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Take a pledge not to watch tRump's inauguration. (Original Post) Auntie Bush Dec 2016 OP
I will be working on Friday January 20, so I won't watch. muntrv Dec 2016 #1
That will be an easy one to keep. Arkansas Granny Dec 2016 #2
Yes, me too... hell, I'd rather watch the cableTV blue screen, or the "paint dry" channel, than anything to do with that racist pig getting inaugurated! InAbLuEsTaTe Dec 2016 #7
That's not difficult radical noodle Dec 2016 #3
Just like Nascar, its sometimes fun to watch for the crashes Johnathan146 Dec 2016 #4
Never give that fuck ratings jodymarie aimee Dec 2016 #5
He lives for the ratings. Cracklin Charlie Dec 2016 #34
I do MFM008 Dec 2016 #6
Gawd no! Would never watch this pompus ass-wipe feed his narssistic fragile ego RiverStone Dec 2016 #8
Would rather eat ground up glass. MoonRiver Dec 2016 #9
I can never watch this human waste and his ego MyNameIsKhan Dec 2016 #10
An easy pledge to keep. Vinca Dec 2016 #11
I'm looking forward to the concert in Florida SCVDem Dec 2016 #12
Never planned on watching the maggot onecaliberal Dec 2016 #13
Wasn't planning on it The Genealogist Dec 2016 #14
quantum mechanics doesn't work that way, unfortunately. Warren DeMontague Dec 2016 #15
Count me in. Will be watching the concert in Miami that A0list musicians are doing nt iluvtennis Dec 2016 #16
My resolution is to ignore his entire presidency. neeksgeek Dec 2016 #17
You couldn't pay me to watch it. I get knots in my stomach just thinking about it. AgadorSparticus Dec 2016 #18
To borrow a phrase from the musical "My Fair Lady" Zambero Dec 2016 #19
I'd rather stick paper clips in my eyes Richard D Dec 2016 #20
Absolutely! I checked with all my existing body cells and they all say "Nope, not watching!" Madam45for2923 Dec 2016 #21
That's a no-brainer meow2u3 Dec 2016 #22
This easy standingtall Dec 2016 #23
I'll be at work, so pretty easy to skip. tammywammy Dec 2016 #24
Oh, no problem. hamsterjill Dec 2016 #25
No problem nycbos Dec 2016 #26
I'd rather drink bleach. The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2016 #27
but are you SURE??!! MFM008 Dec 2016 #29
I refuse to watch bravenak Dec 2016 #28
I'm not watching it! I hope to scour the net and find someone/group posting demonstrations RKP5637 Dec 2016 #30
I would never look at that asshole annointed the President of the US. akbacchus_BC Dec 2016 #31
I'll be improvising blues songs all night. Lint Head Dec 2016 #32
i'll be watching HGTV. i also have lots of DesertFlower Dec 2016 #33
I wasn't going to watch but I think I might because there might be Raine Dec 2016 #35
You don't need to watch to see those things. Videos will be posted immediately. Auntie Bush Dec 2016 #43
well not watching sure would go easier on my stomach, that's for sure Raine Dec 2016 #48
I don't have to pledge.. you couldn't pay Cha Dec 2016 #36
No way! I don't watch much tv anyway, montana_hazeleyes Dec 2016 #37
I think I'll go to the movies. mnhtnbb Dec 2016 #38
I will be working, but would not... 3catwoman3 Dec 2016 #39
I'll take that pledge Auntie Bush Dec 2016 #44
I'm planning to watch Sound of Music. Crunchy Frog Dec 2016 #40
No way will I watch CajunBlazer Dec 2016 #41
No way will I watch NastyRiffraff Dec 2016 #42
I never intended to watch it. I'll throw a towel over the tv screen in my kitchen to remind me.... Hekate Dec 2016 #45
What did your towel do to deserve that? TexasTowelie Dec 2016 #52
not too hard to do triron Dec 2016 #46
Hard to watch TV when you're curled up in the fetal position n/t TexasBushwhacker Dec 2016 #47
I am 100% on board! USALiberal Dec 2016 #49
Easy pledge to keep True_Blue Dec 2016 #50
I won't be watching, however if only the a*holes who voted for him tune in, that's a sizeable.... Tarheel_Dem Dec 2016 #51
I'm not a Nielsen household; as a historian, I feel compelled to watch. malchickiwick Dec 2016 #53
I don't need no stinking pledge. I'll avoid witnessing his destruction of our democracy TonyPDX Dec 2016 #54
Easiest pledge I've ever taken. Charles Bukowski Dec 2016 #55
I already was planning to spare myself from the uncontrolled vomiting watching it would cause. GoCubsGo Dec 2016 #56
No plans to watch it....unless some meaningful protest demonstrations break out. Paladin Dec 2016 #57
I will either be watching some dvds about Hitler that day or sub teaching. kimbutgar Dec 2016 #58
I will not be watching Gothmog Dec 2016 #59
I feel so sorry for Obama Chipper Chat Dec 2016 #60
Don't have to take pledge marlakay Dec 2016 #61
Not even at gunpoint would I lower myself. nancy1942 Dec 2016 #62
I so pledge, Duke Silver Dec 2016 #63
I will find a channel showing a real dumpster fire. kairos12 Dec 2016 #64
Easy one. Adrahil Dec 2016 #65

InAbLuEsTaTe

(24,559 posts)
7. Yes, me too... hell, I'd rather watch the cableTV blue screen, or the "paint dry" channel, than anything to do with that racist pig getting inaugurated!
Fri Dec 23, 2016, 05:31 PM
Dec 2016
 

Johnathan146

(141 posts)
4. Just like Nascar, its sometimes fun to watch for the crashes
Fri Dec 23, 2016, 05:08 PM
Dec 2016

It doesn't really matter if I watch it or not. There is not some survallance van tracking me to see what station I'm tuned into.

Cracklin Charlie

(12,904 posts)
34. He lives for the ratings.
Sat Dec 24, 2016, 01:55 AM
Dec 2016

The terrible ratings alone should drive him up the wall.

As for watching any of it, I couldn't do it if he paid me. I can't stand his, or any of those people's (his family, campaign people, or appointees) face.

A story about my dad, a survivor of the Bataan Death March, and a Japanese prison camp:

When I was younger, from time to time, a story would come on the teevee that mentioned General Douglas MacArthur. My dad would immediately get that channel switched. He could not look at General MacArthur. Sometimes an actor would be playing MacArthur, not even the real MacArthur, like on MASH...channel switched.

He couldn't deal with thinking about that man.

I feel the same way about Trump.

RiverStone

(7,241 posts)
8. Gawd no! Would never watch this pompus ass-wipe feed his narssistic fragile ego
Fri Dec 23, 2016, 05:39 PM
Dec 2016

What I hope we get to see on the news is nationwide protests!

The Genealogist

(4,736 posts)
14. Wasn't planning on it
Fri Dec 23, 2016, 06:30 PM
Dec 2016

I've got better things to do with my time than watch that tiny-handed cheeto preen on live TeeVee.

AgadorSparticus

(7,963 posts)
18. You couldn't pay me to watch it. I get knots in my stomach just thinking about it.
Fri Dec 23, 2016, 07:06 PM
Dec 2016

No way could I stomach it.

Zambero

(9,766 posts)
19. To borrow a phrase from the musical "My Fair Lady"
Fri Dec 23, 2016, 07:14 PM
Dec 2016

"I'd be equally as willing for a dentist to be drilling"

meow2u3

(24,923 posts)
22. That's a no-brainer
Fri Dec 23, 2016, 10:01 PM
Dec 2016

I can't stomach even looking at this creep, let alone listening to him. Besides, I don't want to give my cats a heart attack!

I'd rather have the rest of my teeth extracted--without novocaine--than listen to one more word from Agent Orange from anywhere other than a prison cell!

The Velveteen Ocelot

(120,908 posts)
27. I'd rather drink bleach.
Fri Dec 23, 2016, 11:25 PM
Dec 2016

I'd rather be thrown naked into a Turkish prison.
I'd rather lance an infected hemorrhoid with a plastic party fork.

 

bravenak

(34,648 posts)
28. I refuse to watch
Fri Dec 23, 2016, 11:33 PM
Dec 2016

Let me know if something terrible happens. I'll just check here and wait for DU to tell me that the shit show is over

RKP5637

(67,112 posts)
30. I'm not watching it! I hope to scour the net and find someone/group posting demonstrations
Fri Dec 23, 2016, 11:50 PM
Dec 2016

that M$M often hides.

Raine

(30,604 posts)
35. I wasn't going to watch but I think I might because there might be
Sat Dec 24, 2016, 03:28 AM
Dec 2016

disruptions from protesters, maybe also booing, some shows of disrespect etc. and him making an ass of himself.

Auntie Bush

(17,528 posts)
43. You don't need to watch to see those things. Videos will be posted immediately.
Sat Dec 24, 2016, 07:58 PM
Dec 2016

Don't add your eyes to his ratings.

Raine

(30,604 posts)
48. well not watching sure would go easier on my stomach, that's for sure
Sun Dec 25, 2016, 03:32 AM
Dec 2016

save me from the old heave ho.

montana_hazeleyes

(3,424 posts)
37. No way! I don't watch much tv anyway,
Sat Dec 24, 2016, 04:30 AM
Dec 2016

except some sports, etc. but I sure watched every minute of President Obama's.

Not this horror. Damn, I hate that the Obamas have to be there.

I'll check here and get the telling of it all.

3catwoman3

(25,456 posts)
39. I will be working, but would not...
Sat Dec 24, 2016, 09:19 AM
Dec 2016

...watch even if I could.

I further vow never, EVER, to use the title president when referring to him.

I will only ever call him DFT - Donald Fucking Trump.

NastyRiffraff

(12,448 posts)
42. No way will I watch
Sat Dec 24, 2016, 11:28 AM
Dec 2016

I remember the eager anticipation I had for the Obama inaugurations, particularly the first. I was working as a salesperson in a furniture store for the first one, and my boss covered for me while I watched the it on the big TV the store had.

I'd rather chew razor blades than watch Dump be sworn in. He will never be my president.

Hekate

(94,705 posts)
45. I never intended to watch it. I'll throw a towel over the tv screen in my kitchen to remind me....
Sat Dec 24, 2016, 08:10 PM
Dec 2016

The next day I am going to join millions of women and men across the country in mass protests of Mad King Donald and his enablers.

See you in Los Angeles!

Tarheel_Dem

(31,443 posts)
51. I won't be watching, however if only the a*holes who voted for him tune in, that's a sizeable....
Sun Dec 25, 2016, 03:04 PM
Dec 2016

audience.

malchickiwick

(1,474 posts)
53. I'm not a Nielsen household; as a historian, I feel compelled to watch.
Sun Dec 25, 2016, 03:22 PM
Dec 2016

It seems a bit silly to suggest that one should simply ignore that of which one does not approve.

We gotta know our enemy; just ask Sun Tzu.

TonyPDX

(962 posts)
54. I don't need no stinking pledge. I'll avoid witnessing his destruction of our democracy
Sun Dec 25, 2016, 03:34 PM
Dec 2016

for the duration.

 

Charles Bukowski

(1,132 posts)
55. Easiest pledge I've ever taken.
Sun Dec 25, 2016, 03:39 PM
Dec 2016

I wasn't planning on watching anyway. The less I see of that repugnant piece of shit over the next 4 years, the better.

GoCubsGo

(33,031 posts)
56. I already was planning to spare myself from the uncontrolled vomiting watching it would cause.
Sun Dec 25, 2016, 03:39 PM
Dec 2016

No pledge necessary from me. Just the thought of it already makes me want to puke.

Paladin

(28,777 posts)
57. No plans to watch it....unless some meaningful protest demonstrations break out.
Sun Dec 25, 2016, 03:42 PM
Dec 2016

In which case I may tune in.

marlakay

(12,205 posts)
61. Don't have to take pledge
Sun Dec 25, 2016, 06:18 PM
Dec 2016

You couldn't pay me to watch!

I can't stand to see his face just the amount of pics on stuff I go online is sickening.

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