At what point did you turn off the SOTU ?

[Girlieman]

For me, it was when Bush lectured on the importance of balancing the budget, which is why his plan is to do it in 2012, well after he's out of office.

I know that was pretty early in the speech, but I just knew I couldn't watch any more.

[Jawja]

1. I didn't turn it on to start with.

:-)

[Midlodemocrat]

2. Never turned it on.

[Arkansas Granny]

3. You lasted longer than me. I didn't even turn it on.

I can't stand to hear him speak in the first place (although I did hear a report this morning that he read the speech very well) and to listen and wait for all of the pauses for applause for his feeble efforts was more than I could do. I might read the transcript later, but I was not going to waste an hour of my life listening to that jerk.

[shaniqua6392]

4. I watched HGTV and Food Network!! LOL.

I just can not stand his voice. Even when they show a 10 second blip of him speaking on the t.v. I quickly grab for the remote to mute his ass. On a good note, I did get a few good recipes and decorating ideas!! :crazy:

[AndyA]

5. I had the SOTU on in another room, on the other side of the house.

I walked that way a few times while doing other things, and watched it only briefly. I just can't stand to see the man, or hear his voice. His previous speeches have been lies, so it's really a waste of time watching, isn't it?

We all know what he and his cronies have been up to, and it's been at our expense. It made me sick to my stomach to see the audience stand and applaud as if this man had done anything for our country.

Nancy Pelosi was sitting there behind him, reading, pursing her lips, and in general just served as a reminder that we have a Congress that is not functioning as it should. It is not doing its job at providing oversight to the Executive Branch. The checks and balances are not being performed as they should be, and if they are, there are a lot of things being ignored.

Those people all make a lot of money, have good benefits, and retirement plans, things we don't have. And they are not doing their jobs.

I just can't watch for long.

[Rockholm]

6. Fell asleep watching Pelosi's mouth twitch!

What was up with that?

[nightrider767]

18. She looked "drugged" to me... n/t

[Ian David]

23. Pelosi deffinitely looks unwell. Maybe the "Impeach Bush" pressure is getting to her.

Let's donate money to the people camped-out in front of her house.

[nightrider767]

26. Somethings getting to her...

The last time I saw the woman we all knew and loved, the fiery, jovial, boisterous on point, independent voice was when?

Seems like forever.

[Virginia Dare]

35. I'd have to do drugs to watch him...n/t

[rox63]

7. Nevert turned it on

Made for a much more pleasant evening.

[The River]

8. 5 Minutes Before It Began nt

[kimmylavin]

9. Watched the whole thing.

Scared everyone in the house with my shouting - the dog got really upset! (He got treats from me afterwards...) :)

But Mr. Bush slurred almost everything he said, continued his saber-rattling towards Iran - despite any of those pesky "facts" he hates so much, blamed the American people for everything that's wrong in their lives, and lectured Congress on what they should and shouldn't be doing. Oh, and he decided to lay down the law on earmarks, and threatened to veto just about anything that he doesn't like.

Little Lord Pissypants was in fine form tonight...

[Demeter]

14. For Those Of Us Without The Strength or Will To Watch--Did Anything Significant Happen?

[kimmylavin]

40. Not really

Though even my husband noticed the great divide between those standing and clapping, and those sitting there stony-faced. :)

Bush's theme seemed to be "trust" - we must trust the American people to do this, we must trust the government to do this, etc. He managed to make trust sound like a dirty word! And everything he said was so... ridiculous. He started blathering on about alternative fuels as if he hadn't been blathering on and doing NOTHING about them for seven years. And he really did sound like a petulant child...

Like I said when it was over, "He's so full of shit its coming out his ears!"

Anyway, I'm glad I'll never have to watch another one of those again! :)

[droidamus2]

10. Huh?

What makes you think I turned it on in the first place. Why listen I know that everytime Bush opens his mouth lies come out!

[frogcycle]

11. I think that is about where I bailed

only reason I watched any is I had the tube on while eating and wasn't done


My Lady Vols pulled off a squeaker.

[mmonk]

12. I can't turn off what I don't turn on.

[ET Awful]

13. At the words "Madam Speaker"

:P

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

15. Went to bed long before it started

Have pneumonia and am in recovery. Watching the stupid speech would have given me a relapse!

[Fire Walk With Me]

38. I hope that you get better soon!

[Bill219]

16. Never turned it on to begin with...

As soon as Countdown was over I watched Patriots Media Day coverage I had recorded from NFL Network on the dvr earlier in the day. Then I watched the Democratic response

[mwb970]

17. I never even considered watching the speech.

The last thing I want to spend my time on is watching our Idiot-In-Chief haltingly read nonsense off a TelePrompter.

[cyclezealot]

19. before it started.

not as if we missed something. 24 hour tv reviews are more than enough. But, then we missed seeing all the childish antics of the pols criticizing or pandering to GW. Its sort of fun to see when Republicans and Democrats applaud. / Where was Kucinich. Did he boycott the event. The day of the SOTU he filled a bill of impeachment against our fearless leader.

[yy4me]

20. Never turned it on, I've used up my years worth of swearwords.

The man is now so irrelevant that it is a waste to waste electricity watching him. Better to read a book. I am interested in the after reporting though. I enjoy being with those who say they never watched. Gives me a good feeling as I head off to work. All his economic stimulus talk is baloney. He'll be long gone before we're bailed out of the mess he has put us in.

Meanwhile, this old-timer must go off to earn a little money. As a Senior, I doubt the "stimulus" rebates will be coming our way. Even if they do, my fuel company will be the beneficiary.

[scarface2004]

21. the words bush and speech should never

ever be used in a sentence together ever!!!

[Ian David]

22. At 9:30 I switched to Family Guy. n/t

[tinymontgomery]

24. Two minutes before it

even started. Can't stand to listen to the idiot.

[Vinca]

25. The second sentence of the speech.

Just listening to the weasel makes my blood pressure skyrocket. I had planned to watch to see who clapped and blew kisses and who didn't.

[mcscajun]

27. Five years ago.

:D

[rug]

28. When Bush rubbed the bald guy's head on the way in.

[CottonBear]

42. I saw that too. The Chimp has a sick bald head fetish. Ugh! n/t

[earth mom]

29. When he started bragging about No Child Left Behind, that's when I turned it off to go puke.

:puke:

Still got a bad taste in my mouth.

[tnlurker]

30. I left the house when it came on to run some errands

And did not come back inside until it was over. Actually I got back to the house and it was still on so I went outside to work on the cars until it was over.

[mulsh]

31. "Gewn Ifil is seroiusly french kissing Condi" is what my buddy

called from Michigan to tell me about 1/4 of the way through. He kept a running commentary while I turned the sound down. even in silence * looks stupid and evil.

[ThomWV]

32. Kept flipping back and forth between the STOU and a rerun of The Wire

The Wire was much better.

[lazyriver]

33. Right after Clinton gave his last one. Haven't watched one since.

[Virginia Dare]

34. I stayed in my happy place..

read my novel and never turned it on. My blood pressure thanked me.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

36. My gag reflex kicked in after about 3 minutes and off it went.

And, that was the radio.

[DFW]

37. At 1 AM our time? No way I was gonna watch that

I had to get up at 4:30 AM today, and Bush has given me enough
sleepless nights these past 7 years to not need to sacrifice a
few more hours' sleep for his sake.

[themaguffin]

39. soon after it started about 7 years ago

[backscatter712]

41. After I scored a bingo.

Playing Buzzword Bingo is the only way I could stomach such garbage.

[dpbrown]

43. In 2001

Why expose myself to that?

[Initech]

44. Didnt even turn it on. I watched Futurama DVDs instead.