What do you initially do when you see George W. Bush on TV?

[zulchzulu]

Poll question: What do you initially do when you see George W. Bush on TV?

[MrSlayer]

1. Dry-Heave.

And then I scramble for the remote.

[ThatsMyBarack]

33. Me, too!

:thumbsup:

[Ilsa]

2. Mostly #3 & 5, but I also sometimes fart because seeing him gives me gas.

My SO turns the channel.

[Duer 157099]

3. Other: divert my eyes and curse the person who put him on TV

I do the same when listening to my "safe station" AAR and they have the audacity to play clips of RUSH for gods sake -- I turn the radio off in disgust every time

[mudesi]

4. I flip the bird and yell FUCK OFF and/or Shut the fuck up (nm)

[niyad]

5. I cannot stand seeing or hearing that waste of resources. and, my accountant pointed out that

replacing televisions that have had heavy objects thrown at them gets to be a rather expensive proposition.

[Bicoastal]

6. Kicked and recommended!

These are actually quite well thought out. I figured everyone would automatically pick the most extreme reaction possible, but these are surprisingly grounded in real life.

I'm a "curser," myself.

[xxqqqzme]

7. hit 'mute', watch him make an ass out of himself

w/ his lame ass jestures and stupid expressions; then it isn't fun anymore so I hit 'guide' 'n look for something entertaining.

[Malikshah]

8. Throw up in my mouth a bit before I hit the mute. Last night was particularly

hard on Countdown as they had an extended clip of the miscreant blustering about.

Then tonight-- they had this Sanjaya kid from Idol singing for an extended time.... Keith-- why must you be so cruel??!?!?!?!!??

[iwillalwayswonderwhy]

9. I roll up my window

And turn on a Classic Rock station up really high if I happen to HEAR him coming from a radio in someone else's car.

[Cirque du So-What]

10. Even though I don't watch much TV, it's on during most waking hours

Usually it's the voice that I hear. It's soon followed by me bellowing, 'turn that S.O.B. off!' My family knows the drill well.

[kineneb]

11. rarely "see" Dimbulb, but when I hear him on the radio

I yell "STFU" and turn it down/off until he goes away. Can't stand his voice.

[av8rdave]

12. I used to laugh (for the first few months) but now

I scream at the TV, throw something and/or flip the bird.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

13. Other: I laugh uproariously - I can't help myself - I think I almost had a stroke the other day

I laughed so hard. He's just a clown. I know he's a murdering, blood-thirsty, criminally psychopathic, moronic clown, but he's a clown nonetheless.

[MrMickeysMom]

14. I have this little Bush "pants on fire" doll that I kick around...

In fact, we "souped up" the "pants on fire" Bush doll by cutting out a little voice box that was in one of those punching dolls you buy in a toy store (we'd hit the punching bag doll, and it would say, "Oooh,, is that all you got?", or, "Oooh, that's gonna hurt!".

So, when the punching doll deflated (It used to have a picture of the criminal in the White House on it with "war criminal" below), I transferred the only viable thing, which was the voice box to the real Bush doll.

I'd buy a voice box of the real Chimp to use in the pants on fire doll, cause it would make it more authentic, you know...

[City Lights]

15. Give him the finger along with a few choice words.

Then I switch channels, or hit the mute button.

[Ghost in the Machine]

16. as said upthread.... throw up in my mouth a little bit.. then cuss a lot!

[uppityperson]

17. Lift my lip, flip him off, try to not heave and mutter a curse word.

Sneer, fu motion, clutch, "fu".
ps. mrbush, fu

[TheBaldyMan]

18. other: check to see if Fox has labelled him as a Dem

it will be the final sign of his fall.

[madokie]

19. get a little bit pissed and then it goes down hill from there

[rasputin1952]

20. Got to admit, i cuss at the TV, flip him off, call him a liar and a toad...

as well as anything else that comes to mind.

Then the gag reflex sets in.

[mentalsolstice]

21. I anticipate a "historical moment"

I wait for his head to explode. And then when someone asks "where were you when...", I can say I was watching LIVE!

[man4allcats]

22. I immediately hit the mute button.

I can't stand to listen to the ignorant, arrogant little bastard. If he says anything I need to be aware of, I know it will be posted on DU. Saves me the nausea that comes with having to tolerate the little fuck even for the brief few moments of a sound bite.

[FyurFly]

23. I express no real emotion....

the same as *

PS. I also understand what may happen in the next two years and that scares the shit out of me :(

[pnwmom]

24. Instantly turn off TV. Otherwise, I might run into him on another channel. n/t

[MiniMe]

25. I throw up a little in my mouth

[LibDemAlways]

26. The remote is your friend. The most annoying

infomercial is preferable to looking at the moronic dumbass.

[Arugula Latte]

27. I do turn the channel as quickly as possible, but Ialways seem to

say something first like: "FUCK! I cannot BELIEVE that piece of shit is president! Please tell me this a bad joke!" (Only if the kids aren't around.)

[lpbk2713]

28. I prepare for a large dose of bullshit.

Because I know it's coming. Just as sure as tomorrow morning.

[LeftishBrit]

29. Turn it off or change the channel; fortunately we don't see as much of him here

[cgrindley]

30. Basically, I gloat

Being a Canadian living in the US, he's not my fault, so I gloat and feel all superior. 9 times out of 10, I'll mention Chretien keeping us out of the war, or talk about Castro attending Trudeau's funeral.

[zulchzulu]

31. A whole other category would be Royal Pundit suck-ups to Bush on TV

When David Brooks or Tweety think that Bush "looked strong" or that "it was one of the best speeches he ever made", etc., there is yet another way of characterizing how one reacts to the TV when that happens... but I digress...

[Lilith Velkor]

32. Point and go "HA Ha!"

Like that guy on the Simpsons.

[bunkerbuster1]

34. I really do try to listen.

The TeeVee usually doles out Chimpy's soundbites in teensy doses (to let him go on for a full paragraph would be to reveal his customary idiocy) so you do have to pay attention, else you'll miss something that's bound to be "holy-crap-I-didn't-think-he'd-actually-say-that."

although I've also done some of all of the above, I guess.