Raise your hand if you are sick of hearing about the GOP!

[ginnyinWI]

What is with cable news these days--particularly MSNBC? Day after day, show following show, everything is some variation of one topic: what is funny and outrageous and stupid and crazy about various members of the Repub party and the things they say. Under the last (mis)administration we were all kept on the edges of our seats with worry. Now the mood has shifted to hilarity. But I feel cheated.

I don't mind a little of this--but are there any other stories they could cover? Anything happening out in the wide world that might be worth discussing? No, every day it's what did Cheney say, and what did Rush say, and oh here's the clip, and who does Newt say he likes best, and what's wrong with the RNC chair, and did you hear what Glenn Beck said on The View, and on, and on, and on,and on!

I'm sick of them, they have been discredited and thrown out of power. I don't want to hear another word about them, please! It seems like we are hearing even more about them now that they are the minority voice. It's boring. It's boring mainly because it is so irrelevant. They (the GOPers) are yammering about picky little things and nobody is listening besides their tiny band of followers--and of course the people who put on the cable news shows and are always looking for a food fight to cover.

From Tweety to Ed to Keith to Rachael--all variations on the same theme. Is this really the best use of all that airtime? It's a manufactured product designed to attract progressive eyeballs--but the content is pretty shallow.

I think I need a long break from the cable shows.

[madeline_con]

1. 8 years non stop is enuff, huh? n/t

[lpbk2713]

2. I like hearing that they are dying a slow and agonizing death.

And for that I thank Bush, Cheney, Rummy, Limbaugh, Beck, Hannity and scores of others.

Way to go assholes!!

[ginnyinWI]

4. But it's been five months of the same thing, over and over.

None of it really matters--nothing they are doing or saying is going to change anything. It's just a sideshow. Entertainment.

For a news junkie like me it's not enough I guess. I'm finding myself back at CBS, BBC and PBS more and more. Newshour, Frontline, American Experience, 60 Minutes, BBC News, Worldfocus, and even the CBS Evening News which is surprisingly content-rich compared with the average cable show.

Now it's the rightwingers' turn to be marginalized and have only a few outlets covering their guys. We've got the majority and everyone is now covering ours again.

[provis99]

3. Ok, I'll raise my hand..

as long as its showing the middle finger, aimed in the GOP's direction.

[Danascot]

5. I love Keith & Rachel

but I'm completely with you on their current obsession with the latest outrage from Limbaugh/Cheney/Gingrich/O'Reilly/Hannity/Beck/Steele, etc etc. A small dose of these fools is more than enough. But it seems like the whole show is devoted to this nonsense. The MSN gives them way too much airtime as it is. Keith and Rachel need to broaden their focus to other things. I'll go back to watching again when they do.

[ginnyinWI]

7. exactly!

That's what I'm trying to say. They can do better than this. What happened to Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan and the rest of the world? What happened to key issues we are fighting in this country like poverty, poor education, poor healthcare, and the other social ills we face? Time to focus on these and hold our Dems' feet to the fire to make sure they get the attention they should have.

We don't need a liberal version of FOX that only pokes fun at the other side and neglects holding our side accountable.

[Ohio Joe]

6. Not at all, I want to hear more

The arrests, the trials, the convictions, the sentencing... you know, the good parts.