourning since that was the day the music was silenced when John Bonham died

:cry:

I love Dogfish - I had the hand draught IPA last night at the Drinking Liberally event I went to last night. It was yummy!!

[Reciprocity]

51. You'll be passed out cold within the first ten minutes.

[SOteric]

9. I have no morbid fascination for watching him lie and manipulate.

Any salient details will be rehashed in the MSM and on DU for days afterward, so I'm not worried I'll miss anything.

[anarch]

12. I'll only watch if for some reason I need to induce vomiting

I can't stand to see or hear that goddamn fascist monkey ass nazi fucker.

[In_The_Wind]

13. I'm skipping it.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

15. I can't watch him for more than about 5 mintues

I studied Rhetoric in college so watching anyone (particularly the President) mangle the English language the way he does becomes incredibly excruciating after about 5 mintues.

And besides, Illinois is playing at Wisconsin tonight -- that sort of trumps anything else that might be going on!

[xmas74]

16. A friend is coming over tonight.

We'll watch it while playing Mystery Science Theater. It's the only way I can enjoy myself during the speech.

[DrDan]

17. I would watch it if it weren't for those phony standing ovations

[sundog]

18. i have some important music to listen to

[LynneSin]

20. Gawd, listening to Brittney Spears would be important over listening

to Bush

I'm just saying!

[sundog]

23. there comes a time

when i really have to just tune out

it will only frustrate me more... so why put myself through that?

everytime i see his fucking face i feel my blood pressure go up

i'm putting *bush on IGNORE :D

[LynneSin]

28. Let's hope we don't go to Code Red

or the ignore feature will be disabled!

[FuzzySlippers]

21. I'd rather slowly bleed to death

from a brazillion paper cuts.:D

[0007]

25. Same old thing, same smirk, same hand gestures, same of the

old promise game, this time its selling health insurance to the rich the very rich.

Is Tom DeLay gonna be there?

If Jack Abramoff sits ringside I'll watch.

[Rambis]

26. I can't look at him in still photos why would I do it live?

George bush

[distantearlywarning]

27. It's going to be American Idol and then computer games for me tonight.

I can't stand to watch that idiot blithering and stammering and lying.

[Tulum_Moon]

31. I wont look, but I will listen.

As a responsible person, I like to think I am anyway, I want to keep an eye on him and be ready for the next disaster. :nuke:

[u4ic]

58. Welcome to DU!

:toast:

[Squeech]

29. Yuck!

I don't know what I'm going to do-- probably make significant noise with a new guitar amplifier I just bought. But watching a chimpanzee in a flight suit is definitely not part of the deal.

On edit: if anything interesting does happen, I'm sure the clip will be posted tomorrow.

[graywarrior]

32. And, I won't be watching Tweety, Hannity or the rest of the ghouls

I can get a better report here.

[Whoa_Nelly]

33. Am watching it for only one reason

Maybe something historical will happen :evilgrin:

[ContraBass Black]

34. I'm watching with a houseful of druken Democrats.

W is for WANKSTA

[LynneSin]

35. Druken Democrats? What are they relatives of bush

:pals:

[ContraBass Black]

36. The Young Democrats @ VT.

:D

[lakemonster11]

37. It's my birthday.

There's no way I'm ruining it by watching Little Boots talk.

[GOPisEvil]

38. I never, ever watch His Chimperial Majesty speak.

He makes me want to throw things through my TV, and I'd rather not actually do that.

[terrya]

39. Going to bed before he comes on

I get up at 3AM for work. Thus, I go to bed very early.

[Ariana Celeste]

40. I'm just going to listen to it

While I sit in the Lounge.

[redsoxliberal]

41. i suggested a SOTU drinking game to my mother...

she thinks we should just watch a hugh grant film instead.

[Polly Hennessey]

42. What me watch SOTU!

Do you want me to be physically sick ----- no, no, no ---- think I'll watch Fear Factor instead. A few cow testicles are better than the Idiot Son anytime.

[Initech]

43. I'm thinking of playing the SOTU drinking game.

[Blue_In_AK]

44. This isn't going to preempt Keith, is it?

Now, THAT would really make me mad. :mad:

[caty]

45. I'd rather watch paint dry!

[bigwillq]

46. I'm at work

and we start to get a lot of phone calls at that time. I doubt I will be able to watch. I would though if I could.

[cally]

47. Other, I'll have it on in the background when two friends come

over. We're focusing on electing a local Assembly candidate so none of us will watch much.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

48. It's on at the same as one of my favorite BBC America series

Bad Girls. Think of a kinder, gentler Oz set in a women's prison.

Guess which one I'll be watching.

[supernova]

49. My Tivo List

I'm gonna watch something off my Tivo list. Perhaps this week's installment of Bleak House

[Crazy Dave]

52. Hell No!

I'll hear the highlies....I mean highlights tomorrow with less applause on NPR.

[ikojo]

53. I have about 500 DVDs and high speed Internet

if I cannot find alternatives to the chimp in chief then there are problems.

There is also a demonstration I may attend...it's a code pink and world can't wait thing to protest the SOTU.

[riderinthestorm]

54. I rented Aristocrats so I'll laugh tonight

Instead of gnashing my teeth and yelling!

[Jamastiene]

55. I already know what he is going to say.

Here is the transcript ahead of time:
"Lies, blah, blah, blah, terruhists, Amurka, democrats are evil for disagreeing with me, blah, blah, blah, more lies, September 11th, blah, blah, blah, there is no such thing as global warming, more lies, blah, blah, blah, terruh, I'm always right, never wrong, more lies, blah, blah, blah, democrats are evil, more lies, blah, blah, blah, smirk, snicker, blah, blah, blah, freedom is for other countries, not for Americans, blah, blah, blah, little Jimmy needs to quit touching himself and/or other guys, else he'll cause more bad weather, blah, blah, blah, more lies, blah, blah, blah, God told me to say this, more lies, blah, blah, blah, remember God only loves republicans, blah, blah, blah, more lies, blah, blah, blah..."

<snip in accordance with copyright rules, but I am sure you know the rest>

I already know pretty much just what he will say. Why would I want to torture myself and watch him?

[hippiechick]

56. I have some very important doggie doo to clean up ...

... so regrettably :evilgrin: , I'll miss der Fuhrer's Ausgesprach.

[NNadir]

57. What Bush thingie?

;-)

[huskerlaw]

60. Well, um...minor change of plans

If I controlled my own destiny at the moment, the answer would be HELL NO. Alas, I am stuck at work, within earshot of a TV that's showing the SOTU. And I can't change the channel, turn it off, or turn it down.

Ugh.

[Dinger]

61. I'm Watching A Northern Exposure DVD

I'm on episode 1 right now. B urnt a * voodoo doll in the firplace.

[cmf]

62. I have high blood pressure, so it's a no go.

Doctor's orders! I'd only be able to watch with copious amounts of a alcohol (which is a no-no), and just the sight of Bush raises my blood pressure 20 points. So instead, I'm relaxing with a nice pasta dinner, a Belle and Sebastian CD and the DU Lounge.

[noshenanigans]

63. I tried.

It hadn't even occurred to me that the SOTU was on earlier on the west coast (duh, I know) until I noticed my Tivo wasn't getting the afternoon Simpsons and I tuned in just in time to hear "Brave men and women in the armed forces are fighting house-to-house" and I said I just can't do it.

I want to go back to the 2004 debates, where Bush got trounced and I could watch and enjoy it without a little piece of me dying inside.

[specimenfred1984]

64. Here

I've seen enough to know I've seen too much already!