Chimpy's State of the Union address 2008

[Flagg]

What would have happened if a major Democratic politician had skipped the event, and informed the media that it's nothing more than political theatre so he did not feel like wasting his time on it?

They would be immediately accused by the entire right wing media establishment of being petty and partisan. Eventually the "mainstream" media would pick up the story as "was this partisan or not?" which answers its own question for most viewrs. So long story short, no high mucky muck will miss the chance to attend.

I don't know how you people live under such a system without going insane.

Who says we do? We could fill the gods damned grand canyon with all the fucking anti-depressants and anti-anxiety pills that are consumed by Americans every year. Probably.