Anyone planning on NOT watching the debate tonight?

[woolldog]

I'll be too much of a nervous wreck to watch.

[pangaia]

1. YUP !

`I'll be watching MLB.

[TheCowsCameHome]

5. MLB?

Oh yeah, now I get it,

Mitt Losing - Bigtime.

[get the red out]

2. I can't watch

I will need to hole up in the computer room or go to Pet Smart with the dog. My husband's a Republican Politics isn't something we can do together.

[Arkana]

3. I'll be watching some Netflix streaming or playing video games.

I'm too nervous.

[woolldog]

24. sounds fun,

call of duty fan?

[Arkana]

38. Nah. I tried it once, got called a "n***er jew f*g" by a kid who sounded no older

than 13, and decided maybe it wasn't for me.

[woolldog]

44. you shouldn't let the bullies win....

put them on mute.

It's a fun game, no reason you should miss out just because of turds like that.

[Arkana]

46. Well, then I started playing Borderlands 2.

After hearing a midget yell "I SMELL DELICIOUSSSSSSSS!!!!" after I set him on fire, I was hooked.

[woolldog]

48. nice arkana

[TexasCPA]

4. I will be busy when the debate starts

I might recorded. I haven't decided.

[HERVEPA]

6. Yep. Going contra dancing tonight. Much more fun.

May watch replay when I get home. or more likely get MSNBC take on it.

[asjr]

7. Same here.

[Jersey Devil]

8. I'll be DVRing the debate to watch after the Yankee game

Priorities!

[sakabatou]

55. +1 to DVR

[OregonBlue]

9. I get so mad I want to throw something through the TV screen. Won't watch. I'll just read DU.

[TexasCPA]

10. If Romney messes up badly,

then I will watch sulking on Faux News tonight.

[woolldog]

22. hehe

I'm the same way.

[glowing]

11. We need to make sure we watch and command the

Narrative before the pundits declare mittens the winner. twitter should be fun! Last time around we had drinking games on betchya and my friend.

[TeamPooka]

12. maybe I'll mute Mitt when he speaks... nt

[TexasCPA]

13. I can not recall a Presidential debate where a Republican won

Maybe I am biased though.

[nichomachus]

51. Depends on who you talk to -- Bush was declared the winner in 2000

by the media, despite numerous polls that showed that viewers felt the opposite

[TexasCPA]

59. Gore kicked Bush's butt too badly in the debate

It made Gore look arrogant and it made him less likable with the undecided voters. The buffoon was much more likable even though he acted like a moron during the debates.

[woodsprite]

14. I'll either watch or DVR it.

I've been called in as a substitute study-mate for my daughter's first college chemistry exam. She's all nervous because last semester the highest grade on the first test was a 39%. She asked me to help her with her vocab and periodic table review. She declined going to a campus watch party tonight because of the test, so if we finish early enough, we're going to hunker down in the living room and watch.

[woolldog]

21. Good luck to you and your daughter on the test!

[Butterbean]

15. Me. I'll be watching season 2 of Community instead. Much easier on the ol' constitution.

[woolldog]

20. skip ahead to the paintball episode.

It's hilarious.

[Butterbean]

37. Duly noted, thank you. :D

[CTyankee]

16. I have this thing where if I watch debates while lying on the bed, I am asleep in a matter of

minutes...so I'd best watch in the family room sitting up straight...

[Butterbean]

18. Unless you're suffering from sleep deprivation, then hey, bonus...ambien tv.

[CTyankee]

25. OY, I once experienced sleep deprivation and what happened was, I hallucinated...

not seeing snakes or anything horrible, just temporary psychosis where reality got, um, "rearranged." Or at least that's what a doctor told me...

[Butterbean]

36. Oh hell, not cool. I hallucinated the first time I took ambien.

Just the wallpaper wiggling, nothing exciting, but still. Wowzers.

[CTyankee]

39. No, I hadn't taken Ambien. I was in the hospital after surgery in the ICU...

in fact, my condition is called ICU Psychosis. Here's how it was explained to me: they keep a bright light on you in the ICU and that interferes with your ability to sleep. I had 3 distinctly separate hallucinations, one of which was that I thought I was on a train coming back from Boston. I asked the nurse if this was the train to New Haven and she said "You are in Yale-New Haven Hospital..."

[Butterbean]

60. Ah, yes. ICU psychosis, heard of that. Sounds scary as hell.

[CTyankee]

64. It really wasn't. They were benign hallucinations, but they did impress on my mind

the possibilities of sleep deprivation on the human brain when I thought about it later on.
But what I concluded was that using sleep deprivation as a form of torture is counter productive. When I was hallucinating I couldn't possibly tell anything real...

[chemenger]

17. I'm not. It would be stupid to get myself all worked up to the point

where I'm yelling all kinds of obscenities at an image of the Mittster knowing he'll never hear me. And I don't want to get myself overwrought to the point where I might break my TV.

I'll let the wife do it (with the warning that she not break the TV).

I'll be watching South Park tonite ... they're doing a sendup of Here Comes Honey Boo Boo ... Can't Miss That!

[CTyankee]

28. Heh, heh, my husband warns me not to break the TV!

But I don't think Mitt gets me mad so much. He's too much of a klown...

Scott Brown, on the other hand...

[KansDem]

35. Get yourself one of these...

Its a foam rubber brick

You can throw it at your TeeVee and not damage it!

Get several!

[CTyankee]

40. I did try to throw a soft bedroom slipper once but hubby wouldn't tolerate even that!

[WeekendWarrior]

19. I won't be watching.

[hockeynut57]

23. can't

i'll be working. at a job created and funded by our presidents Recovery act. am i better off now than 4 years ago? yea alittle, that self promoting POS Kasich is still governor here

[Borchkins]

26. I can't

I get too nervous and feel like throwing up. I'll catch the good bits here after the debate. My non-political (non-voting) husband will watch.

B

[Deep13]

27. I need to unwind at night, not get pissed off.

I think I'll watch a Mystery Science Theater 3000 movie.

[Floyd_Gondolli]

29. If it gets too weird I'll turn on Rick Steves

It's food for the soul.

[Rambis]

30. MittWitt makes me vomit in my mouth

I can't watch the POS!

[Dawgs]

31. Not me. Not concerned. n/t

[spinbaby]

32. Not planning to watch

I have a good book to read and figure that if anything interesting happens, I'll hear about it in the morning.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

33. I don't want to see a grown man wet himself live on TV

So maybe I won't.

[KansDem]

34. I'll be at work but intend to have DU up and running...

...for all it's wisdom and insight!

[GOTV]

41. I want to, but I have Louis CK tickets

Why oh why did they have to be on the same night!

[old guy]

42. Will not be watching.

I will be attending a monthly meeting to study and rewrite the county zoning laws. A wild and crazy time indeed.

[gkhouston]

43. I haven't decided. On the one hand, I can't stand watching Mitt.

On the other, I've got a middle-schooler who's started watching The Rachel Maddow Show and The Colbert Report regularly, so it's an opportunity to watch a debate together and discuss things.

[Dulcinea]

45. Nope.

I have a take-home midterm & a paper to write in the next 2 weeks. I'll catch the postmortem tomorrow.

[SheilaT]

47. I'll be at work, but I probably wouldn't have the patience

to watch it anyway. And if I were home, I could only watch it if MSNBC or someone is doing live streaming.

The problem with the "debates" is that the format is totally stupid, doesn't allow for actual follow-up, doesn't allow for real interaction between the two candidates, and many of the questions are pointless.

Several election cycles ago I went to the debate between two candidates for my Congressional district. One of the two had apparently done debate in high school and college, and had perfected being able to speak about twelve thousand words per minute. He spoke so rapidly that even with clear enunciation which he had, it was almost impossible to make sense of what he was saying. We're not used to listening that fast.

[helpisontheway]

49. I will either watch it on a delay or after it is over

I tend to read the comments on the forum. If it appears to be going okay then I tune in.

[progressivebydesign]

50. Not watching. I get too upset by lies and the lying liars that tell them.

I look forward to the blow by blow later on, here on DU...

[babylonsister]

52. Me. Working every night there's a debate.

Sister will be calling with updates, but I hate that I'm missing them. People, keep your comments detailed!

[still_one]

53. I will be watching du. /nt

[smorkingapple]

54. Going to Miami Heat game with kids...

Might be the best move for me... I'll catch it afterwards and the reaction which is all I really care about, I already know Obama is going to wipe the floor with him, it's the instapolls and media spin that'll determine the winner..

[Manifestor_of_Light]

56. I have class.

I'm taking beginning welding at the local community college.
2 nights a week.

[Zoeisright]

57. I cannot stand to look at that jackass Romney's face or listen to his smarmy voice.

So no, I will not be watching. I hate that little dipshit's guts.

[Indpndnt]

58. I cannot WAIT to watch!

I will be glued to the TV.

[GreenPartyVoter]

61. I will be DVRing both of them tonight.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

62. I'm going to probably catch what I can

I'll miss the first part probably b/c I'll be at my stepdaughter's band concert. I'm sure that President Obama will do fine but who knows what kind of nasty tricks Romney is going to pull not to mention the spin that the media desperate for a Romney "comeback" narrative will put out there?

[PlanetBev]

63. I couldn't bear to watch four years ago

I'm challenging myself this time. I'm going to a debate party tonight and bringing a bottle of wine. Maybe that will help.

[David__77]

65. I'll be too busy....

I will tale a summary later.

[mvd]

66. I will follow on DU instead

Much better for the blood pressure. Though the President is a competent debater, so he should be fine.

[Iggy]

67. I'll Be Watching, However

it's going to be BORING, more or less.

both candidates will play it safe... they'll be saying exactly what they have been saying the past
(absurd) 30 months of campaigning for the job.

Rmoney has to avoid his usual gaffe-a-thon and elitist, one percent bullcrap... Obama has to avoid
sighing audibly, and giving long-winded, wonky, Gore-type baloney responses...

[Snarkoleptic]

68. Can't wait to see Mitt nervously fingering his suit pocket in search of

[Shrek]

69. It's not going to change my mind

So why bother?

[Cali_Democrat]

70. I can't watch because Romney pisses me off so much

I'll probably want to strangle him through the TV so I better stay away.

[RBInMaine]

71. What's this Nervous Nellie stuff? C'mon. There's a spine in your back. Use it.