# Yappidy yap yappidy yap. And God bless America **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 28, 2005, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yappidy-yap-yappidy-yap-and-god-bless-america/301591 "2005-04-28T19:26:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Slacker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Slacker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slacker)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2005, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yappidy-yap-yappidy-yap-and-god-bless-america/301591/41 "2005-04-29T01:57:11Z")
> [@Spavined Gelding](#): > > This is the official straight line setting up the big boffo punch line. > > “So, I missed it. What did he have to say?” 😃 How about: “I watched the whole thing twice; I was hoping you could tell me!” (rimshot) ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2005, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yappidy-yap-yappidy-yap-and-god-bless-america/301591/42 "2005-04-29T02:07:18Z")
> [@Spavined Gelding](#): > > This is the official straight line setting up the big boffo punch line. > > “So, I missed it. What did he have to say?” I was wondering that too. Did the Mangler-in-Chief make it worthwhile? Did the Liberal News Establishment make it worthwhile? ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2005, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yappidy-yap-yappidy-yap-and-god-bless-america/301591/43 "2005-04-29T02:48:59Z")
Mr. Rilch and I were paying our cable bill. Naturally, the cable office has TVs everywhere. But they were on mute, and the staff couldn’t or wouldn’t turn up the volume for me. So I called my mom. “Why is Bush on the TV?” “Because he stole the election.” “[sigh]What is he **talking** about, right now?” “Social Security.” “…He interrupted everything for that?” ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2005, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yappidy-yap-yappidy-yap-and-god-bless-america/301591/44 "2005-04-29T02:50:26Z")
> [@Rilchiam](#): > > “Why is Bush on the TV?” > > “Because he stole the election.” 😃 I’d not have sighed at her - I _like_ that answer! ---
**Author:** ![Excalibre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Excalibre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Excalibre)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2005, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yappidy-yap-yappidy-yap-and-god-bless-america/301591/45 "2005-04-29T06:11:33Z")
Am I the only one who’s slightly nonplussed to discover that our erudite Liberal enjoys reality TV so much? ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2005, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yappidy-yap-yappidy-yap-and-god-bless-america/301591/46 "2005-04-29T06:36:31Z")
I am assuming it was Eastern Time, as I didn’t miss a minute of Survivor. Now, look- if the prez is declaring war or sumthin- sure, go ahead and pre-empt anything and everything. But to make a pitch for his Soc Sec plan- there’s no hurry on that one, dude. :rolleyes: :mad: ---
**Author:** ![The\_King\_of\_Soup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a87d85/32.png) [@The\_King\_of\_Soup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_King_of_Soup)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2005, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yappidy-yap-yappidy-yap-and-god-bless-america/301591/47 "2005-04-29T06:40:45Z")
> [@Excalibre](#): > > Am I the only one who’s slightly nonplussed to discover that our erudite Liberal enjoys reality TV so much? One about a lawless society and the other about unprincipled avarice? ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2005, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yappidy-yap-yappidy-yap-and-god-bless-america/301591/48 "2005-04-29T06:54:17Z")
> [@Spavined Gelding](#): > > This is the official straight line setting up the big boffo punch line. > > “So, I missed it. What did he have to say?” “BUSHIT! Steamin’ hot bushit! Plenty fer everyone! Come 'n git it!” ---
**Author:** ![SentientMeat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@SentientMeat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SentientMeat)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2005, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yappidy-yap-yappidy-yap-and-god-bless-america/301591/49 "2005-04-29T09:22:42Z")
Strange, over here in the UK our (similarly odious) politicians tell us their policies either in a **democratic debate** or on **news interviews** , where they have to **answer questions** and **interact with thinking human beings**. It seems that your chap is only ever required to read teleprompters and listen to applause. And even then, you pick a guy who can barely _read_. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2005, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yappidy-yap-yappidy-yap-and-god-bless-america/301591/50 "2005-04-29T09:27:18Z")
> [@Liberal](#): > > Because it’s for a stupid speech, the content of which will be absolutely ZERO, the consequence of which will be absolutely NOTHING, the point of which is absolutely MISSING. You interrupt prime time because war has broken out. You interrupt prime time because aliens have landed. You interrupt prime time because the Republic is about to fail. You do not interrupt prime time to rehash fifty-year-old bullshit about funny-money trusts that don’t exist and make it sound like you have a plan that will succeed where the forty thousand plans before it failed. Meanwhile, these are important nights for Survivor and Apprentice. > > I defended the guy when he sat in the school room for five minutes. I defended him when he said nookyoolar. But this is just fucked up. **Lib** , I emailed this to my mom and she says she laughed all the way through it. **This Year’s Model** : Yes, it is funny, but I was too anxious, thinking something was really wrong. Also, I’ve posted before about my mom’s extreme antipathy towards Dubya, to the point where she misses out on other news stories because she’s constantly switching channels to avoid seeing/hearing him. To me, it’s just a bit tired. ---
**Author:** ![Siege](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dbc845/32.png) [@Siege](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siege)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2005, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yappidy-yap-yappidy-yap-and-god-bless-america/301591/51 "2005-04-29T10:55:29Z")
I’m just glad this Godless, liberal, Democrat who’s out to destroy religion in America had plans for the evening. I was at choir practice. Actually, though, the church did lose power right around 8:00 and choir practice was abandoned around 8:30, instead of running for another hour as usual. I’ll let you fill in your own paranoid interpretation, especially since it’s a notoriously liberal church! 😃 CJ ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2005, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yappidy-yap-yappidy-yap-and-god-bless-america/301591/52 "2005-04-29T11:09:53Z")
I went to bed early–really early. Jeebus-what did W want with us _now?_ Were there complete thoughts? Did he finish a sentence? How was his syntax? Do I really want to know? off to work, now… ---
**Author:** ![PinkMarabou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ec9cab/32.png) [@PinkMarabou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PinkMarabou)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2005, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yappidy-yap-yappidy-yap-and-god-bless-america/301591/53 "2005-04-29T11:33:38Z")
Okay, we watched it. Well tried to, between yelling at the TV and laughing as he got his ass handed to him by some of the reporters. I know some of you righties might disagree, but he did really poorly. I was hoping for a little more honesty from him, but ah well, it IS a politician after all. 😉 He really showed just how clueless he really is. ---
**Author:** ![Eva\_Luna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e495f1/32.png) [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2005, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yappidy-yap-yappidy-yap-and-god-bless-america/301591/54 "2005-04-29T11:45:32Z")
> [@Bruce\_Daddy](#): > > Who doesn’t have cable news networks? Is this for the last 20 people who do have a tv but only have rabbit ears? I’m one of the last 20, then. I refuse to spend that much money for something I’d hardly take advantage of, anyway. (Plus I’m afraid that if I got cable, I’d get addicted to the History Channel and Food Network. I spend too much time being sedentary, anyway.) ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2005, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yappidy-yap-yappidy-yap-and-god-bless-america/301591/55 "2005-04-29T19:48:49Z")
> [@PinkMarabou](#): > > Okay, we watched it. Well tried to, between yelling at the TV and laughing as he got his ass handed to him by some of the reporters. I know some of you righties might disagree, but he did really poorly. Disagree? **Brutus** and **Starving Artist** will _gladly_ seize upon your observation as “proof” that the “liberal media” is out to grind down poor ol’ innocent Georgie… ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2005, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yappidy-yap-yappidy-yap-and-god-bless-america/301591/56 "2005-04-29T22:46:07Z")
**12:30 PM Yesterday:** Check Digital Cable box to confirm Survivor. 8-9, check. Set VCR. **1:00 PM Yesterday:** Go to work. **9:00 PM Yesterday:** Come home from work. Enjoy nice dinner with girlfriend. **11:00 PM Yesterday:** Retire to the living room for a little Viewtiful Joe. Then… **10:00 AM This Morning:** Sit down to watch a relaxing episode of Survivor on my day off. **10:01 AM This Morning:** FUCK! **10:02 AM This Morning:** Go to SDMB to see if it will be reaired only to discover my charter membership has expired. **10:03 AM This Morning:** Did I mention FUCK? ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2005, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yappidy-yap-yappidy-yap-and-god-bless-america/301591/57 "2005-04-30T16:40:15Z")
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