My name is Joe and I have an addiction...
My addiction is ruining my mental well-being and needs to stop. My addiction is causing me to lose all perspective. My addiction is causing me to slowly go insane. My addiction is to watching the TM and their "pundits" analyze the presidential race non-stop...
I, like apparently some of you, watch way too much political analysis on television. I wake up in the morning and turn on Morning Joe. I get upset. I come home from work and watch Hardball. I get angry. Then I flip the channels between talking head no-nothings on CNN, MSNBC, and any other station offering political analysis. I do this even though I know where I stand and they won't change my mind (not that they could). I get angry when they twist the words of my candidate or spend days analyzing the "news" of what someone said. It is driving me crazy.
I come up with numerous excuses to watch these programs. The most recent of which is that I want to know how things will play to the masses. All it does is make me angry. But, what can I do and still stay informed and still participate in the election?
TURN OFF THE POLITICAL PROGRAMS.
It is that simple, and I have decided I'm going to do it. I can still get all the news I need off the internet. I can still get analysis (sadly, more interesting analysis) on shows like the Daily Show, Colbert and Bill Maher. I can still donate to Barack Obama and any other candidate I want to. And I get the added benefit of not having to listen to the buffoons on CNN. (If I were a Nielson house it would be even better). All I have to do is turn off the political programs of the TM on the TV. And I have decided to do it.
As an aside, I will miss Olbermann but it must be done.