I’m so sick of the primary soap opera that I’m just about to bust a gut.  It’s not bad enough that THIS administration has preempted the last vestiges of what used to pass as news in this country with coverage of their obscene and ethically bankrupt war in Iraq.  Not that we don’t need to know what’s going on there, obviously we do now that it’s a fait accompli.  But I have to wonder if part of their strategy isn’t subjecting the American Public to a relentless stream of White (House) Noise that plays out as a complete information blackout.

As of now, the other half of whatever “news” was left over is being preempted by the most ridiculous run-up to the Primary Elections that I have ever witnessed in all my born days.

More after the jump.
Beyond endlessly debating the potential issues of potential presidential nominees, now we are debating the possible hidden meanings behind something the wife of a potential nominee said and if it was a slam at another potential nominee’s notoriously eventful marriage.

From the Chicago Sun Times (also receiving relentless coverage elsewhere).

At another stop, in Atlantic, Michelle said she travels with her husband in part “to model what it means to have family values,” adding “if you can’t run your own house, you can’t run the White House.” She didn’t elaborate, but it could be interpreted as a swipe at the Clintons.

Oh, puhleeze!  Could be a swipe at the Clintons?  Well that’s worth hours and hours of endless speculation!

Is this a conspiracy to distract us from every single real issue that should be of concern to us, or just a happy accident that so many media magnets happen to be running for the chance to run for president all at the same time?

I feel like this country is frozen in the headlights of speeding propaganda under-the-influence; rubbernecking the endlessly contrived media circus.

Hey, just give me the pamphlet that outlines the positions of potential Democratic nominees on the important issues, with background that documents their track record on those issues. I’m all for a couple of high profile intense debates that give us the opportunity to evaluate all of the potential nominees under pressure.  So let’s see them all in the line up, and then, well, enough already!

Whew.  Thanks for letting me get that off my chest.

Nothing against the forums if they give real people chances to meet and evaluate real candidates as people.  But the way candidates for candidacy answer questions with prepackaged sound bytes on national television, and the way they promote themselves on the “Campaign Trail” doesn’t tell us anything in comparison with the official record of their past conduct and the way they outline their current positions on key issues.  I can get all this from a few paragraphs to study before I go to the polls and I do not need this interminable soap opera.

Obviously it’s important who the next president should be, but it’s even more important to pay attention to whether or not our votes will actually count when we bubble in the dot or touch the screen or punch the card or pull the lever.

And, hey, let me add that I’m also heartily sick of the nasty infighting that goes on in so-called “candidate diaries.”  Who really believes that insults and name-calling is the best way to GOTV for their favorite candidate or pet cause?  Not that I’m conspiracy-minded or anything, I retired my Tin Hat with honors, but I have to wonder if there may or may not be a few paid operatives out there stirring up the blog-pot?  Just a thought.