I hadn’t been able to watch MSNBC between 12:00 PM EDT and 4:00 PM EDT for quite a while, but the rest had good and bad days. From Morning Joe to the Last Word with Lawrence. Granted I wasn’t on this MSNBC drug all day but I would often default to it as my background noise for my ADHD brain. No more. Since the debate I watched the decline of some sane and rational people completely fall off the cliff. When former Congressman David Jolly is looking (figuratively) at Nicole Wallace and all but saying out loud’ “What the fuck happened to you in the last week or so? You used to be reasonable.” You know the train has jumped the track. Or maybe they jumped some of those sharks Trumps been talking about.
I had long ago given up on Bernie Bro Chris Hayes, who sometimes thinks his wisdom and intellect is superior to people like Rachel Maddow. And speaking of Rachel. I never thought of her becoming just another member of the pack, but maybe as she’s become quasi management her perspective has changed.
That leads us to Lawrence. Lawrence, who except for Andrea Mitchell(who’s totally unwatchable) may be the oldest and far more broadly experienced. And that experience may be what has kept Lawrence from running with the pack. Yes, he has an ego, but look at that line-up and tell me who doesn’t.
So, what will I do for my background noise? More Perry Mason? Well, Perry would be nice, but even with their longer seasons I’ve already running out of those.
And if you’re curious on what I’m doing if the television is the background, I’m on-line of course. I guess I’ll need to pick up some of my books again and just have Pandora playing in the background.
Oh! And by the way. Talking about cognitive abilities.
Person. Woman. Man. Camera. TV.
See, mine are intact.
If I had one wish for President Biden, it is that every time he’s asked anything about his cognitive abilities he would reply with the above. Person. Woman. Man. Camera. TV. Nothing else. And then move on. Until the press starts covering Trump’s cognitive abilities in a more serious manner.