What if Hillary, Jeb, Bernie, Marco, Ted, … ?

[Cyrano]

Can America get any more fucked up?

We’re 15 months out from the next presidential election and every publication, TV “news” station and blog has us paying attention to a meaningless circus, and a shitload of imaginary “What Ifs.”

Is this an addiction? A disease? A social necessity? A national plague?

Would everyone please wake the fuck up? No one is voting for anyone tomorrow, or anytime this year. The first caucuses, primaries, and whatevers, are more than seven months off. And even those early ones are in states with a handful of people who have nothing to do with who will be the next president of the U.S.

But any “news” you tune into or read today, is all about “debates,” “polls,” “showmanship,” “gotchas,” or some other meaningless crap.

Sometime next winter or spring, a Democratic and a Republican candidate will be chosen. And maybe even one or more third party person will decide to run.

That’s when it starts to get important. Until then, it’s all noise, distraction and mega-bullshit.

But, what the hell. Admit it. Most people are going to watch and listen to the show anyway, aren’t they?

And unfortunately, very few will ever pay attention to the puppeteers.

[world wide wally]

1. With the constant hype, we are more likely to believe that democracy is alive and well in

America
In other words, it is another distraction until the next mass shooting or missing airliner.

[brooklynite]

2. You're welcome to not pay attention about a political campaign a year out...

...begging the question, why are you on a political blog?

[Cyrano]

8. I really don't know. But it

seemed like a better idea than going to Coney Island.

[AllFieldsRequired]

3. Crack or heroine for political junkies.

The VAST majority of America and I mean vast, pays NO attention to any of the stuff talked about here.

[FSogol]

4. I was totally off the grid last week. No news, no paper, no net, no tv.

I only heard things if someone discussed something. No one was paying any attention to the election at all. Other than goofing on Trump, no one mentioned any candidate.

Upon returning, I caught up on a week of the Washington Post. They had a few articles on Trump's improbable run, a puff piece on Rubio, and a couple of mentions of HRC. They aren't pushing the election. (There was one editorial on O'Malley, but no other mentions).

If your find over-coverage of the horse race disturbing, tune out. Nothing of any significance will happen in the next 3 months.

[Cyrano]

6. Well, I'll probably tune in occasionally, but

I don't think I can handle the upcoming Fox "news" version of "Jeapardy."

[jberryhill]

5. Seriously. This gets worse every cycle

I remember thinking "Jesus, people, it's September the year before, get a grip."

What really pisses me off is that you take someone like Rachel Maddow. For the past I don't know how many weeks, the lead item, and only lead item, on her show has been 15 minutes of obsession over who is in the GOP field and whether they will be on the Fox debate stage. Not a minute's worth of substance about anything that matters - just endless jabber over theatrics. I used to enjoy that program, and it's really become tedious.

No one is voting for anyone tomorrow, or anytime this year. The first caucuses, primaries, and whatevers, are more than seven months off.

Seriously.

[Motown_Johnny]

7. Short attention spans...

I would post more about this, but am losing interest in this thread.

[catnhatnh]

9. It is now exactly 7 months and 2 days until Super Tuesday...

...which will absolutely have an effect on who is the next President...I think we should perhaps not wait until 48 hours before to start voicing our views...