Coping Mechanism for State of the Union

Posted by Mary Mancini on January 18, 2007 under Uncategorized |

On Tuesday, January 23, at 7:00 pm, Nashville’s only liberal talk radio show, Liberadio(!), will team up with Democracy for America and DFA Nashville (the official Davidson County chapter of Howard Dean’s Democracy for America) to host a “State of the Union” watching party.

The event, dubbed The “Where are We Going and How Did We Get in This Hand Basket?” Party will be held at The 5 Spot at 1006 Forrest Avenue in East Nashville and will feature the State of the Union address by President Bush, the Democratic response (given this year by Freshman Sen. James Webb, D-Va), Bush Bingo for fun and prizes, and a ticket giveaway for the Tennessee Women’s Theater Project production of ‘Nickel & Dimed’ (based on the book by Barbara Ehrenreich).”

“Last year I watched the State of the Union alone in my living room yelling at the TV,” Liberadio(!) co-host, Mary Mancini said. “This year, I’ll spend it in a bar with a bunch of other people yelling at the TV.”

Freddie O’Connell, the show’s other co-host, added, “I need to be around other people for the sublime moment when the president of us all, George W. Bush, explains to us that the State of the Union is ‘very strong.’ That’s because I was nominated to be the bookmaker. I don’t want to skew my odds by saying this, but I’m personally betting on ‘very strong.’”

Joining Liberadio(!) will be Democracy for Tennessee chairman, Mark Naccarato, to share the Democracy for America 2007 Plan of Action. Like Mary & Freddie, Mark believes in the power of participatory democracy as well as the need for coping mechanisms to deal with the trauma of a Bush Speech.

Liberadio(!) is heard live Monday mornings from 7:00 to 9:00am on Vanderbilt University’s WRVU-FM, 91.1. Archived shows and podcasts are available daily at www.Liberadio.com.