Turn to CSPAN. Yes, it's a damn shame that most people will get their information from these asshats, but pray God that they get enough to save us all.

alls i gots ta say is: CSPAN or, if you like a little commentary, PBS.
i haven't watched cable news for more than 10 min a day in over a year.*
i can feel my IQ improving every day.

*not including Headline News while i'm getting ready for work.

Could I just add, can we please just have ONE of these posts a day? Everyone just come to the same place, have their dump, take deep breaths, watch some cartoons, and then.... kick back and ENJOY more of the Democratic Spectacle (with associated Top Quality Televisual Commentary.)

But just the one, ok?

Got it? ONE. One (1) blog on it, per day (That's a 24 hour period.)

Make it NCSteve's or liam's or Ripper's or Des' or I really don't give a fuck.... but JUST ONE, YOU FREAKIN' MADMEN, CAUSE NOW YER CLOGGIN' UP MY TPM TOO!!!

My.... Don't I feel just a whole lot better. Thanks X-NCSteve! ;-)

Step away from the television...mute and turn to Cspan or pull up the Cspan site on your computer. When you see someone on the screen that you want to listen to or looks interesting turn up volume slowly... if irritation arises mute and repeat.

No point in driving yourself insane.

You mean this kinda stuff?

TPMtv Catches Up With Arianna Huffington An Interview With Harry Shearer Paul Begala Tells TPMtv: It's About Hitting First Jim Webb Talks To TPMtv About Obama's Chances In VA See More Videos At TPMtv.com....

Punditry is like plastics used to be, where the money is. The smart ones got in on it even before they invented a thing called blogging to extrapolate the trend.

I am currently in a hotel in PA with only Fox or CNN. I didn't realize how bad CNN is. It truly is Fox lite. I cannot stream CSPAN nor do I have a radio. My brain cells are crying. The truth shall set you free...if you can find it. Thank god for blogs.

Go to the 'Span baby!

The idiocy of the commentary, even on MSNBC, is killing brain cells by the trillions all over America!

I'm all about the CSPAN, homie. I feel you, 100%. Recommended as fuck.

Good rant...thanks for the laugh. PBS has been just fine, Brooks is under control and even genuinely complimentary at times.

If I watch the other stuff, I go bat-shit crazy inside 10 minutes.

Yeah, Brooks better watch it or they're going to take away his Republican card.

OMG...I just finished reading this out loud to my hubby...except I had to stop a few times..because I was laughing so hard I was tearing up and could not see my screen.

This post was the most hilarious thing I have seen in a long time. The best comedy is the absurdity of the truth!!!

Thanks Steve, we really needed a good laugh. :)

Well, I bet the Democrats have better music...

Alejandro Escovedo? Word!

My favorite CNN moments (I tuned in after watching Hillary's speech on CSPAN) was the bozo who they interviewed just after the speech (she was near in tears) and the nutjob on Larry King.

Both talked in terms of "not feeling courted enough." Leave it to these types to compare electing the president of the United States "giving it up" on a date.

Their anger has little to do with this election and more to do with issues outside of it. But I now understand your irritation: it's clear there most people are these types of nutcases and CNN is selecting them in a way similar to FNC selects "the other side" for their "debates".

Asshats is a great addition.

My wife snd I decided to actually watch the convention tonite and how refreshing. Nice HD feed on Dish and ATTACK we did...of course you'd never know that from any cable channel....

What strikes me is how ignorant most of these experts are.....

This entire convention's goal is to get the "base" home and Hillary did that last nite in spades.

Once we reach the 85% Dem support this is over. Currently it runs from 69% is NC, 75% in OH in recent polls. In Iowa it is 89 and we are up comfortably.

This is not a "bounce" that will dissipate. Nearly all the "under performance" comes from the divisions from the primaries....

Look at this number in all the polls over the coming weeks and you'll see. Gore got 85% in 2000, Kerry 89% (Bush got 93% of R).

With the 8-10% "generic vote" gap now we'll see our numbers jump....and Romney or Lieberman would only add fuel to that fire as evangelicals jump ship on McCain.

In the south (I'm in Atlanta) Mormons aren't exactly popular w/ the Baptist crowd so it will help us a lot in GA, NC, FL and VA

These commentators are not washed up asshats! Here, I'll explain what they're saying to you so you'll understand.

Obama is outpolling McCain but he somehow hasn't gotten McCain to concede the election. This is because Obama can't "seal the deal" with McCain voters.

Now McCain voters are in the minority, which means that McCain has less of a "deal to seal" than Obama does. Having less "deal to seal" is a definite advantage because while Obama spends his time and money deal sealing, McCain can get on with the business of running the country.

So you see, having more supporters is a real problem for Barack Obama. But it's good news for John McCain.

I feel your pain former Mc Steve. LOL at destor23, both of you capture my mindset of late. I tried PBS, but my body melts down at the visual of David Brooks, so that lasted about 1 min 25 secs....My Dvr gets allot of play switching between both tunners and FF through the asshats comments, drives my girl crazy, but I can't take it either, its the best I got....lol.

What do you mean "you people"? j/k

Right there with you, buddy. CNN and Fox are very anti-Obama, but by the same token Olbermann and the chronies at MSNBC are so EXTREMELY pro-Obama that you can't get an impartial analysis there either.

CSPAN and PBS ftw!

I think I might agree with you more during the RNC convention. I can't resist Keith Olbermann. Yes, I spend a lot of time on CSPAN, and PBS too, but have to flip to the networks now and then during prime time to get a flavor of what they're all saying. I've even turned (turned my stomach that is) to Fox News-which your rant would be too kind to.

C-Span

Until now this 2008 convention has produced only TWO people that remind me of what the Democratic Party once was: Michelle Obama and Governor Swhweitzer.

Since 1968, Democrats have occupied the Whitehouse for 12 years, Nixon, Ford, Reagan, Bush, Bush have had it for 28. So how is it going Democrats? Are 40 years of class warfare on the losing side enough? McCain is not like Bush, he is WORSE than Bush.

Just say goodbye to the legacy of FDR, JFK, RFK, Martin Luther King AND President Clinton. I really think it's over.

Ok, what side do you think the media is on? Corporations maybe? You seem to excuse the media because they are stupid. But so what? Just draw conclusions based on what you are saying here.

Markos Moulitsas Zuniga, aka Kos, put it best today:

Damn they love the sound of their own voices. Could they please shut the fuck up and let people digest the proceedings on their own? Do they have so little regard for their audience that they think people need DC- and NYC-based blowhards to tell them what to think?

And yes, the simple answer is "yes".

CNN = STFU!

I saw the speech by Dennis Kucinich. Not bad, but he is then labeled "socialist." That's how the message is degraded and marginalized, labeling. Swift boat, swift boat, swift boat. Not a problem I guess.

BTW, you don't have to be suicidal to see things this way, in fact it is a common belief in some places. My point is that the election process is defined in this country, held hostage maybe, by interests of wealth and power. How do you deal with that.

CNN didn't even make it out of the starting gate Monday night before demonstrating a lack of comprehension of facts and history.

A group of remaining Navajo Code Talkers served as color guard. As they marched onto the stage, Blitzer stentoriously opined how great their service had been in WW II keeping communications secret from the NAZIs !! One of his fellow yakking heads jumped in to declare that the Nazis had never broken the code. That last nugget is technically true, since the Code Talkers were assigned to the Marines in the Pacific theater of the war. You don't even have to know any history to know that it was the Japanese who couldn't crack the code: there was a big budget movie with Nicolas Cage for Christ's sake. They probably ran ads on CNN.

Last night the CNN people were yakking on while speaker's names were being projected on the stage. I saw Cecile Richards' and Dennis Kucinich's names up there. A little bit later, one of the yakkers complains about the lack of really redmeat attacks on McCain and the GOP. I couldn't help think that this might be because they weren't listening to any of the speaches.

I'm with Steve: STFU.

Thank you Formerly. I vented vicariously through your vent. I think I have shouted every word of your rant at my TV over the past few months, along with the occasional pounding on my coffee table.

Its funny, but its not. I feel like you're tapping in to a bubbling caldera of like minded anger and frustration, but I wonder what can be done constructively to make a difference. How can we affect change, if we (America) are spoon fed BS that drives people away from candidates who might actually affect change?

How do we take back our media? Sure, youTube and the blogosphere is part of the solution, but we as a people should vote on the media, with our feet and demand a better discourse and more content - y'know reporting on things that actually happened, not pontificating on what may happen or what could happen (or reciting partisan talking points).

What's the solution? How can we take millions of pissed off viewers and turn them in to a movement which can improve news coverage, even on a bipartisan basis?

Oh I don't put Clinton in the same league as the others I mentioned. However he could play a role this year if he would. Low probability.

I think Obama gets elected and he turns everything around. In this country that's the only way you can induce change, elect the people who share your ideas.

Thank you for saying exactly what I've been thinking this whole week and actually for awhile leading up to this week. I have no respect for these blowhards on television. There is no shred of journalism or reporting going on. It's a bunch of gossipers. They get on tv and throw out some juicy piece of unsubstantiated bullshit that they make up and then have a group of people sitting around gossiping about it, pretending that it's news that they're covering. It's pretty disgusting to watch.