State of the Union Address
Safety Rating: Depends on your politics
Friendly Rating: Depends on your stomach for politics
Quality Rating: Whatever else, President Obama is one good public speaker.
ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, for sure at 9 p.m. ET, 6 p.m. PT
I’m really trying to keep value judgments out of here. Your political leanings are your own and I have no right to insist you share mine. I understand that’s not the common understanding, but I remain of the opinion that people can choose to be civilized, agree to disagree and gain strength from where we are different at the same time we build unity with what we have in common.
That being said, good odds someone in your household is going to be complaining that their favorite show has been pre-empted because of this important annual speech. And, truth be told, I’d be happy with the highlight reel, myself. I have no stomach for politics of either side. The problem with that is that someone else gets to decide what’s important and that’s not such a good thing.
Which may be something you’ll want to explain to said complainer. Even if he/she is way too young to vote, that won’t always be the case and we, as parents, need to set a good example by following what’s going on in our government. It’s how we form an opinion about for whom to vote and how to interact with said person once in office. We need to hear what our president says so that we can decide for ourselves whether he’s a genius or a total idiot or somewhere in between.
However, thanks to my DVR, I won’t have to eat dinner in front of the tube because I’m on Pacific time. I can eat dinner, then relax in front of the recorded version. Sigh. Got to model good behavior. Got to model good behavior. Got to model…..
Anne Louise Bannon
Your Family Viewer