5 good reasons to blow off Obama's speech

investors.com ^ | Jan. 20, 2015 | ANDREW MALCOLM

[PROCON]

For once, Barack Obama pays attention tonight to the Constitution, which requires that a president "from time to time give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union."

There's nothing in that sacred document about turning it into a pie-in-the-sky, political wish list, criticizing Supreme Court justices to their faces or going on for over an hour on prime-time TV and pre-empting some of our most popular shows. There's not even any mention of a president delivering the required information in person or verbally -- very verbally.

Obama's State of the Union Addresses have been among the longest in modern history, averaging nearly 65 minutes. Not as long as the 71-minute average of Bill Clinton, who also liked to hear himself talk. But way surpassing the 37 minutes of Ronald Reagan, who was more interested in communicating.**

For most of the presidents from No. 3 Thomas Jefferson to No. 28 Woodrow Wilson, courier was a satisfactory means of meeting their Constitutional obligation. But when first, radio and then TV arrived, a personal appearance before a joint session of Congress became irresistible.

[Bob]

More important matters require my attention — My sock drawer needs rearranging.

[Old Sarge]

I had posted a few suggestions the other day...

[TomGuy]

5?

I have 2:

Supernatural at 8:00 p.m. CT and Justified at 9:00 CT.

[al_c]

I only need one reason … it’s Obama.

I think I’ve got some paint to watch dry.

[Cincinatus]

I have to re-arrange my sock drawer.

[exit82]

Tonight is my sock drawer sorting night.

[exit82]

GTMA!

[sport]

I can think of more than five reasons not to listen to or watch it.

[Rannug]

I don’t want to go to sleep that early.

[fivecatsandadog]

Five reasons:
Three litter boxes full of cat poop.
Two loads of laundry.

**Bonus reason**: I can not stand the sight or sound of the man, and would rather spend the evening with my head in the toilet.

[defconw]

Nope! I have yet to watch one and I plan to continue that streak.

[Vaquero]

I dislike the political BS. I haven’t watched presidents I like. I’m certainly going to watch this Marxist pos.

[PfromHoGro]

That was my first option too, then I thought I’d download Rifftrax’s Wonder Women for a tad more entertainment value.

http://www.rifftrax.com/wonder-women

Looks to be a dandy.

[grania]

I'm going to keep the speech on TV with the sound turned off. While he's yapping away, it's a perfect time to watch IDIOCRACY and imagine the words are what Obama is saying. The future is now, after all.

Then, when Joni Ernst gives the response, I'll turn on the volume and listen.

[Syntyr]

“Maybe “Gilligan’s Island” reruns instead. “

Im going to go change out a leaking toilet. I figure I will become less ill than if I watched the Idiot!

[Baynative]

Gruber
Benghazi
IRSgate
Fast and Furious
ISIS

[AU72]

1. Clip toenails
2. Apply toenail fungal cream
3. Change and re-line bird cage
4. Clean out freezer and repack sorting by alphabet
5. Do anti-viral scan on all computers

[tanknetter]

Going to see American Sniper is a great idea.

Too bad there wasn’t a social media organizing campaign last week and over the weekend for that. SOTU ratings bottom out, same night Sniper reciepts spike.

Can’t think of a better way to throw a figurative middle finger to what looks to be an increasingly antagonistic, unrepentant, President.

[AppyPappy]

If they don’t show NCIS , my old lady is gonna kick someone’s behind.

[Milton Miteybad]

Reason No. 6 for blowing off the SOTU:

It's just another episode of Obama reading off a Teleprompter some poorly-chosen words written by somebody with a seventh-grade level of reasoning. We've all seen this same thing for six years now...there will be nothing new, exciting or even remotely interesting about this incarnation of the charade...why even bother?