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The first thing we do after these events is wait to see what the pundits say, as if we needed them to validate what we thought we saw. And then when they quite predictably piss in our Wheaties we get angry, upset, demoralized and fall prey to the Debbie Downers and concern trolls among us.
EXPECTO PATRONUM! That's the Patronus charm, designed to ward off Dementors. The Dementors are on your television. Turn off your television, KNOW that Biden won this thing, and forget about the likes of David Gregory, Luke Russert, Wolf Blitzer and Chris Wallace; you already knew what they'd say. And even our fair-weather friends on MSNBC should be ignored for now, lest they fall into more hysterical hissy-fits like they did last week. The media are not our friends.
You know what you saw and heard. Now have a nightcap and a cigarette, savor the victory and go to bed.
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)Avalux
(35,015 posts)Best to listen, observe, then spend time thinking about what your own eyes and ears tell you, not what paid hacks working for corps tell us.
WI_DEM
(33,497 posts)WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)quinnox
(20,600 posts)Pathetic spinning tonight by the CNN team, with just a few exceptions.
lumpy
(13,704 posts)imediately over to DU to see how my friends fared with the debate.
nolabear
(41,990 posts)The election itself is a different matter. That's serious.
fishwax
(29,149 posts)gkhouston
(21,642 posts)Barack_America
(28,876 posts)That's what my TV went to immediately after the debate.
redqueen
(115,103 posts)And watched an episode of The IT Crowd that I had recorded.
I agree, watching the talking heads only gives them ratings. I don't see the point.
PlanetBev
(4,104 posts)They were all whirling like Dervishes, all designed to implant parasites in your mind. If you keep watching them, next thing you know, you'll find pods on your living room floor.
I know who won, now I can sleep well for the first time in a week.
Tracyjo
(729 posts)I'm watching it again on Cspan. Joe kicked *ss tonight. Don't need anyone to tell me that.
mike_c
(36,281 posts)Seriously. Wean off of today's version of "bread and circuses."
Lydia Leftcoast
(48,217 posts)except the occasional documentary about the past.