April 29, 2008

I'm sick of these bastards, let's play political pundits.

  • Me: I can't watch the 24-hour news cycle anymore.
  • Andrew: Yeah, it's the same old shit all the time.
  • Me: I mean these people went to journalism school, right?
  • Andrew: Wright. Which brings us back to AC360 last night. Did you watch?
  • Me: No, I said I can't watch it anymore. I mean this.
  • Andrew: Anderson (and you know I love him, so this is hard to admit) is just like the rest of 'em. He kept talking about how this Jeremiah Wright issue should be put to bed (ALREADY DAMMIT!) by the news media, but he brought it up EVERY ten minutes at least.
  • Me: My new friend, Denise, on my plane from NY to Atlanta was (w)right. It's all about ratings for them, so they have to set the whole thing up like an episode of The Hills. (i.e. melodramatizing every single mundane little nothing until we start swallowing the spoon-fed bullshit gossip they're feeding us, and ultimately believe in the sensationalized version of "the news").
  • Me: Oh dear. I give them too much credit. (Count backwards from 10.....?)
  • Andrew: Well, you're not wrong. Or Denise isn't. But Heidi and Spencer ARE!
  • Me: Holy hell, yes. I can't believe those assholes were invited to the White House Correspondents dinner, btw. Trust this: No way they've ever voted for anything other than Prom King and Queen (when they wrote in their own names).
  • Andrew: All I know is this shit-sham nomination fight (and the media coverage of it) is too much. You know I love Hillary, but I'm kinda thinking your boyfriend Barry O might have a point when he talks about ending "politics as usual".
  • Me: You mean to tell me that you are less than impressed with the investigative journalism that uncovered 6 minutes of provocative preaching, some flimsy "passer-by" association with the dead-and-buried Weather Underground, manipulated one word into a whole fucking "gate" conspiracy, and polls it's viewers to find out who thinks Obama is Muslim, or if his Christian pastor is too black in a bad way, or if this guy is partly to blame for 9/11 because of the way his name sounds, OR if OMG, HOLY SHIT - do y'all like think this Hope-talk is maybe just some bullshit so he can trick us, then pull the ol' switch and bait, and REVENGE ENSLAVE THE WHITE RACE?!?!
  • Andrew: Plus he is like so not wearing a flag pin - And dude what the fuck I ALWAYS wear a flag pin on the inside of my right bra cup. (Closest I can get to my heart).