Are you going to boycott the Superbowl?

[reprehensor]

Poll question: Are you going to boycott the Superbowl?

...because they won't air the MoveOn ad?

[justinpower]

1. Go Pats n/t

[Don Claybrook]

2. You missed a category

: I wouldn't have watched it anyway, since I don't care about sports.

[stopbush]

22. Ditto n/t

[GOPisEvil]

3. No, we're having a DU gathering to watch the game.

Yeah, CBS sucks ass, but we have planned this party for a long time, and a lot of the food is all ready to go.

So, no boycott from our group.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=622378

[bearfan454]

49. And don't forget,

We are going to kick the shit out of the Commander in Thief that day too. Not sorry GWB, but you are a bought and paid for piece of shit. Do you want me to tell you how I really feel ?

[matcom]

4. Robb is a dingbat

:P

[supernova]

5. On in the background

The Panthers are the only reason I'm remotely interested in the game itself. Otherwise, I'd be watching a movie.

Principally, I'll be watching for a commercial for JD's new movie, Secret Window . ;-)

edit: code :P

[Khephra]

6. I don't even know when the Superbowl is

OR what two teams are in it. I haven't for years. I only care if the local team (Colts)gets in.

[tsakshaug]

7. any other year

But this year the pats (pulling for them for most of my life) and the panthers (pulling for them all of their life)
gotta watch

[LynneSin]

8. I'm boycotting it but only cause the TEAMS SUCK

no eagles

:cry:

[Superfly]

9. Last game of the season

and then 8 months of "sports" like basketball and hockey. I'd rather pull out my fingernails than watch basketball.

So, yes, I am watching this game and nobody can stop me! Muhahahaha

[reprehensor]

10. No half-time fans?

C'mon, own up!

[Superfly]

13. I've already seen the Pepsi add once

and I'm sick of it. Britney Spears makes me ill.

[Misinformed01]

11. Nope. I'm from NC

Go Panthers!

[TXlib]

12. Other: Don't give a flying leap about football.

[salinen]

17. CBS

Conservative Butt Suckers

[Loonman]

14. Great matchup, last game before stupid baseball starts in spring

Then we pretend that the Red Sox will actually do something, just like every year.

[peachy]

15. Boycott television

I've been boycotting the whole medium of television for about 4 years now. I'm now better informed than most of my community and my kid seems to be just fine growing up without it. By the way a group called adbusters (www.adbusters.org) has been trying to get anti-corporate ads on the air for several years now. This problem is much bigger than just CBS and the super bowl. Remember - they are OUR airwaves.

[Webster Green]

16. I'm boycotting because they won't air the ad.....

But its an easy choice cuz the Niners aren't in it anyway.

[damnraddem]

27. Damn straight!

Nor the Raiders either.

That does make the decision to boycott it that much easier.

[bif]

18. Is that some basketball tournament?

n/t

[ewagner]

19. two reasons

first, I really don't have a favorite team in this one....don't really care who wins..........would have watched just because I enjoy the game, but,

Second, what CBS has done with MoveOn.org. has me really steamed.

[reprehensor]

20. What a pack of Lefties!

Nobody's watching the 'Lingerie Bowl'? Liars!

I'm with the boycotters!

[damnraddem]

30. How can you tell who's right-handed and who's left-handed?

Is it how they type in their posts? If you can tell, how dextrous of you, but it is still sinister.

[Anaxamander]

21. Sorry, but I can't. I'm too much a football freak (nt)

[elfwitch]

23. How about Other...

I wouldn't waste my time watching the Super Bowl if there was only one channel it was the only thing playing and my eyeballs were held open with toothpicks?

I hate footbal.

[NightTrain]

24. Never watched a football game in my life, never will.

:boring:

[PVnRT]

25. Gee, this isn't skewed or anything

Basically, we can either appear to be reasonable, or we can be brainless automatons. No thanks.

Yes, I'll be watching because I enjoy football. Too bad that's not a category on your little poll.

[damnraddem]

26. Boycott! Boycott! Don't watch the half-time.

The issue is viewership for the commercials, CBS' life blood. Boycott!

What type of commie poll is this? Why, my kind, of course!

[reprehensor]

29. SOMEBODY gets it...

Geez.

[populistmom]

28. My husband is

I presonally could care less about football, but he's really into it and is boycotting it and wrote CBS that he's boycotting it.

[reprehensor]

32. That's the spirit!

Give 'em what for!

[scottcsmith]

31. No football for me

Never watched a super bowl. Never watched a game. I think I can only name a couple of teams. In fact, the most exposure I've had to football is the 1980s video for "Super Bowl Shuffle" by whatever team that was. I don't know if they were good football players, but they were just awful rapping and singing and dancing.

[GreenPartyVoter]

33. This Maine-iac is supporting her Pats

but I'll be booing and hissing at all the boob, butt, and beer ads that are on in place of MoveOn's.

[myrna minx]

34. I will not be watching the Halliburton loving

CBS channel. :hi:

[demodewd]

35. No audio

I'll watch it for a while (if it's competitive)without the audio.

[Fleshdancer]

36. but but but....

The Austin DUers are having a Superbowl party. Maybe we'll just sit around, argue about politics and get drunk instead. :shrug:

[reprehensor]

41. Got you thinkin' though, didn't it.

It's up to you. For me, it would be extremely difficult to give up drinking Maker's Mark Whiskey if I knew they were major Repulican party donors.

I think CBS has made a tragic error by snubbing MoveOn. The hypocrisy is undeniable.

[Fleshdancer]

53. With a dozen DUers all together....

it makes me wonder how much actual SuperBowl watching will really take place. I'm in it for the company, the food, and the drinks...strong emphasis on "party" and less so on "superbowl".

[bearfan454]

50. Sounds good to me.

We can get stuffed to the gills too.

[CO Liberal]

37. I Wasn't Planning on Watching It Anyway

No matter WHO was advertising. My TV will be one of the only ones in Colorado tuned to something else. ANYTHING else.

[Love Bug]

38. Oh, is the Super Bown on this weekend?

:shrug:

[Bertha Venation]

39. No.

I'll watch pieces of the Super Bowl because I enjoy football. I'm not going to NOT watch a game because of the network's choice of advertisers.

[Mobius]

40. i would have had a real tough time if the packers had went

:puke: FOX coverage of NFL football.

[reprehensor]

42. Alright DU!!

You guys rock!

MoveOn asked its members and others to do one of those insta-fax deals, sending a fax telling CBS that you are against their decision.

In response, over a quarter million faxes were sent. Senators Wyden and Durbin have gotten directly involved. Over 20 members of the House of Reps sent letters.

For those of you who are interested, if you go to the MoveOn main page, there are links right there that will allow you to join the fax party.

I'm definitely boycotting, even though my boss is going to invite me over on Sunday, I'll have to decline.

For those of you who think it's just a drop in the bucket...well, enough drops will fill up that bucket. In my opinion, CBS is playing favorites on the Grand Scale. I think they need to pay attention to the swing in public opinion that is occuring...status quo ain't gonna cut it in 2004.

And if Maker's Mark turns out to be a Major Republican donor this year, I'm going to have to give up my ABSOLUTE FAVORITE whiskey...sacrifices must be made. (I actually don't know where they stand, but I'm going to try and find out.)

Hit 'em in the wallet.

[SiobhanClancy]

43. Not with the Patriots in it...

just can't do it.

[sasquatch]

44. I love football so I will watch

Other than that fuck CBS and the whore it came out of. I say we revoke it and Faux News broadcast licenses.

[reprehensor]

45. I think the Poll is still open...

Anybody else?

[Melsky]

46. I'm not really boycotting it

because I would never watch it in the first place!

In fact, I thought it was last weekend.

[ScreamingMeemie]

47. Boycotting because my beloveds aren't in it.

:(

[reprehensor]

48. Wisconsin rocks.

It's true I tell you! Land of great local brews and cheese. And Packers.

[Az]

51. Clicked damned straight but

I have never watched the Stupor Bowl so its not really a boycott. Closest I have come to watching a Bowl is checking out the commercials but with the internet I don't run the risk of having to see or hear anything footballish.

[proud patriot]

52. Yes, But I never watch it anyway

:shrug:

[Lindsey]

54. Yes...

and I hope that their ratings totally suck. I must admit though that there are other reasons: #1 the niners aren't in, #2 none of the other teams I root for are in it, and #3 my partner and I broke up and I haven't been able to watch football hardly at all this year because we used to have such a good time watching it and I couldn't take the memories. I'm going on a movie binge with a friend down in Long Beach for the day to take my mind off of things. To tell you the truth, I don't care who wins and I'm not proud to be an American anymore and football is such an American sport....

[Exultant Democracy]

55. WTF and miss the beer and free food, never

it isn't about CBS it's about the game. I do promise not to buy anything I see advertised (unless they use sex to sell, because I am helpless against that.)

[Edge]

56. Hell no...I'm watchin' the SB.

I never miss it.