Explain to me why you would watch this speech.

[flashlighter]

Are you a masochist? Do you enjoy yelling at the teevee?

The full text, minus the slurring and mispronunciations, will be available in about an hour after he's done. It's not like the SOTU, he's gonna be talking in front of a library full of books he's never read. Why in the WORLD would you watch it live???

C'mon people. Read a book, watch the test pattern, talk to me :).

Don't torture yourself.

[Bluzmann57]

1. Gonna turn on the radio

and listen to the Iowa-Illinois game since the TV is interrupting it.

[NMDemDist2]

2. i hear ya

i am leaving it on since KO is on now, but I doubt i'll make it 2 minutes before I find a re-run of Andy Griffith or Mash or ANYTHING else lol

[az chela]

3. I am going to spend the time emailing pelosi and reid

and the rest of the dems to tell them they need to stop funding the war.We voted them in office to stop this war!!!!!!

[flashlighter]

13. ah...I voted for them

because I thought they were less likely to take envelopes full of cash to vote in a certain way, and because they weren't terrifying relgious types.

I don't think any of them have the b*lls to actually stop the war. That might make them less likely to get elected. (eyes rolling)

[BuyingThyme]

4. Welcome to DU, Flashlighter!

I'm not going to watch, but I would if it was convenient.

The reason I would watch is so I could come here and trash on him.

[flashlighter]

21. thank you.

[Subdivisions]

5. Morbid curiosity...or masochistic tendencies. Take yer pick :)

[SammyWinstonJack]

6. I wouldn't soil myself by watching the Liar in chief.

[Ninga]

7. I am a masochist. I will watch with one eye shut and my hands ready to silence my ears.

Someone has to do it, it might as well be me.

[cui bono]

8. Explain to me why we need another thread on this.

:p

Welcome to DU. :hi:

[HCE SuiGeneris]

27. I want to see him

spontaneously combust!!!!! :evilfrown:

[Kelly Rupert]

9. History. n/t

[Fovea]

10. because I love history

and this speech (slurring and all) will be historical.
It might just be a little historical, like a comma.
Or it might be where Bush shows us the brick wall at the back of the theater, to use F.X. Zappa's famous quote.

I really fear that tonight, Bush crosses the rubicon.

[Staph]

33. I'm with you, realpolitik.

This is history in the making. A turning point (I hope) in the downfall of the President. Even Chris Matthews says that this is Bush's next-to-last chance.

I think that, in some small way, I owe it to the future to pay attention to this small, foolish man.

[Fovea]

36. He was so robotic

His affect was flatter than Abilene KS.
I think there was some botox action in the lip area.

His eyes seemed fearful and his forehead was very tense.


If he walked into my old ER he'd get a psych consult and a drug screen.

[Va Lefty]

11. No reason, more of the same lies

War on Terra
9/11
Islamofasicts
evildoers
etc etc etc

[tridim]

12. It's history, and you're going to miss it!

I certainly understand why some don't want to watch, but I look at it as "being there" during a historical (hysterical?) speech. I probably would have listened to all of Hitler's speeches too, had I been trapped in Nazi Germany during his reign.

[LSK]

14. because I like to experience things first hand

I dont like to be told what happened, I want to see it.

Its called being intellectually honest and doing your homework.

[TomInTib]

15. I'm watching because I have a plan...

And it involves over-indulgence and a new teevee.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=3086725&mesg_id=3086760

[Connie_Corleone]

Hoping to catch the Chimp have a breakdown LIVE on TV.

[Arkansas Granny]

23. I keep expecting that to happen, but if it happens it will probably

be at a press conference, not when he's speaking without a live audience or having questions hurled at him.

[Monkeyman]

16. Have to Veterans and Military Families will attack right after with LTTE

News Conf. in the Morning

[katsy]

17. This is supposed to be our president...

our white house... our government... our reputation.

This poser has taken it all and turned it into shit.

You bet I want to know every word he utters, every lie he tells and I want to watch his eyes as he's delivering his sermon.

I like feeling my anger and turning it into something useful... like when I go to work tomorrow and talk to people. I'll be well armed against the bullshit I'll have to hear from others.

[flashlighter]

20. Ok, but, NOTHING he could say, would

make me trust him, even a little. The talking heads will discuss this speech to DEATH, until the next blonde girl goes missing, so why...risk hypertension??


There's a Law and Order rerun on. ( I assume- there always is)

[katsy]

22. Trust has nothing to do with it.

I listen for inconsistencies and lies.

[jgraz]

18. I can't bear watching it firsthand

I can only take B*sh if it's immediately followed by commentary by Jon Stewart or Mike Malloy. I especially like it when Malloy makes drooling, mentally deficient noises while B*sh attempts to form a sentence.

Welcome to DU :hi:

[nada republic-cons]

19. I have not watched him in a long time, so I

want to see how his coke jaw/brain damage is being handled
for tonight.

Will he being slurring words? Rapid speech?
Smirking? Smiling/laughing inappropriately?

[The_Casual_Observer]

24. Mostly interested in the b-4 & after commentary.

[tinfoilinfor2005]

25. Welome to DU, Flashlighter!

I like your description of junior talking in front of a library full of books he's never read. And remember, wrapped in twenty flags as well. :)

:hi:

[morgan2]

26. the entire point of the speech

is just political maneuvering. The troop level has gone up and down between 120k and 140k a few times. The only reason for this speech and making a big deal out of increasing the level back to 140k, is to goad the democrats into taking a strong stance and possibly cut off war funding. If they did that he can blame the loss on them, and further the image that Democratic party is antiwar.

[madrchsod]

28. ya all mean somebody` a speech´i`fy`ing tonight?

[uppityperson]

29. To hear directly, for myself.

direct from the mouth of the ass.

[ashling]

30. So I won't be left out at the watercooler

when all my coworkers are telling jokes about the idiot in chief's stupidity.

Seriously though, everytime I skip one of these because I can't stomach it, he makes some really idiotic gaffe that everybody is talking about and I'm left saying "what did he do this time?"

[liam_laddie]

31. Pray the teleprompters break down

or speeding up would be a good'un, too.

[spanone]

32. Civic Duty.

:hi:

[Manifestor_of_Light]

34. I can't even play the drinking games!!!

I can't play the drinking games, got a fatty liver (not from drinking or illegal drugs).

So I just yell at the tube!!! :cry:

And all the cute/smart commentators (Like Mr. Olbermann) are on cable which I ain't got!!! :cry:

[pinniped]

35. I got better things to do.

I'm about to go to Target and buy some "Made in China" plastic hangers.

Who the hell wants to hear terror, terraterror, terraterror, terraterror, terraterror, terraterror, terraterror, terraterror, terraterror, terraterror, terraterror, terraterror, terraterror, terraterror, terraterror, terra over and over again?

[AZBlue]

37. Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

It's hard, but I try to watch him because you can't beat someone if you don't know what they are doing/saying/lying about.

[HughBeaumont]

38. I just watched "Cheaper by the Dozen 2".

Much more intelligent writing.