I am wondering how many people besides myself cannot stand to

[texanwitch]

listen to or watch Bush on the radio or TV. I turn down the radio or TV as soon as he comes on.

[WI_DEM]

1. me

I've never watched a speech in its entirety. I can't stand him.

[blogbear]

18. I think he amounts to a complete waste of time and has nothing

which amounts to anything to say so I won't listen to him at all.

[oldcoot]

2. You are not alone

I swear at my t.v. whenever he comes on.

[MSgt213]

3. I don't. I love to laugh man.

[Cats Against Frist]

4. My mother -- a 53-year old woman who drives a Chevy Tahoe,

shops at Wal-Mart and watches "American Idol."

The woman cusses out the television every time he comes on -- called him a "motherfucker."

I've tried to explain to her how certain "lifestyle choices" of hers actually PAY the piper -- but she doesn't listen.

[babylonsister]

5. Moi. I'm in the market for a political t-shirt

for my dad, but we both can't stand to look at the mug; that limits greatly what I can buy. Can't bear to even hear the voice.

[rzemanfl]

6. I hate him so much that I was thinking on the way home today

about whether they could change the www. for the world-wide web to something else. "Dubyah, Dubyah, Dubyah" is like three quick slaps in the face to me.

[BrklynLiberal]

7. Yup! Never listen to him..or look at that face!!

[Sal Minella]

8. I dive for the plug and jerk it out of the wall -- that's fastest.

The sound of that voice makes my ribcage constrict painfully.
Especially if he's on one of his yelling binges trying to sound like Dynamic Leader.

[oasis]

9. I can't stand him but I must study the little jerk. He's going to lose it

soon and I want to watch every golden moment. Then I'm going to put a giant sign on my car, ride around town and taunt all those who blindly supported his weasel ass.

[scarletlib]

10. ditto

[XanaDUer]

11. Didn't his voice induce epileptic fits in some man?

Oh wait, that was Mary Hart.

I cannot stand to listen to the man.

[stillcool]

12. My last viewing was....

the debates, which I loved. His words are worthless, and watching him mangle the english language is nauseating. He opitomizes every negative perception I've ever had of mankind.

[bumblebee1]

45. Man oh man

I am a fan of figre skating. I commented on a fs board that I thought I'd never see a day when a foreign figure skater speaks better English than the President of the U. S. Thanks to Bush, we are now seeing it.

[A Brand New World]

13. I cannot stand to listen to or look at the idiot. I dive for the remote

as soon as that ugly face appears. I absolutely refuse to torture myself. I've felt that way from the first time I saw him on TV back during the 2000 primary. I certainly do not understand those who find him so charming. UGH! Dog crap is more appealing.

[dandrhesse]

14. count me in, it about turns my stomach. My brother has an expression like

the chimp makes when he shrugs his shoulders and laughs and my brother only makes that face and has that laugh when he is lying. It is uncanny and I recognized it the first time I saw it so I have never thought he was being straight.

[Swamp Rat]

15. I can ONLY listen to him when Mike Malloy plays a clip and mocks it.

bunny pants :D

[Cleita]

16. Me from the very beginning.

I cannot listen to a word he says, unless it's being quoted on Jon Stewart, then I know it will be funny.

Other than that, I get physically nauseous, because of the depravity of his words and lies.

[tilsammans]

17. Just. Cannot. Stand. W.

Can't look, can't listen.

[Bellamia]

21. Neither can I.

Ugh!

[SmokingJacket]

19. I miss the days when they kept him hidden.

Remember that? I used to be able to listen to a whole news broadcast without leaping to shut off the radio.

[suigeneris]

20. Funny. Me too. Sometimes I make myself...

...to remind myself how much I dislike him, try to figure out what others see in him and to stay up on what's up. I do the same thing with Hannity and Limbaugh sometimesas well. No pain no gain ;-)

[Lisa]

22. it's the giant close-up photos of him in the paper that get me

Our newspaper has this weird thing about featuring large-than-life pics of his face -- usually they're on an inside page so there is no advance warning. I'll be reading the paper over breakfast when, bam!, there's this photo of Bush staring at me. Not even his wife has that close a view -- it magnifies the pores in his skin, and the whiskers he missed while shaving.

[texanwitch]

24. I know what you mean

When Bush was Governor I lived in Austin, and I liked to go to this great place that had great BarBQ and Chicken Fried Steak, so did Bush.

It seemed every time I went so did he, and he was already trying on his good old boy act. He would come up try to shake your hand, only I never would. I saw him upclose and personal, you could tell who were the Democrats and who were the Republicans in that room.

[mopaul]

23. i'll only watch him when he's off script

then he's frikkin' hy larry us

[DearAbby]

26. We rarely watch TV anymore, so the only time I hear him is sound bytes on

the radio. If I had to listen to more than that...I would be considered bulimic :puke:

[Zorra]

25. It is the completely natural, instinctive reaction that decent folks

have when they encounter something that is innately wicked and unspeakably evil.

It is a human survival mechanism that warns us of great danger and imminent threat.

Every nice, decent person I know cannot stand the sight or sound of him, and have an instantaneous feeling of loathing and disgust when they see him.

[Fire Walk With Me]

44. Can we sue them for the emotional harrasment?

Good post...

Put Bush in front of some young children and see how they react.

[Vadem]

27. Not me! I turn the TV up loud so that I can hear the SOB stumble...

all over himself; I laugh and laugh at the idiot and I just hope and pray that Americans all over this country are watching the very same idiot that I am!.....and coming to the same conclusion!

[Obamarama]

28. MUTE means never having to listen to W again!!!

I don't know if the mute button on my remote control will last through the second term!!!

[leftofthedial]

29. once in a great while I get a perverse need

for outrage release/comic relief.

99.99% of the time, his whiny voice and smirky face are a guaranteed immediate channel change

[American in Asia]

30. One of the blessings of living where I do..

is that I hardly ever have to see him on TV. What's funny is that our dog was so conditioned during the debates when we screamed at the television so often when Bush was talking that he nows goes ballistic and barks and growls whenever he hears that voice. Given he's a VERY big doggie, it's pretty funny to see such hostility directed at my least favorite person. And it's a measure of my antipathy that despite being funny as heck, I still can't bear to hear him talk, despite the enjoyment of watching the raging beast!

[annabanana]

73. ooo.... get a film of that!

I'd LOVE to see that clip flashing it's way areound the 'net.

[solinvictus]

31. I despise the fucker..

and the only time I want to hear of him is when he's indicted. (Yeah, I can dream!)

[tavalon]

53. Amen

I would happily watch every minute of that one!

[bhairava]

32. I'd sooner kiss a rattlesnake!

He makes my blood boil and raises my blood pressure. That f*cking smirk just drives me over the edge. Living in the belly of the beast (Houston), I have to endure seeing W stickers everywhere. I hate these RW f*ckers so much that I saw a lighted notice sign on the freeway that read simply "Delay" and I cursed outloud " F*ck him!" before realising that it meant a delay not the bug killer! I'm actually pretty easy going but for sanity's sake like to keep W (and cronies) out of sight and hearing range! Whatever he has to say can ususally be read in the paper the day before anyway.

[eridani]

33. Same here

Ed Schultz had a tape on his show today. I changed stations until I was sure that Bush was over.

[Valerie5555]

34. Wouldn't it be funny if anyone could train their kitty to actually go

"meow, ow, ow, ffffffffffffffffffftttttttttttttttttttttt" in response to anything to do with him???????????????????????????????????????

[Andromeda]

51. It would be even better if you could...

train your cat to crap on a picture of GWB.

[KitchenWitch]

35. me

I literally avoid every type of media * is on. If I did not, I would be in danger of going ballistic...

[seabeyond]

36. i cannot watch or listen to the man.

just turned off all news way back in oct so i wouldnt have to. one day i had the news on, kids in my room and he was coming on. i went into a cold sweat, and in my panic i couldnt get hold of my controller, habd shaking so much, grunts and sounds coming out of my mouth as i realize he had hit the podium and any second i was going to hear that voice,


oooosh and with relief i was able to control hand muscles enough to turn the channel, just in time

kids were frozen in wonder what had happened to my whole being

so conclusion, no i cannot watch or hear bush

[Stinky The Clown]

37. Whenever I see him I scream like a banshee at the teevee

My wife worries that I'll have a heart attack.

He infuriates me.

I see not one

redeeming

quality

in that

slimeball

worthless

mother

fucker

[mopinko]

38. lots of people won't buy a button

that has *'s face on it. i hear it all the time.

[Straight Shooter]

39. He makes me glad I don't watch television.

As for his voice on radio ... CLICK! One word out of his bozo mouth and I turn it off.

In his next life, bush will come back as a fingernail endlessly scraping on a chalkboard. Just like this life, but a higher IQ.

[FreedomAngel82]

40. You're not alone

Don't worry. I can't even stand him at all.

[LaPera]

41. So many more than you cam imagine, including myself.

[Spock_is_Skeptical]

42. I am nauseated upon sight or sound of him. I avoid the experience.

[proud2BlibKansan]

43. So do I

then I flip him off. Feels pretty good. I highly recommend it.

[BuyingThyme]

46. Makes me wanna cry.

It's like seeing my house burn.

[MsConduct]

47. I avoid the dub, limpaw, the o'liar, msnbc, cnn etc, etc, etc. n/t

[tyedyeto]

48. If I know he's going to on the 'tube'.....

I will turn the TV off. I don't need a known liar telling me how to live my life.

[Andromeda]

49. ME!

I had to turn CNN off when he started to make his statement on that horrible bankruptcy bill. I thought I was going to wretch! :puke:

I simply can't stand to look at his stupid face and listen to that phoney twang of his.

[driver8]

50. Shrub has nothing to say that I want to hear...and I cannot stand

that m'fer.

[VOX]

52. He's like syrup of ipecac.

It's tough enough to look at still photos of him.

:puke:

[flordehinojos]

54. me too. add my 96 year old father to that too.

[magellan]

55. Instant revulsion

Can't stand to see or hear the mendacious little toad.

I've been SO tempted recently to gather a couple of signs from the road works near our house and create a new one to plant on the WH lawn:

WARNING: DIP AT WORK

[fleabert]

56. I can't hear him speak for more than a moment or I will explode...

expletives fall from my mouth like a waterfall, my eyes bulge, and the veins in my neck and on my forehead pulsate wildly.

my mute button is there for a reason. I use it wisely.

I even mute airamerica if they leave him on too long, even though I know they will mock or deride him. I get my fill of what his dumb ass has to say from DU and the print media.

:puke:

and don't even get me started on what seeing his face does to me.

just thinking about him raises my blood pressure.

:rant:

edited to add some smilies. :-)

[Princess Turandot]

57. Always, if the remote is handy!..nt

[zippy890]

58. I can't watch or listen to him - makes me ill

n/t

[Catchawave]

59. Very painful to listen too....

I'm embarrassed for my country, he's incoherent and bullyish, even when the words come out of his mouth in the right order :silly:

[Danmel]

60. I have a visceral repulsion

I just cannot listen to him speak for more than a minute.

[Mrs_Beastman]

61. Me, My mom, My husband, My sister, her husband

My husband's vein in his forehead starts throbbing whenever he gets worked up over chimpy...My mom thinks it's so funny, she clips out newspaper articles for my husband to read when we visit. I don't think it's funny, I'm afraid Mr B's head will explode one of these days.

[PA Democrat]

62. I would watch him BEFORE the last election

and note his stupidity, arrogance, and tortured grammar. I used to tell myself that SURELY when the American people listened to this buffoon that they would not vote for him.

Since November, I cannot stand the sight or sound of him. It is worse than rubbing salt in an open wound to think that ANYONE could vote for him.

[tsuki]

63. Me

[ProfessorGAC]

64. I'm With You

I always change the channel when he comes on. I'll read it in the paper the next day. I still won't like what he says, but at least i don't have to listen to his idiocy and see him mugging for the crowd.

The Professor

[tanyev]

65. That's the main reason I stopped watching the news.

As soon as that face and that voice appear I get very angry and start yelling at the TV. I finally decided it just wasn't healthy. Now if I have the news on, I always have the remote handy so I can turn it off quickly. Just muting is not enough, because I can't even stand to see him. I can barely stand it when AAR or the Daily Show plays clips of him to introduce a topic. And I also include the rest of the team: Cheney, Rice, Dumsfeld, Frist, DeLay, McClellan, etc. They don't have one iota of respect for me, so I don't know why I should have to listen to anything they want to say.

[SammyWinstonJack]

66. Right here!

The sight/sound of him sets me off! :grr:

[mcar]

67. Me

He makes me physically ill.

[LucasD]

68. The very first time I saw

him I thought "great, we're going to have a used car
salesman as a president!"

Now I treat him like a car commercial. Or any commercial
for that matter.

*CLICK!* Off he goes.

[newyawker99]

72. Hi LucasD!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[peabodyhere]

69. same here

Each time he was "elected" I thought, four more sotus to skip, and everything in between. Can't look at him. It was the same for RWR, eight long years. For some reason I could watch 41. Didn't grate on me the same way. Though if I'd known what was to come....

[annabanana]

75. you got lots of company here

Welcome to DU!:toast:

[Norquist Nemesis]

70. *raises hand* Hold on now

I need to mute the tv. :evilgrin:

Yes, I'm in that camp as well. I also do the same thing with that disingenuous and nasty commercial about social security. You know...the one where they blame Democrats?

[SiouxJ]

71. I scramble for the remote

the minute I sense they are going to show a clip of him. I just cannot watch the idiot for a second. It was horrible during the election when all his lying commercials were running. The only time I hear his voice now is when they play a clip of him on AAR. I can't even stand impersonations of him. I don't ever remember having this reaction to any other president. I wish I could set my TV to block him whenever he appears. I think what bothers me is watching this massive, un-checked ego, with nothing to back it up. Not a shred of anything to justify such an inflated ego. He's a lifelong failure and yet he has no clue of it. That drives me nuts. Most people recognize that they are full of shit at some point, after so much failure, but he just doesn't get it.

[okieinpain]

74. I've stopped watching the news on tv. I watch olberman, csi,

24, and hbo. oh and sports, especially women's tennis, hmmmmmmmm, good stuff. I have even stopped watching c-span.

[progressivejazz]

76. My wife screams at me if I

don't hit the mute button fast enough.

Damn right of her, too.

[Carl Yasutomo]

77. The only time I ever enjoyed watching Bush

was during the first presidential debate of 2004, when he made a complete ass of himself. It was truly delicious to watch.

Otherwise, I'm with you: anytime I see his face on TV or the Internet, I immediately change the channel (or web page). His voice and face make my stomach turn.

[lse7581011]

78. Funny!

I did that only yesterday while visiting at my Mom's house-don't think she understood why!

[Squeech]

79. Me too

In years to come (if there are to be any) they will argue about him, whether his ignorance is more profound than his mendacity.

[Greylyn58]

80. The minute, the very minute the moron starts talking

I turn him off. I can't stand him or his mouth piece, Simple Scotty. Both of them make my stomach hurt. I can't take the lies that they spew forth.

[Kansas Wyatt]

81. Twilight Zone, Orwellian World, Hell.....

When am I going to wake up from this nightmare, and how did this retarded dimwitted moron ever get elected to anything, let alone President of the United States?

Has Shrub ever been right about anything in his entire life, or are we all just suppose to conform to that hamster running around the wheel in Shrub's head?

Heck, Otis from the Andy Griffith Show has more wisdom, intelligence, class, and grace than this dipshit.

[Fifth of Five]

82. Me too.

If I want to know the latest idiocy to pour forth from that total waste of skin, I must read it. His voice, face, laugh and arrogant smirk literally raise my blood pressure past a safe level.