Who thinks the Democrats should walk out on the SOTU?

[MikeG]

[katinmn]

1. raising my hand

:hi:

[d_b]

2. dont even show up.

[southpaw]

4. That's the ticket!

[BlueEyedSon]

21. Jay Adams?

[southpaw]

27. According to Wes Humpston...

It's Tony Alva

[Pepperbelly]

3. not me ...

I think it would be childish.

[MikeG]

6. What would you call purple fingers?

[Pepperbelly]

11. same thing. nt

[MikeG]

14. I think it would send exactly the right message.

[Pepperbelly]

17. we disagree. nt

[ThorsHammer]

25. IMO, both purple fingers and walking out are childish

[katinmn]

9. shutting up and being polite is really working well

[Pepperbelly]

13. and this fixes it somehow? nt

[katinmn]

19. well, something has to disrupt the status quo

[Pepperbelly]

26. and this is it?

Walking out of the SOTU address?

:eyes:

[katinmn]

30. I would. I take the scandals and the lies seriously and to heart.

He's the worst president we've ever had.

What is wrong with showing dissent? What's to lose?

[Pepperbelly]

31. What not face the son of a bitch and boo him?

Glare at him when he lies.

Boo him when he lies.

Look amazed when he lies.

Mug for the camera.

[meppie-meppie not]

33. I'd like to see them attend initially, boo periodically and then when the

bull gets too much to tolerate, at that moment have the democrats getup and leave. Ah to dream.

[11 Bravo]

10. Agreed.

[SeanQuinn]

5. Not I.

One reason. As Rick James would say, "UNITY!" Though we're not going to give this President what he wants by any stretch of the imagination, we shouldn't make such a loud statement like that. Of course, we'd all be applauding but what would Joe Schmoe who voted for Clinton twice but went Bush this time think of when he stepped into the ballot box in 2008.

[katinmn]

32. I really don't care what Joe Schmoe thinks in 2008. LOL!

I care about 2005 and spending $1B a week in Iraq, and a bunch of other stuff affecting us now, today.

[louis-t]

41. "we're not going to give this President what he wants"

He doesn't care what we want, repubs control the universe right now.
He'll take what he wants, and repubs will give it to him. Any dissent will be labeled "sour grapes, partisan, unpatriotic". I say do it, walk out, boo, whatever it takes, followed by edumacating the losers who believe shrub is 'brilliant'. Hammer it home, every hour, every day-"* is a liar, he is a criminal, he is a warmonger, he is a torturer. He has the blood of 100,000 on his hands, he bribes journalists to spread propaganda, he wants to control all media Soviet-style.

[ScreamingMeemie]

49. Unity is killing our boys and girls in Iraq, not to mention untold

thousands of innocent Iraqi men, women and children. Unity=rolling over for the proverbial...I can't and won't go along with that anymore.

[burythehatchet]

7. WRONG...show up with chains and start a rumble

I want to see Harry Reid sacheting across the senate floor singing "when you're a Dem you're a dem all the way..."

[katinmn]

8. LOL!

[MikeG]

12. That is SO before my time.

[burythehatchet]

15. no need to rub it in brutha

I may not cheer for the Steelers in the Super Bowl:)

[MikeG]

20. Oh no. Not that.

[Az_lefty]

34. nice, haven't thought of that scene in a long time. n/t

When you're a Jet,
You're a Jet all the way
From your first cigarette
To your last dyin' day.

[iwantmycountryback]

40. LMAO

I'd pay to see that!

[Blue_In_AK]

43. That is such a beautiful image.

From your first cigarette to your last dying day.

[donheld]

16. Hand goes up

This was too pretty to not post.

[Vinca]

18. I suppose it's poor form to boo, isn't it?

[Pepperbelly]

28. I would be fine with it if they booed the son of a bitch.

At least that would be a real-time signal to the crazed popinjay that he has opposition.

[Sanity Claws]

22. NO

If he says something that impugns the dems, they should walk out at that point. Otherwise, they should sit there and take notes on how to attack the fucker with his own statements later.

[louis-t]

42. good idea

although, with all of the chimp mis-speaks, conflicting statements, memory lapses, and outright lies, it still hasn't hurt the SOB much.
Still....

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

23. No, no, no! It might upset the "moderates" who voted for Bush.

Not to mention their apologists here.

[DFLforever]

24. No. Just stay seated and on their hands.

That in itself will say enough.

[katinmn]

29. no golf clapping even?

[satya]

35. My fantasy? The Dems all turn their backs on him. eom

[G_j]

36. they should hold up photos of dead Iraqi children

flag draped coffins, amputee soldiers, torture etc.

Getting arrested my a good tactic too, since they seem to be so astute when it comes "strategy".

[gizmo1979]

37. Has this ever been done?

[FrenchieCat]

38. Why dream?

[CoffeeCat]

39. I think it would be lovely...

...for the SOTU address, if a crafty Dem could rig up some sound equipment and pipe in a laugh track that was remote controlled.

I'm talking--a real laugh track--like one from a 1970's sit com--like "Love American Style" or "The Partridge Family".

[katinmn]

44. LOL! That would be fun. I might watch that. n/t

[Disturbed]

47. The majority of Dems will be there..

and stand up and clap. Since 2000 there is no longer a Loyal Opposition.

[Lars39]

45. I wouldn't ever recommend that the dems walk out.

Remember the Doomsday plan?:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=1137194

"Any lawmaker unable to make it to the chamber would effectively not be counted as a congressman."

All it would take is a timely made-to-order "disaster" and the Dems wouldn't even be in the picture anymore.

:tinfoilhat:

[flordehinojos]

46. i do. but gwb would just ignore it. just like he ignores the protesters

out on the streets in MURRIKA and around the world. He wouldn't even be face by it. He might make a joke out of it like he did when kerry said he owned some stocks in a lumber company and the cretin asked the moderator in that debate if he needed some wood.

what could the democrats really do that would make him lose his kool?

Could they interrupt his speech? that seems to startle him? Could they ask him point blank, WHY ARE YOU ANNHILATING EVERYTHING THAT MURRIKA STANDS FOR? THAT might get him to blink his eyes wildly.

If only the democrats could do something, anything, to get him to lose his kool, publicly, on television, in a way that the vast majority of the public would awaken to the realization that the man addressing them under the title of pRESIDENT is really an insane son of barbara.

i would really like that.

[CoffeeCat]

48. I will be watching, but holding a barf bag...

...I suspect that tonight we will see "the smirk" being played up more than ever.

Oh.God.help.me.get.through.this.

We all know the * smirk...
He turns slightly to one side, leading with his shoulder, and squints while doing a constipated John Wayne imitation.

It's just so fake. So awful. So pitiful.

And I'm sure, we'll see it many times tonight.

Does the man realize what a fargin buffoon he is?

[katinmn]

51. ROTFLMAO! The perfect description

constipated John Wayne imitation. Mwaaahhhhhhaaaa.
Thank you for bringing levity to my day. I needed that.
:)
Wait, have some bleeping hearts, too.
:loveya:

[Acryliccalico]

50. Every one

of those Dems should dye there middle fingers purple and then during the SOTU stick their fingers up and then walk out. Then tell them we are starting our own country and taking our WMDs with us. I know it's wishful thinking on my part but it made me feel better to type it.:grr:

[Coexist]

52. No, I really enjoy watching Teddy Kennedy roll his eyes

and snicker when the Red Gang gets all worked up into a worshipful frenzy.

I have to admit, he is the only Dem who didn't try to make nice the past four years during these speeches. I will always love him for that.

[bklyncowgirl]

53. I'd love to see it. Ain't gonna happen. nt

[Freddie Stubbs]

54. Acting like children won't help anyone

[mtnester]

55. What I REALLY hope is that those clever ladies from Code Pink

manage to get in somehow. Such fun to be had!

[katinmn]

56. Code Pink streakers with pink boas

That would be fun.