I think things would be different without the 24 hour barage of idiocy.

[NRaleighLiberal]

We only get basic cable, so the only time I peek at the punditry is when I travel on business. The last two days I've sampled bits of MSNBC - both the bad guys (Morning Joke) and the good guys (Keith and Rachel) and those guys who can't decide (David and Tweeter).

My very small sampling indicates that what you have is a slew of low IQ pretty (and not so pretty) faces incapable of dealing with complex problems hooking on to the simplest thoughts they can come up with (usually generated by the right wing noise machine) - and serving as a self fulfilling prophesy. They are creating much more damage than they realize in my view (or maybe that is how they stoke their egos).

I swear, if most of US would just turn that shit off - that includes the AM radio dial - and just get out there and LIVE and let Obama get on with the job we elected him to do - and doing brilliantly, I might add.

[Mira]

1. Perceptive and clear eyed observation - I second the recommendation.

Especially this sentence:
"incapable of dealing with complex problems hooking on to the simplest thoughts they can come up with (usually generated by the right wing noise machine)"
The proper reporting of world and local news is dead in the United States.

[The_Commonist]

2. I have never watched or listened to any of that crap...

And my brain thanks me for it every single day.