# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-decided-not-to-watch-bush-tonight/481519/41 "2009-01-16T04:16:02Z")
Why don’t you two dumbasses get a room? ---
**Author:** ![Rand\_Rover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/db5fbb/32.png) [@Rand\_Rover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rand_Rover)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-decided-not-to-watch-bush-tonight/481519/42 "2009-01-16T04:25:17Z")
> [@Cisco](#): > > Why don’t you two dumbasses get a room? Sorry, am I shitting up the fantastic discussion about Frank’s TV that was going to break out at any moment? This thread was a loser from conception (much like our pal Der Trihs (har!)). ---
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-decided-not-to-watch-bush-tonight/481519/43 "2009-01-16T04:43:48Z")
> [@mswas](#): > > I like that a plane crash where everyone survived is overshadowing his exit speech. See?, things are getting better already. ---
**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, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-decided-not-to-watch-bush-tonight/481519/44 "2009-01-16T04:47:37Z")
> [@Rand\_Rover](#): > > No reply to the “sad little man” sentence? ☹ I was particularly proud of that bit. That’s a standard empty insult; you might as well have called me “unAmerican”. ---
**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, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-decided-not-to-watch-bush-tonight/481519/45 "2009-01-16T04:51:39Z")
> [@Ale](#): > > See?, things are getting better already. Yeah, it was fabulous. His term started 7 years ago when planes crashed into New York and thousands died, and his term ended today when a single plane crashed and no one died. ---
**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, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-decided-not-to-watch-bush-tonight/481519/46 "2009-01-16T05:09:09Z")
The geese have turned against us. Next it’ll be the badgers, then the wolves, and then the hamst ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-decided-not-to-watch-bush-tonight/481519/47 "2009-01-16T05:18:08Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Yeah, well, John Galt was a homo. Who? ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-decided-not-to-watch-bush-tonight/481519/48 "2009-01-16T06:30:30Z")
I’m pretty sure that was an Ayn Rand character. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-decided-not-to-watch-bush-tonight/481519/49 "2009-01-16T06:33:25Z")
Who is? John Galt? ---
**Author:** ![Amblydoper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@Amblydoper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amblydoper)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-decided-not-to-watch-bush-tonight/481519/50 "2009-01-16T06:34:04Z")
"…After his speech, President Bush was observed changing the “6” to a “7” on the White House safety sign that reads, “Terrorist Attack Free for \_\_\_\_ Years…” ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-decided-not-to-watch-bush-tonight/481519/51 "2009-01-16T07:03:45Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > I’ve decided not to watch Bush tonight. He will be mortified, I’m sure. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-decided-not-to-watch-bush-tonight/481519/52 "2009-01-16T08:20:45Z")
> [@Rand\_Rover](#): > > I don’t like Obama. How is this relevant in a thread about Bush’s speech? Near as I can tell, you are the first one to mention Obama. You partisanship is clear. > [@Rand\_Rover](#): > > I’m not objecting to criticism of Bush–I’m no Bush lover myself. Just keep repeating that. ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-decided-not-to-watch-bush-tonight/481519/53 "2009-01-16T08:27:03Z")
Yeah of all the “accomplishments” Dubya likes to proclaim, his “keeping America safe for 7 years from terrorist attacks” is laughable. I believe America had a history of over two _ **centuries** _ of being free from terrorist attacks … that is until a certain dipshit became President. :mad: Heck, I shouldn’t be too harsh on the guy. Over the past 7 years, my house has not been stampeded by elephants, destroyed by dinosaurs or invaded by Vikings. Dubya has done such a great job of protecting all Americans. And why? Because he’s a “war hero” who has never stopped fighting his countries enemies. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-decided-not-to-watch-bush-tonight/481519/54 "2009-01-16T09:43:37Z")
> [@wolf\_meister](#): > > I believe America had a history of over two _ **centuries** _ of being free from terrorist attacks … that is until a certain dipshit became President. :mad: [Bill](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Trade_Centre_bombing)[Clinton?](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma_City_bombing) ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-decided-not-to-watch-bush-tonight/481519/55 "2009-01-16T10:32:17Z")
Didn’t care to watch him, he’s a goddamned lame duck. This speech was four years late in coming. So long, W. Don’t let the door hit your ass–on second thought, go ahead and let it hit your ass on the way out. I hope it leaves a big purple bruise. ---
**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, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-decided-not-to-watch-bush-tonight/481519/56 "2009-01-16T11:58:29Z")
> [@Scylla](#): > > What a daring and controversial topic! I admire the OP’s bravery in just putting this out there. Frankly, I don’t care what you or your cohorts think of my OP. I just wanted to say good bye and good riddance. This was cheaper, safer, and involves less jail time than sneaking into the Oval Office to say it to his face. ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-decided-not-to-watch-bush-tonight/481519/57 "2009-01-16T12:21:35Z")
Ha, looks like President Obama couldn’t be bothered to watch either. [Did Obama Skip Bush’s Speech?](http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/01/15/politics/politicalhotsheet/entry4726147.shtml) > [@](#): > > As his predecessor, President Bush, said his final goodbyes to America on national television, President-elect Barack Obama and his wife Michelle dined at the DC restaurant, Equinox Thursday night. > > CBS News’ Maria Gavrilovic, who waited outside the restaurant, reports that there is no indication whether or not Mr. Obama was watching President Bush’s farewell remarks. > > The President-elect departed the Blair house, located right across the street from the White House podium from which the president spoke, minutes before President Bush commenced. > > A host at the restaurant tells CBS News’ that the President-elect stopped by the only television in the high end establishment, a small screen at the bar, and watched for “a minute or two.” The source said he did not notice what Mr. Obama was watching but that “no” it was not for an extended period of time. > > … Of course, he could always watch it later. I’m sure his aides Tivo everything. I just like the idea that a dinner out with Michelle was more important to him than seeing the thing live. I didn’t watch it either. I can barely take the clips shown on other shows. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-decided-not-to-watch-bush-tonight/481519/58 "2009-01-16T12:30:47Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > Who is? John Galt? Yes. ---
**Author:** ![Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uosdwis_R.Dewoh)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-decided-not-to-watch-bush-tonight/481519/59 "2009-01-16T12:42:30Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Nobody ever remembers Gypsy. Sure, Crow, Tom Servo, but never Gypsy. She’s crying right now, you know. As if you cared. You forgot Cambot. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-decided-not-to-watch-bush-tonight/481519/60 "2009-01-16T15:18:21Z")
> [@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. Maybe somebody should have pointed out to him that the Devil is quite skilled at voice impression and ventriloquism… > [@wolf\_meister](#): > > Yeah of all the “accomplishments” Dubya likes to proclaim, his “keeping America safe for 7 years from terrorist attacks” is laughable. “Lisa, I’d like to buy your rock…” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-decided-not-to-watch-bush-tonight/481519.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-decided-not-to-watch-bush-tonight/481519.md?page=4)