# I've decided not to watch Bush tonight **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 16, 2009, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-decided-not-to-watch-bush-tonight/481519 "2009-01-16T01:03:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-decided-not-to-watch-bush-tonight/481519/1 "2009-01-16T01:03:04Z")
The reason being, my TV is only a month old and I have objects on my desk that are both heavy and throwable. Good bye and good riddance. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-decided-not-to-watch-bush-tonight/481519/2 "2009-01-16T01:11:05Z")
Neither will I; as I said elsewhere I never watch him anyway. He’s a liar and/or deluded, and therefore never says anything worthwhile, and I despise him. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-decided-not-to-watch-bush-tonight/481519/3 "2009-01-16T01:15:46Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > Neither will I; as I said elsewhere I never watch him anyway. He’s a liar and/or deluded, and therefore never says anything worthwhile, and I despise him. Goodness, **DT** , I never knew you felt so strongly about the man. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![dgrdfd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eb8c5e/32.png) [@dgrdfd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dgrdfd)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-decided-not-to-watch-bush-tonight/481519/4 "2009-01-16T01:18:28Z")
I loved when he said something to the effect of killing innocents to spread an ideology is wrong. WTF? Isn’t that our justification now for being in Iraq? ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Parker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/35a633/32.png) [@Richard\_Parker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Parker)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-decided-not-to-watch-bush-tonight/481519/5 "2009-01-16T01:24:38Z")
Not surprisingly, it was quite defensive. “Almost all of you disagree, but…” “I’ve made a lot of mistakes, but…” “Mistakes? Let’s stop living in the past, look to the future!” “There’s no way America could fail!” “No, my Presidency did not lead us into the end times, what are you talking about?” ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-decided-not-to-watch-bush-tonight/481519/6 "2009-01-16T01:26:09Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > Neither will I; as I said elsewhere I never watch him anyway. He’s a liar and/or deluded, and therefore never says anything worthwhile, and I despise him. You only missed more delusion and more evidence of his complete ignorance of how the world (and particularly the Middle East) operates. I found myself shouting at the TV. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-decided-not-to-watch-bush-tonight/481519/7 "2009-01-16T01:27:11Z")
I would, but only I had a movie theater of my own, and two robot friends. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-decided-not-to-watch-bush-tonight/481519/8 "2009-01-16T01:43:26Z")
Nobody ever remembers Gypsy. Sure, Crow, Tom Servo, but never Gypsy. She’s crying right now, you know. As if you cared. By the way…Bush was on TV? ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-decided-not-to-watch-bush-tonight/481519/9 "2009-01-16T01:51:31Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Nobody ever remembers Gypsy. Sure, Crow, Tom Servo, but never Gypsy. She’s crying right now, you know. As if you cared. > > By the way…Bush was on TV? Ah, but lucky for Gypsy, she never had to watch any of those hideous movies, remember? So, she got to go off and do her own thing-mainly read copies of _Sassy_ and watch old Richard Basehart movies instead. I wouldn’t dream of inflicting Dubya on her. In fact-I named one of my cats after her. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-decided-not-to-watch-bush-tonight/481519/10 "2009-01-16T02:01:56Z")
Is he done yet? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f07891/32.png) [@Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Plastic_Ninja)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-decided-not-to-watch-bush-tonight/481519/11 "2009-01-16T02:02:14Z")
She did try once, but she just couldn’t handle it and proved not to have the right kind of wit and bitterness necessary. I didn’t know he was talking. Wouldn’t have watched if I have. He’s stopped saying anything I could have the least interest in. ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-decided-not-to-watch-bush-tonight/481519/12 "2009-01-16T02:09:42Z")
Did anyone throw anything at him? ---
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-decided-not-to-watch-bush-tonight/481519/13 "2009-01-16T02:14:40Z")
I like that a plane crash where everyone survived is overshadowing his exit speech. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-decided-not-to-watch-bush-tonight/481519/14 "2009-01-16T02:19:57Z")
I wish he had acknowledged that in his speech. I voted for him in 2004, and even I was muttering under my breath when he mentioned the prescription drug plan and the bailout. (Bank of America, you got $25 billion from the taxpayers! What are you going to do now? Ask for another $20 billion! And not tell you what we did with the first check!) ---
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-decided-not-to-watch-bush-tonight/481519/15 "2009-01-16T02:38:21Z")
My two middle fingers are still stuck, an hour after his speech is done. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-decided-not-to-watch-bush-tonight/481519/16 "2009-01-16T02:42:27Z")
> [@mswas](#): > > I like that a plane crash where everyone survived is overshadowing his exit speech. One hopes it proves to be an apt metaphor, but its a wee bit early to tell that, at the moment. I believe we’re at the point where the pilot has said, “Brace for impact.” ---
**Author:** ![Terrifel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-decided-not-to-watch-bush-tonight/481519/17 "2009-01-16T02:51:07Z")
“In the event of a water landing, the President’s head may be used as a floatation device.” ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-decided-not-to-watch-bush-tonight/481519/18 "2009-01-16T02:57:54Z")
To boil it down, he said that God guided him, and that God wants people to have freedom, so if the Iraqi’s don’t turn their country into the Indiana of the Middle East, then God lied to Bush. Basically, it’s God’s fault. ---
**Author:** ![Jettboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/85e7bf/32.png) [@Jettboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jettboy)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-decided-not-to-watch-bush-tonight/481519/19 "2009-01-16T03:12:47Z")
I was hoping that my son would be a little older before he got to witness Dad mooning the TV. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-decided-not-to-watch-bush-tonight/481519/20 "2009-01-16T03:18:40Z")
> [@Lamar\_Mundane](#): > > To boil it down, he said that God guided him, and that God wants people to have freedom, so if the Iraqi’s don’t turn their country into the Indiana of the Middle East, then God lied to Bush. > > Basically, it’s God’s fault. The Mole: Why? Because God hates me, that’s why. He has made my life miserable. So I call him a cock-sucking asshole, and I get grounded. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-decided-not-to-watch-bush-tonight/481519.md?page=2)