Anyone else feel spectacularly annoyed?

[undeterred]

Grr :mad:

[Muttocracy]

1. check. except it's less time for McCain to know the VP

but it seems like the email and cell phone thing was strictly marketing at this point - not advance info.

[MrCoffee]

2. I feel profoundly underwhelmed

Which is not a new feeling.

[TwilightGardener]

3. ...

:nuke:

[polichick]

4. Seems we've been a bit toyed with.

[nsd]

5. Yes.

At this point, the Obama campaign is just annoying people with this. They're not creating excitement or buzz. It's gone long past that.

[Muttocracy]

whoopee - first to know a few seconds before everyone in the world knows. nt

[TwilightGardener]

11. House Gate is over for the day--now the news is, why won't Obama say

who his running mate is?

[terrya]

6. No. That's the nominee's decision.

If I had anything to do with it, I'd be annoyed. But I don't.

[Occam Bandage]

7. I've crested. I'm no longer excited about it; I just feel irritated.

[polichick]

Yeah, that's the problem - last night and this morning people really wanted to know...

Now, not so much ~ they dragged it out too far.

[FrenchieCat]

8. No.

But then, I'm in the "No Drama for Obama" contigency of the party.

[Barack_America]

9. Let 'er rip...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x6700032

No, you're not the only one.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

10. I do.

Short of Jesus Christ Himself being named as VP, I don't think anyone is going to live up to this built-up anticipation. And I like Joe Biden a lot and I think he'd be a fine Veep, but he's not worth this wait.

[Lucinda]

12. Nope. The media is spinning themselves into a knot. I love it.

I can wait and enjoy the theatre.

[CherokeeDem]

13. If You Are Annoyed at Obama...

for not announcing the VP pick yet, remember, the Obama campaign never gave us a timetable...it's the media driving the any minute now breathless VP watch. Be annoyed with the press.

[TwilightGardener]

20. Obama had his running mate chosen yesterday, he's already notified this person--

so yeah, now I'm just pissed at Obama.

[CherokeeDem]

32. Just Because He Hasn't Personally Told You....

look, get a grip, it is who it is and I want to know as much as anyone...but everyone, including me has been waiting all day for something to happen and we have no clue as to what the candidate was thinking about when he wanted to tell the world. He may have never planned on telling before tomorrow. But I know that John Roberts on CNN this morning had my mother so certain that the announcement was coming any moment that she turned on every TV in the house in case she missed it. This circus is the being produced by the press. Don't get mad at Obama. Be patient. I'm not good at it either but we have no choice.

[TwilightGardener]

40. Someone leaked to the media that the announcement would come

sometime Friday--even if the Obama camp didn't agree with it and wasn't responsible for it, they should have planned to announce today, because apparently a lot of people and the media believed it and will certainly get annoyed if it seems like a lie to string us along. The nominee is chosen, there's simply no reason to keep it out of the public now.

[undeterred]

42. no- the campaign set it up that they would email the announcement

midweek and then they didn't do it.

[undeterred]

43. I don't need to be told to a grip.

The campaign deliberately raised expectations and is not fulfilling them. Its a shitty thing to do. Fuck them.

[Igel]

48. Plus the e-mails.

He's used the hype to put together a particularly large collection of TM and e-mail addresses.

He had my e-mail address months ago. Tried unsubscribing every week or so for two months. Hotel California time. The hook was swallowed, bait and all, and is set. Can't get free.

So now I get e-mails hyping the VP announcement. So apparently I'm to be waiting with baited breath.

[redqueen]

14. NO!

I'm loving this, I think it's brilliant!

[truebrit71]

15. Nope.

It'll be time when it's time.

No point getting angry aor worked up over something you don't have any control over....might as well get mad at the weather too...

[bluestateguy]

16. I have never fantasized about the military forcibly shutting down a US television station

Until today.

[LSparkle]

17. Count me in ... I haven't gotten much wor,k done today ...

with one eye/ear on my phone and the other on the 'net.

[jesus_of_suburbia]

18. I think most of us are. It's getting beyond annoying. n/t

[Orangepeel]

19. yeah. but the only people who are paying enough attention to be annoyed have already decided

I think that it is only the hard core who have been following closely enough to be irritated. They less hard core might just now be paying attention.

[LisaM]

21. I've gotten past caring.

I am not a fan of the prolonged tease. And this text message thing makes it worse! Like people aren't glued enough to their cell phones already.

[ErinBerin84]

22. Only by some people on DU

:)

[Erin Elizabeth]

23. No,

I've been really busy today and I'm about to get busy again.

[Skwmom]

24. Well if I'm not going to like the VP pick, I'd just rather find out and get it over with.

And I'm sure I'm not the only one who feels that way.

[TwilightGardener]

28. Exactly. If we have to wait this long to find out it's either Biden, Kaine, Sebelius,

Bayh or even freakin' Edwards-Who, then what's the point? These are the names they've been touting for weeks.

[ncrainbowgrrl]

30. How can he pick Chet Edwards?

Everyone will think it's JRE, and the whole sex scandal will be suddenly stuck to the campaign. Yeah, I know, not the same person- but some people don't exactly pay any attention...

[TwilightGardener]

37. Chet Edwards might have been a good pick before the OTHER Edwards

done went and had an affair and love child. I would've thought, too, that Obama would have used him as a national surrogate on Sunday shows or something, try him out first and give him some national exposure so we don't all say "Chet WHO?" in unison.

[NRaleighLiberal]

25. No, I think it is spectacular! Human beings just hate to wait...but it is great! NT

[Phoonzang]

26. Yes

He needs to hurry the fuck up. Whether the hype has been created by the media or not, they need to take into account the public's perceptions. If he keeps this up for another day and it's just Biden like everyone thinks, that'll piss off ALOT of people. The only think justifying going past tonight is some huge surprise.

If he waits this long and unveils a flop like Chet or Bayh...he's hurt himself tremendously.

[Forkboy]

27. I think some of you are insane.

:silly:

[countingbluecars]

29. Not really.

Anxious but not annoyed.

[renate]

31. YES

This is reminding me of the kid in grade school who croons "I know a seeee-cret" and loves all the attention while everyone begs them to tell.

The difference being that not only am I annoyed, I am BORED.

[nsd]

35. Exactly!

The kid in class who croons "I know a seeee-cret." That's it exactly.

[TwilightGardener]

41. I always wanted to whoop that kid's ass.

[SurfingAtWork]

33. Yes, and the thing is that it has built up so much

There is no possible way that the announcement is going to live up to the anticipation.. unless they announce Baby Jesus is the VP we are going to be dissapointed.

[jesus_of_suburbia]

36. Hillary would live up to the anticipation.

[Metric System]

45. Or Gore, or God. I mean, seriously, this could backfire if the choice is unsurprising and yawn-

inducing (I'm looking at you Evan Bayh).

[goodhue]

34. not me

[Cronus Protagonist]

38. By YOU?

Yes. lol

[OwnedByFerrets]

39. What makes you so spectacularly special

that the vp pick revolves around your timetable?:rofl: :rofl:

[Eurobabe]

44. I have reached the who gives a shit stage.

I think that is right above spectacularly annoyed.

[sandyj999]

47. Don't Feel Alone I'm There Too. n/t

[beyurslf]

46. All i Know is with all of the waiting and expectation around this, it better be a great pick!

[bigwillq]

49. Nope.

Not one bit.

[blonndee]

50. No, I think it's exciting!

I'm only "annoyed" in the same way as I am when I KNOW there is some suprise coming and no one will tell me what it is. Which is almost the same thing here, I guess.

Won't be much longer! I kind of feel like it's Christmas eve. :)

[mamalone]

51. Aww c'mon!

I think all of this is great fun:) Lighten up and enjoy the ride!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

52. Not in the least; don't be silly.

I am getting great enjoyment out of watching the newsies get their panties in a bunch, though. Like staking out Midway Airport, just watching Obama's airplane sit there. It's hilarious. Frankly, I don't care at all whether or when I get a text message on my cell phone. Whatever happens, happens; and in the meantime Obama is getting nonstop free news coverage from this. I think it's brilliant.

[Jennicut]

53. Obama never said it would be today..Geez people, chill. Go smoke some pot.

When I heard about Obama's planned event at Springfield I decided that would be the time he would make the announcement and the text might come right before that. I love this. Its fun, anticipating and guessing. I am soo looking forward to the convention now and before I was enjoying the olympics and not much into politics lately. Now, I'm ready. And I love watching the media squirm around and try to figure it out.

[trayfoot]

54. I am extremely annoyed!

He has overplayed his card!

[Adelante]

55. I'm ready when he's ready

:shrug:

[highplainsdem]

56. Yes. The prolonged tease is starting to seem adolescent. And considering how

underwhelming any choice but Clinton or Gore would be at this point, it could backfire.

I mean, I like Biden, and if the party wasn't divided, he'd be a great pick.

But he didn't, like Clinton, get 18 million votes in the primaries.

And he didn't, like Gore, win the popular vote in 2000.

Picking Biden simply is not going to generate the kind of excitement this kind of buildup should lead up to.

And, to be honest, it hasn't been very nice to all the VP contenders to leave them hanging this long. And that's especially true if Clinton isn't the running mate. This was a contemptible way to treat her.

I have been wondering if possibly the Obama campaign has dragged this out and waited because the choice isn't Clinton (if so it's most likely Biden) and they know this is NOT going to go over well with Clinton's supporters, and they don't want to give them any more time to organize before the convention. (But the ones they have to worry about aren't the few demonstrators, but the huge numbers showing up in that NBC/WSJ poll as not behind Obama.)

And, possibly, they know choosing Biden won't give them a bump in the polls, which is going to be rather embarrassing, so they hope there will be at least some bump from the convention to cover the fact that Biden won't help the ticket the way Clinton could.

But if the running mate isn't Clinton, I don't think you'll be seeing a united party in Denver. And it didn't help to delay the announcement so much that disappointed delegates won't have enough time to try to work up some enthusiasm for Biden, or get used to feigning enthusiasm.