Very early this morning I awoke to a sensory-rattling noise of what sounded like a gathering of Macaw's in heat. Rapid overlapping chatter, often rising to squawkish bleats, boomed-out from TV speakers.
Oh Gawd! I fell asleep with the TV on again! This time the channel was MSNBC and the cacophony was from "Morning Joe" where Mika Brzezinski usually attempts to speak while her erstwhile co-host and program's namesake, Joe Scarborough, blathers on with one of the usual round-table suspects or special guests, blithely ignoring her attempts to join the chat. Everyone's pitch was higher than usual with the fervor of today's Florida GOP Prez Primary voting. And, for a change, Mika had a chance to speak for minutes at a time without interruption!
Perched in the palmy trees, or rather, by the sandy beach in Miami inside a deli, the on-location hosts and guests were in Political Heaven Game Mode. A primary in a "Must Win" state in the general election is one of the dress rehearsals for the media to get their Poli-Sexy on and strut their stats. With the "Morning Joe" clique, adding to their hyper enthusiasm today was the presence of Mr. Always-Wired Chris Matthews spouting predictions and views.
Between Mika and Chris, the shrillish circus indeed came to town down there and people like me could hear them squealing even with the Mute button in play.
In truth, I've kept the remote on "Mute" because no matter who wins tonight's primary - the Newt or the Mitt - the GOP will remain divided on who they will crown as their Prom King until the very last minute.
Yep. The choices are that bad!
And, to add another insult, did anyone see and hear the clip of Mitt Romney singing a few stanzas of America the Beautiful yesterday? Whew! Talk about flat! If nothing else, at least we have someone currently in the Oval Office who knows how to sing on key. America has a New Idol! Now, if only Simon Cowell were part of the final judgment process, the entire mess of the coming months before the November elections would be moot - for either Mitt or Newt.
P.S. In case you were wondering..... The above picture of Cowell isn't to ward off the sound of Paula Abdul's reaction to being fired by Simon from the X Factor! But that's another story for another day.
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