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Botany

(70,538 posts)
Thu Aug 30, 2012, 08:31 AM Aug 2012

Poll: Hey DU are you really watching the RNC?

I have seen less then 15 minutes total of the RNC and I am fine with that. Why
should I watch Condi Rice who even after seeing the 8/6/2001 PDB did nothing and
let this nation get hit or listen to Paul Ryan who went right along w/George W's
taking the surplus he inherited from Bill Clinton into a massive debt w/ unfunded
wars, a tax cut for the rich, and a law that let the big pharmaceutical get a sweet
heart deal and charge all of us way to much for medications talk about fiscal res-
ponsibility?



So how much have you really watched of the RNC?


16 votes, 1 pass | Time left: Unlimited
0 to 15 minutes
11 (69%)
15 to 1 hour
2 (13%)
1 to 3 hours
0 (0%)
3 to 5 hours
2 (13%)
more than 5 hours
1 (6%)
gavel to gavel coverage
0 (0%)
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Poll: Hey DU are you really watching the RNC? (Original Post) Botany Aug 2012 OP
none of it. i don't care about repukes. none of their lies surprises me. nt xchrom Aug 2012 #1
that would be 0. no to 15. nt seabeyond Aug 2012 #2
I can't Barry2012 Aug 2012 #3
Yet you voted for option gavel to gavel, odd. Welcome to DU. nt Mnemosyne Aug 2012 #4
What Barry2012 Sep 2012 #16
Okay Barry2012 Sep 2012 #17
Don't ya hate it when ya do that?! Change has come Sep 2012 #18
It was just an observation. nt Mnemosyne Sep 2012 #21
Zero, nada, none, zip, squat, nil, zilch, niente.. n/t Fumesucker Aug 2012 #5
My Husband Can't Seem to Get Enough goodword Aug 2012 #6
About 5 minutes. HappyMe Aug 2012 #7
None of it. Watching oil paint dry would be a better use of my time. RC Aug 2012 #8
i get my convention news for jon stewart and steven colbert. eom ellenfl Aug 2012 #9
What's an RNC? TheCowsCameHome Aug 2012 #10
None so far GreenPartyVoter Aug 2012 #11
I hear enough about it to make me puke, let alone watch it. 6000eliot Aug 2012 #12
None JustAnotherGen Aug 2012 #13
Nope. liberalmuse Aug 2012 #14
I have it DVR'd . . . Shae Aug 2012 #15
Literally can't stand to see, hearor smell any of them. 0 time wasted. Zorra Sep 2012 #19
I watched. abumbyanyothername Sep 2012 #20
 

Barry2012

(51 posts)
17. Okay
Sat Sep 1, 2012, 12:27 AM
Sep 2012

I see what you're saying.I didn't realize I had voted gavel to gavel.I must had done so by mistake.

goodword

(44 posts)
6. My Husband Can't Seem to Get Enough
Thu Aug 30, 2012, 08:53 AM
Aug 2012

and we both sit there and moan and groan and shoot birds at the speakers and roll our eyes and say things like "they've got to be kidding" until finally I get sick of listening to their crap and go find something else to do.

 

RC

(25,592 posts)
8. None of it. Watching oil paint dry would be a better use of my time.
Thu Aug 30, 2012, 08:55 AM
Aug 2012

I get more than I need or want about it, right here on DU.

JustAnotherGen

(31,834 posts)
13. None
Thu Aug 30, 2012, 09:18 AM
Aug 2012

Just got back from two weeks in Italy last night - and I won't be watching this evening. It's a waste of my time. I know it's a bunch of lies, smoke in mirrors and at the end of the day - I've already made up my mind.

liberalmuse

(18,672 posts)
14. Nope.
Thu Aug 30, 2012, 09:21 AM
Aug 2012

Reading about it here is enough to tie my stomach in knots. I'm not all that confident in the ability of the American people to spot utter bullshit. Most people don't really pay much attention to what's going on in politics, or read rebuttals the next day after a speech, so just knowing Republicans have a large forum where they can spout their lies unchallenged for a few days is very frustrating. Every time Republicans meet in large numbers, the song, "War Pigs" pops in my mind.

Shae

(1,108 posts)
15. I have it DVR'd . . .
Thu Aug 30, 2012, 09:25 AM
Aug 2012

on Current TV, and they had Paul Krugman on before the festivities began. Krugman was explaining Paul Ryan's "budget," and I watched that. Not sure if I'll get around to watching any more of it. I have no desire to see Condi or Ryan.

Zorra

(27,670 posts)
19. Literally can't stand to see, hearor smell any of them. 0 time wasted.
Sat Sep 1, 2012, 02:02 AM
Sep 2012

Although I did watch "The Unforgettable" video of Clint on DU.

That was a hoot for sure; Clint's always entertaining.

abumbyanyothername

(2,711 posts)
20. I watched.
Sat Sep 1, 2012, 02:14 AM
Sep 2012

And when I couldn't watch, I listened.

I am actually pleased with where they are going. Because it is forcing Obama to clearly come out and support the poor and working classes of this nation as against the delusion that America consists only of CEOs, future-CEOs and those too lazy to become CEOs.

If they think it's class warfare now, just wait.

Not that the dems don't have their own corporatocracy issues.

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