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WilliamPitt

(58,179 posts)
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 10:47 AM Nov 2012

My brain just crawled out of my ear and committed suicide in the bathroom.

I don't blame it.

Yes, I'm listening to Chuck Todd, Haley Barbour and Tom Brokaw on MSNBC. At the same time.

Every two years I have to have a news station on all day long. It has been a rough re-entry into that sad necessity this morning. God, I hope things improve.

What an utter fucking wasteland is cable TV news.

Ugh.

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My brain just crawled out of my ear and committed suicide in the bathroom. (Original Post) WilliamPitt Nov 2012 OP
LOL n/t Horse with no Name Nov 2012 #1
As soon as I heard Barbour's voice, I hit mute. nt onehandle Nov 2012 #2
Oh Yeah, it is MORNING JOE alp227 Nov 2012 #68
not Brokaw quinnox Nov 2012 #3
You have a thoughtful brain. Sabriel Nov 2012 #4
don't do it. barbtries Nov 2012 #5
I'm so glad I punctured my eardrums earlier this morning. RagAss Nov 2012 #6
I'm watching Flu Bird Horror. Baitball Blogger Nov 2012 #7
Listening to the same bullshit... Hepburn Nov 2012 #8
Not turning the TV on until tonight when we go to a party GoneOffShore Nov 2012 #9
The phone rang, I turned it off, but it was muted already :) n/t Mira Nov 2012 #10
I walked away from the tv after about one minute of their talking. Ugggh. glinda Nov 2012 #11
Spokes-model "news lady" at CNN, fawning over Franklin Graham this morning. NCarolinawoman Nov 2012 #12
My brain is on the ledge, threatening to do the same... Surya Gayatri Nov 2012 #13
R&K just for the headlilne! Javaman Nov 2012 #14
Why do they continue to drag Brokaw out for these things? justiceischeap Nov 2012 #15
Me, too Will loudsue Nov 2012 #16
Current TV is what I'm watching. n/t Pryderi Nov 2012 #17
I am sticking with Current too today! ciking724 Nov 2012 #21
Chuck just said..."9-11 didn't paralyze the city like Sandy did" Demonaut Nov 2012 #18
As someone who lived through 9-11 I can tell you Chuck is crazy. Calling him a tool is an insult libinnyandia Nov 2012 #54
Now they've got Giuliani csziggy Nov 2012 #19
That was agonizing WilliamPitt Nov 2012 #23
He said FEMA/Obama's response to Sandy was WORSE than Katrina response. Is ChisolmTrailDem Nov 2012 #24
That's plenty, thanks! n/t csziggy Nov 2012 #44
Chuck Todd talking about the Republican and Democrats view of tonight said grantcart Nov 2012 #20
I'm sick of the enthusiasm meme leftynyc Nov 2012 #41
right now... ewagner Nov 2012 #22
Exhibit #1 mick063 Nov 2012 #25
I am watching steph before joining you in this nadinbrzezinski Nov 2012 #26
brokaw still sounding constipated? calimary Nov 2012 #27
wow. hyperbole, go figure Laura PourMeADrink Nov 2012 #28
Will, for your own well being, switch to LibDemAlways Nov 2012 #29
Stephanie Miller is on. Loudestlib Nov 2012 #30
Current TV is a great alternative to the be-nice-to-everyone-no-matter-the-facts MSM! n/t dsharp88 Nov 2012 #40
Extra what I felt when i woke up at 4:00 a.m. and listed for a bit Denise21 Nov 2012 #31
Why do you watch every 2 years? Sugarcoated Nov 2012 #32
General Election, Midterm Election, General Election, Midterm Election... WilliamPitt Nov 2012 #34
My voracious appetite for a healthy breakfast and conversation tater_salad Nov 2012 #33
Welcome to DU! WilliamPitt Nov 2012 #35
Welcome to DU. nadinbrzezinski Nov 2012 #47
Oh, man. That's just so wrong. Zorra Nov 2012 #36
Anybody have live streaming for MSNBC? MsPithy Nov 2012 #37
I'm calm and confident :) Donkees Nov 2012 #38
I turned MSNBC off SoapBox Nov 2012 #39
It's self-inflicted, Will. No pity here. Jackpine Radical Nov 2012 #42
It's a work requirement. WilliamPitt Nov 2012 #43
Stephanie Miller is a doll on Current. MSNBC is unwatchable this early in the day. nt valerief Nov 2012 #45
D.O.U.C.H.E LisaMCdonald Nov 2012 #46
My brain left on a jet plane last night.... AlbertCat Nov 2012 #48
A Zippyesque sentiment, to be sure. :) Buns_of_Fire Nov 2012 #51
They let Barbour Hee Haw for 10 minutes SaveAmerica Nov 2012 #49
If my internet connection weren't on the same cable newblewtoo Nov 2012 #50
NO cable tee-vee for us. With antenna we get LuckyLib Nov 2012 #53
WOW. I guess it is time hook the antenna up newblewtoo Nov 2012 #64
Find a good Lefty radio station Ilsa Nov 2012 #52
OMG, me, too! I couldn't believe the utter LIES and DRIVEL! WinkyDink Nov 2012 #55
Yabut . . Major Hogwash Nov 2012 #56
Gag! AZ Lib Nov 2012 #57
Better if you take a drink every time they say "closely fought," "horserace" or "battleground state, Bossy Monkey Nov 2012 #58
OK WilliamPitt Nov 2012 #62
Bookmarking! n/t Bossy Monkey Nov 2012 #67
ok.you win -LOKI -BAD FOR YA Nov 2012 #59
LOL That is some kind of thread title! Oilwellian Nov 2012 #60
It's not just the cable tv news... 99Forever Nov 2012 #61
Brokaw looked like yesterdays leftovers. AmBlue Nov 2012 #63
I refuse to turn on the TEEVEE until Rachel Maddow and the gang on MSNBC Left coast liberal Nov 2012 #65
Glad I am leaving to work for 5 hrs marlakay Nov 2012 #66

alp227

(32,029 posts)
68. Oh Yeah, it is MORNING JOE
Wed Nov 7, 2012, 03:56 AM
Nov 2012

MSNBC's attempt to get a conservative audience. The wingers complaining "Moonbats Spewing Nothing But Crap" often ignore Joe or Chuck Todd or the non liberal shows on the channel.

Sabriel

(5,035 posts)
4. You have a thoughtful brain.
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 10:52 AM
Nov 2012

It's so much easier to clean the bathroom than, say, carpeting.

It probably figured that seeing as how you were watching morning cable, you had no further use for it.

Hepburn

(21,054 posts)
8. Listening to the same bullshit...
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 10:54 AM
Nov 2012

...

They are sooooooooo afraid Obama will be re-elected. That Repuke side of the MSM is sooooooooo hard to hide all the time.

GoneOffShore

(17,340 posts)
9. Not turning the TV on until tonight when we go to a party
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 10:55 AM
Nov 2012

The Legitimate 47% Election Night Party

2011 Tax Returns required for admittance

Fact Checkers Welcome

From 7P until.... As we eat, drink, pray and angst our way into an Obama Second Term.

glinda

(14,807 posts)
11. I walked away from the tv after about one minute of their talking. Ugggh.
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 10:57 AM
Nov 2012

Shocking how these people are there for the money and really nothing else since there is no integrity in what they say.

 

Surya Gayatri

(15,445 posts)
13. My brain is on the ledge, threatening to do the same...
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 11:22 AM
Nov 2012

Have had MSNBC on in the background, too.

Between Dan Rather, Brokaw, Barbour et al., there's a lot of competition in the "washed-up, old timer, pre-dementia" sweepstakes.

What a sad, laughable display.

ciking724

(78 posts)
21. I am sticking with Current too today!
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 12:16 PM
Nov 2012

Will toggle back and forth between Current and BET, which had good election coverage in '08.

libinnyandia

(1,374 posts)
54. As someone who lived through 9-11 I can tell you Chuck is crazy. Calling him a tool is an insult
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 01:24 PM
Nov 2012

to tools. Most tools I have known have been useful and helpful.

 

WilliamPitt

(58,179 posts)
23. That was agonizing
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 12:17 PM
Nov 2012

FEMA SUCKS 9/11 WHAAARGARBLE was my basic take. Everyone around the table facepalmed their way through the interview.

 

ChisolmTrailDem

(9,463 posts)
24. He said FEMA/Obama's response to Sandy was WORSE than Katrina response. Is
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 12:17 PM
Nov 2012

that enough or do you want more?

grantcart

(53,061 posts)
20. Chuck Todd talking about the Republican and Democrats view of tonight said
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 12:16 PM
Nov 2012

"I think that they are both right".

It was more nuanced, "demographics versus enthusiasm".

But the whole "they are more enthusiastic BS is getting thin.

If they are more enthusiastic then why do Dems always out perform EV.
 

leftynyc

(26,060 posts)
41. I'm sick of the enthusiasm meme
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 12:37 PM
Nov 2012

I don't see many white faces waiting in line for up to 7 hours to vote. If that aint enthusiasm, I don't know what is. Showing up at a rally? Big fucking deal.

ewagner

(18,964 posts)
22. right now...
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 12:16 PM
Nov 2012

Joe ("what dead intern) Scarborough and Rudy (subject, verb, 9-11) Guilleiani ..


uuuuuugggggggghhhhhh...had to turn it off.

 

mick063

(2,424 posts)
25. Exhibit #1
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 12:17 PM
Nov 2012

That Fox News has no counter.

On election day, they all become Fox News.

Social media is all we have. They know it and just like they are taking your right to vote away, your ability to politically assemble through social media is next.

Bank on it.

 

nadinbrzezinski

(154,021 posts)
26. I am watching steph before joining you in this
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 12:18 PM
Nov 2012

After covering all the local forums etcetera, I am ready for some real light crap.

calimary

(81,312 posts)
27. brokaw still sounding constipated?
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 12:20 PM
Nov 2012

Good LORD someone please get that poor man a good laxative! And then send him back to the old republi-CONs' home and let him gum a nice toasted biscuit in peace.

Methinks I wanna watch "Star Trek" DVDs most of the day. And maybe the Food Network... I just want to go hide until somebody tells me Obama won.

LibDemAlways

(15,139 posts)
29. Will, for your own well being, switch to
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 12:22 PM
Nov 2012

an I Love Lucy rerun or, better yet, turn the tv off and go for a walk. It isn't worth the stress and it's all total bullshit anyway.

Denise21

(63 posts)
31. Extra what I felt when i woke up at 4:00 a.m. and listed for a bit
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 12:25 PM
Nov 2012

Chuck Todd, Haley Barbour and Tom Brokaw on MSNBC...I felt the same way I just could not stand it anymore their views on this election. Waste of time!

Sugarcoated

(7,724 posts)
32. Why do you watch every 2 years?
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 12:26 PM
Nov 2012

I may watch Alex Wagner while I eat my lunch, then shut it off. Very late last night I made the mistake of watching CNN in the kitchen while I was packing my husband's lunch. Mistake.

I'm gonna do some sewing, walk the dog, go to the gym.

tater_salad

(12 posts)
33. My voracious appetite for a healthy breakfast and conversation
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 12:26 PM
Nov 2012

were squashed this morning thanks to Chucky, Haley and Tommy. I'll try again later. But, I'm still 'Fired Up! Ready to Go!'

Zorra

(27,670 posts)
36. Oh, man. That's just so wrong.
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 12:32 PM
Nov 2012


May I suggest that you ask someone to lock up any sharp objects in your vicinity, and keep the keys until tomorrow?

MsPithy

(809 posts)
37. Anybody have live streaming for MSNBC?
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 12:33 PM
Nov 2012

The usuals don't seem to be working.

Once the returns start, I'll watch Current and TYT.

SoapBox

(18,791 posts)
39. I turned MSNBC off
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 12:36 PM
Nov 2012

because it was Repuke Joe & his Lap Dog, Chuck Toady...And...Mayor 911 911 911!

Ick!

LisaMCdonald

(21 posts)
46. D.O.U.C.H.E
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 12:56 PM
Nov 2012

Morning Joe 6hrs on the Air..this should be a Crime against HUMANITY..and David Gregory is still a D.O.U.C.H.E

 

AlbertCat

(17,505 posts)
48. My brain left on a jet plane last night....
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 01:01 PM
Nov 2012

.... when they spent an extra 30 minutes telling us news of the future!

I hate news of the future!!!!! Otherwise known as "guesses".

(and they're all so serious about it!)


And we'll get even MORE Evening Nightly Guesses right after the election... "Will Hillary run in 2016????"

Buns_of_Fire

(17,181 posts)
51. A Zippyesque sentiment, to be sure. :)
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 01:12 PM
Nov 2012

Me, I'll just hang around the old movies and Looney Tunes until Martin Bashir comes on -- by then, it should be safe to go back to MSNBC.

Otherwise, I too would feel like my shorts just took a bus to Buffalo after stealing all my pepperoni.

SaveAmerica

(5,342 posts)
49. They let Barbour Hee Haw for 10 minutes
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 01:06 PM
Nov 2012

then shut down the Dem who was scheduled to speak after him (he got to speak a couple minutes).

That first part of this day on MSNBC was torture.

newblewtoo

(667 posts)
50. If my internet connection weren't on the same cable
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 01:08 PM
Nov 2012

there have been days when I would have just take an axe to it. I keep thinking about telling them to pull the plug because there are so few things worth watching for what it costs. I bet with a decent antenna I can still get most Boston channels and PBS. I guess I need to find out what it would cost for just internet access.

LuckyLib

(6,819 posts)
53. NO cable tee-vee for us. With antenna we get
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 01:22 PM
Nov 2012

all local channels (PBS included). Cost for Comcast service for internet: $65. Soon to be hooked up with fiber-optic, which will reduce it to $50 per month. TV just not worth more than that.

newblewtoo

(667 posts)
64. WOW. I guess it is time hook the antenna up
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 04:40 PM
Nov 2012

I use the internet to stream stuff so I will have to keep that but no TV will knock a substantial chunk out of the bill every month.

Ilsa

(61,695 posts)
52. Find a good Lefty radio station
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 01:14 PM
Nov 2012

Or Free Speech TV. Democracy Now is on right now. They are discussing voting rights.

Major Hogwash

(17,656 posts)
56. Yabut . .
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 01:41 PM
Nov 2012

. . all of those guys that you just mentioned on tv are white.

However, over 50 million non-white Americans will vote for Obama.
Very few for Romney.

Nixon's "Southern strategy" that he used in 1968 is dead . . forever.

AZ Lib

(19 posts)
57. Gag!
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 01:42 PM
Nov 2012

Yes, WTH is Chick Todds problem??
He used to be reasonable and somewhat likable?
I just stick to my "Happy Clappy" bubble of factual news sources like:
Stephanie Miller
Martin Bashir
Rachel

I do sort of miss Keith Olberman

Bossy Monkey

(15,863 posts)
58. Better if you take a drink every time they say "closely fought," "horserace" or "battleground state,
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 01:48 PM
Nov 2012

or so I assume.

 

WilliamPitt

(58,179 posts)
62. OK
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 02:58 PM
Nov 2012

...but when my Truthout Election Blog post is "qqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqq," you'll know it's because I knocked myself out.

Oilwellian

(12,647 posts)
60. LOL That is some kind of thread title!
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 02:21 PM
Nov 2012

I can't stand any of the American news media and wish we could organize a mass protest in front of their major stations. I would travel to New York to participate in such an event.

99Forever

(14,524 posts)
61. It's not just the cable tv news...
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 02:28 PM
Nov 2012

... the broadcast networks suck just as bad.

Hte stupid is everywhere.

marlakay

(11,473 posts)
66. Glad I am leaving to work for 5 hrs
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 05:37 PM
Nov 2012

Soon, I get back at 8pm. Just got back from walk and turned tv on, all crazy making!

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