I've been trying to find the outrage inside of me for the NSA stuff. I've been trying, I really have.
But it's just that after weeks and weeks of non-scandal after non-scandal, the one scandal that probably ought to really have some teeth in it feels.... underwhelming.
It's the GOP's fault, and it's why their entire strategy of "keep throwing mud at the Obama administration until something sticks" is eventually going to backfire. I'm a bit more informed than the average American, but when you've lost me, that means you've already lost everyone else whose exposure to the news is five minutes of shrieking paranoia on the news brief after American Idol.
That's not to say I'm not a little upset about the extent of the NSA scandal, although I'm more unhappy that they were foolish enough to think they could get away with it than I am upset about the vast reams of data they are collecting on me and others. (I'm a very boring person. Whoever analyzes my meta data will see me visiting Dkos, Facebook, ZAM, icanhazcheezeburger, Wikipedia, Weight Watchers, and a series of science blogs with unrelenting regularity.)
I just can't be arsed to care. I can't keep myself rivited to Google News, gleefully awaiting the next salacious tidbit. I don't give a ** any more. If it's anything like the last five "scandals" it will turn out that there is no there there. A nothingburger. Yet another "Wolf! Wolf!" from an overzealous reporter hoping to get a good scoop -- or a good payoff from someone in the Koch household for trying.
This genuinely worries me, because when a real, genuine scandal breaks, I've been worn down and I don't care.
The scandal mongering has given me an acute case of apathy. And I have no idea what the cure could possibly be.