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The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,783 posts)
Thu Oct 11, 2012, 11:21 PM Oct 2012

Turn off your goddamn televisions!

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.

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Turn off your goddamn televisions! (Original Post) The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2012 OP
OFF!!! n/t RKP5637 Oct 2012 #1
Great advice. Avalux Oct 2012 #2
MSNBC is fine WI_DEM Oct 2012 #3
But I like reading HERE! :-) WinkyDink Oct 2012 #4
just turned CNN off quinnox Oct 2012 #5
Exactly. I turned off the TV even before the close speeches. And came lumpy Oct 2012 #6
Are you kidding? I LOVE this stuff! Best drama in the world. nolabear Oct 2012 #7
Nah, I'm enjoying it. Thanks, though. fishwax Oct 2012 #8
No. Just finished the Daily Show; Colbert coming up. n/t gkhouston Oct 2012 #9
Rec. But is it okay if I continue to watch the ball game? Barack_America Oct 2012 #10
I just switched the channel. redqueen Oct 2012 #11
After one minute of spin, I turned these idiots off PlanetBev Oct 2012 #12
It was a great debate Tracyjo Oct 2012 #13
turn it off PERMANENTLY.... mike_c Oct 2012 #14
I refuse to watch ANYTHING political on TV anymore Lydia Leftcoast Oct 2012 #15

Avalux

(35,015 posts)
2. Great advice.
Thu Oct 11, 2012, 11:25 PM
Oct 2012

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.

lumpy

(13,704 posts)
6. Exactly. I turned off the TV even before the close speeches. And came
Thu Oct 11, 2012, 11:27 PM
Oct 2012

imediately over to DU to see how my friends fared with the debate.

nolabear

(41,990 posts)
7. Are you kidding? I LOVE this stuff! Best drama in the world.
Thu Oct 11, 2012, 11:27 PM
Oct 2012

The election itself is a different matter. That's serious.

Barack_America

(28,876 posts)
10. Rec. But is it okay if I continue to watch the ball game?
Thu Oct 11, 2012, 11:33 PM
Oct 2012

That's what my TV went to immediately after the debate.

redqueen

(115,103 posts)
11. I just switched the channel.
Thu Oct 11, 2012, 11:34 PM
Oct 2012

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)
12. After one minute of spin, I turned these idiots off
Thu Oct 11, 2012, 11:41 PM
Oct 2012

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)
13. It was a great debate
Fri Oct 12, 2012, 12:05 AM
Oct 2012

I'm watching it again on Cspan. Joe kicked *ss tonight. Don't need anyone to tell me that.

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