Hulu is going to livestream tonight’s SOTU address and the Republican response. I’m going to try watching it there, because I’ve had trouble with drop-outs and freeze-ups on the “serious” online channels (CNN/MSNBC) during previous Presidential speeches.
And for a little schadenfreude, EventheWingnuttiest Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-‘Prosperity’) has begun a walkback on attending the National Teabaggers Convention. Probably just miffed that Palin is gettin’ paid and nobody offered Michele an ‘honorarium’, but still.
Third Eye Open
Everyone take good notes, I will be skipping out on the SOTU tonight, instead drinking Kalamazoo Stout, making Mediterranean turkey burgers, and playing Mass Effect 2. I am checking out for the next couple weeks. Enjoy
mcc
And always remember: CSPAN always has less garbage than the other channels
MagicPanda
Just to be clear on the teabagger convention… People aren’t backing out because it’s too wingnutty. People are backing out because it isn’t wingnutty enough! So it’s not surprising that Michele Bachmann is having second thoughts.
If Palin doesn’t do the honorable thing and quit, she risks having a teabag backlash on her hands. Of course, she’s good at quitting, so that should be easy for her.
JK
@mcc:
C-SPAN rocks
The Populist
She wanted to get some prosperity from the event. I mean, when you get past all their bluster, these right wingers are nothing but selfish a-holes.
Tom Hilton
I’m with Ezra Klein:
Mark S.
Anne, if you don’t own a TV, you’re my new idol. I am seriously starting to wonder why I shell out $60 a month to hardly ever watch TV.
Oh, and those 200+ channels? I would guess about 70 of them are 24 hour advertisement channels.
AhabTRuler
@mcc: Seriously. Much love to the C-SPIZZLE.
General Winfield Stuck
Obama better levitate someone tonight, or at least give Mitch Mcconnell some lips, or it’ll be FAIL
Anne Laurie
@Mark S.: TV, but no cable, so we get the original three network channels, plus sometimes WGBH — no Fox, no MSNBC, no CSPAN. Netflix subscription plus Hulu, on the other hand, have become household necessities.
Dannie22
Did anyone post that Howard Zinn died?
arguingwithsignposts
@Mark S.:
I don’t own a tv either. The cable sub. was ridiculous. I don’t get to see KO, Maddow, TDS, or Colbert live, and some sporting events are blocked. But overall, the internet meets my video viewing needs.
For instance, I read a story today about political races in IL, and how viewers were being bombarded with political tv ads. I haven’t seen a one of them, so I was unaware of this phenomenon. I don’t consider that a bug.
arguingwithsignposts
@Dannie22:
I posted it in one thread, and someone else posted in another (with mention that somehow Maureen Dowd is still a columnist with the times).
Mark S.
Sorry Anne, I guess arguingwithsignposts is my new god!
Shell
They’re backing out because the damn attendance fee is over 500 bucks. Even teabagger’s aren’t that crazy.
Those that are exploiting these poor schlubs should remember the story of Killing the Golden Goose.
feebog
@ General Winfield Struck
Better add some chin to those lips, or McConnell will end up looking like Mr. Potato Head.
JWW
Your Post,
You have too say Tea Baggers. You are quite the idiot or by definition any word that is defined as such. You have already wet your pants and have yet heard a word.
I have not yet attended any Tea Party functions. I would venture a guess and say that you have not either. It still is based on fools like you that place me over us.
The Populist
@General Winfield Stuck:
Nah, McConnell needs a chin before lips.
The Populist
@Shell:
Shell, isn’t capitalism GREAT? Giving away passes to the teabag convention would be very socialistic.
JWW
Loathe or Love,
Americans are not stupid!!! They will buy into common sense. They will confront,”Nonsense”. They believe any presidents word at face value. When any president spews BS and they catch on, they walk away.
Mark S.
@JWW:
I am so stealing that line!
That one too!
Peter J
Hulu got the Fox News feed and MSNBC.com:s feed is more in sync with reality (timewise too…)
JWW
Mark S,
Don’t know you, but did you just make a funny?
rachel
JWW is not coherent enough to be a troll. I’m not sure he could even pass a Turing Test.
JWW
Rachel,
You are still the runt of the litter, and most likely to be discarded. Your only function is too breed bad offspring. It’s to bad you don’t live in China.
Mark S.
@rachel:
Yeah, I’m wondering if DougJ wrote a computer program to save himself time.
General Winfield Stuck
@JWW: JWW is an insane Cole stalker troll that shows up now and then with his special brand of ass rabies. Been banned several times in the distant past, but somehow sobers up enough to find his way back here. Ignore him, it’s like chatting up Dr. Lector.