- Yes: 65%
- No: 35%
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So, time for a new poll. I don't watch network television as a rule any more. I don't have a television set in my home in San Antonio (well, actually, I do, but only used as a monitor to watch DVDs). I happen to catch network television when I'm with my family in other states, and work hard to catch sports events. If it's available, I will tune into CNBC periodically but generally turn it off if Hawaii 5-O is on. Or Remington Steele. If the latter are not showing, I have lunch.
[If I am with my granddaughters in the Boston area, I listen/don't watch CNBC from 7:15 a.m. to 7:30 a.m. while making them breakfast; but then we watch SpongeBob SquarePants together while having breakfast.]
However, without exception, I never, never watch the Hollywood award shows any more, and I no longer watch the President when he comes on. I turn the television off when he starts speaking.
I am curious how many others specifically turn off the television when the president starts talking. I don't mean "tuning him out" or checking back once in awhile to see what he's saying but whether completely turning the set off or to another channel when he's speaking.
I won't watch the State of the Union Address but I won't consider that part of the question because the State of the Union Address still has a lot of pomp and circumstance: it's an event.
So, with all that as prelude, the question is: do you, as a rule, listen to President Obama's speeches?
