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TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)
2. I always do, no matter who it is. It's not the state of the union so much as "Look at me." And...
Fri Jan 25, 2019, 03:59 PM
Jan 2019

even if I like who I'm looking at, no reason to spend time watching. And then the hours, days, and weeks of people telling me what was said.

MontanaMama

(23,367 posts)
5. Dammit. I don't want to watch.
Fri Jan 25, 2019, 04:00 PM
Jan 2019

But after hearing his crazy ass diatribe a moment ago, I'm not sure I can miss it. Especially if I want to talk about it here. I was actually gasping for breath!

JHB

(37,166 posts)
8. Nope. Tune in, let him talk for five minutes (you can keep the sound off), then...
Fri Jan 25, 2019, 04:06 PM
Jan 2019

...change the channel.

The networks will record the drop-off in viewership.

Sends a more humiliating message than a straight-up boycott.

GoCubsGo

(32,102 posts)
16. "Boycott" is not the word I'd use for it.
Fri Jan 25, 2019, 04:50 PM
Jan 2019

I won't be watching because the sight of that putrid orange manbaby makes me want to vomit. I really, really don't enjoy vomiting. A more appropriate term would be "Puke Prevention."

Caliman73

(11,760 posts)
17. I wasn't planning on watching it.
Fri Jan 25, 2019, 05:06 PM
Jan 2019

To me the SOTU address is kind of like a non-event. I follow the news daily so I can typically figure out the State of the Union without the pomp of a speech. While I loved President Obama's oratory and watched some of each of his SOTU speeches, I could never get through a whole speech. With Trump, I can't even listen to him speak about anything for more than a few seconds. The SOTU is kind of a showcase rather than an informational speech. With Trump I already know it will be bullshit. It will be self-aggrandizing, false, blaming others for his mistakes while trying to take credit for any successes that we know are not his.

 

UniteFightBack

(8,231 posts)
18. I am DEFINITELY not watching. There is no need because I will watch all the punditry and
Fri Jan 25, 2019, 05:17 PM
Jan 2019

that is enough. Besides we all know what he is going to say. I have TONS of stuff on my watchlist that has been neglected for months/years even so NO state of the union...I know what the fuck state it's in.

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