This political campaign season has been a mixed bag for AB.com. It's been good for bidness. Hits, comments, exposure, etc. have increased, although it's definitely not helping my cashflow since ya'll aren't still buying nearly enough t-shirts to fund my Jamba Juice addiction child's 529 plan! Anyways, the flipside is, paying attention to the latest smear, slight, or debate has it's downside. This stuff is energy sapping and at times downright depressing. It's made me realize that in my quest to bring you guys the brand of wit and wisdom that makes AB.com an award winning blog, I've begun spending inordinate amounts of time reading, listening, talking, and thinking about politricks.
Those of you who are recent to The AverageBro Party prolly think this site is all-Obama all the time, and if you've tuned in since December 07' or so, I couldn't blame you for that assessment. But when I look up and realize I've darn near spent three straight months covering The Race For The Number One Spot 08', I know somethin', somethin', just ain't riiiigghhttt!
So, in that vein, I'm really, really, really hoping that Obama pulls a clean sweep of Ohio, Texas, and whatever other two insignificant states that are up for grabs next Tuesday. Not necessarily just because I'm PrObama, but mainly because I'm getting pretty darned sick of talkin' about all this stuff. If that happens, expect AB.com to take a looong exhale and start shifting tone. You'll see a whooole lot more Crap Music, Hollyweird, and Grand HuStles, and a whooooole lot less PoliTricks as Usual and Barry 4 Prez. Seriously.
Maybe it's just me, but I'd love to take a nice long hiatus from being concerned with this nonsense until around September or so. What do ya'll think?
Question: Are you getting burned out by this political campaign or is it time for AB to take a badly needed vacation?
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Tired Of Politricks? I Sure Am.
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AB, please clarify--are you denouncing or rejecting Politricks? :)
Seriously, I hear you. It is tiring. And the attempts to discredit and smear Obama, can't be good for my blood pressure. I don't see Hillbilly denouncing or rejecting Ann Coulter's (& now, Bill Cunningham's)endorsement. And apparently, you can lose your job if you speak of a white woman being "pimped out"--but it's okay to refer to calling out a "lynching party" on a black woman. Hell, Faux News probably gave hime a raise.
This is taking all the fun out of blogging.
For every Obama post I make, I COULD make about 12 more.
It's gonna be like this to the bitter end.
Seriously.
We will be at this from now until The last vote has been counted.
I think after he finishes her off I am going to do an Obama sabbatical for about 30 days just to cleanse the system.
and plus I cosign everything ebw said too.
It's tiring to me too and I don't even discuss politics on my blog lol. Sometimes you have to tell yourself to take a vacation. You can start back talking about in a couple months if you want, but to me, unless you have a blog devoted to political talk then there's no reason why you couldn't switch things up a bit.
I'd just stick to talking about things that can make or break a candidate like the Super Tuesday elections. You can do what you want AB, it is good for your traffic but you might lose some of your loyal readers who came to your blog for other things. Just a thought...
:)
If I may take the liberty...remember that Barack Obama has Kenyan heritage from his father. Generally speaking, Kenyans are world renowned for their endurance for running long distances. :)
We must endure. Yes We Can.
"Present opportunities are not to be neglected; they rarely visit us twice." - - - Voltaire
Obama 2008.
EG
i wouldnt mind seeing you softshoe some OTHER topics. So yeah, im tired too.
AB, If you're tired of the politricks now, what would you do when the real mudslinging begins? Personally, I wish the media would not insult the viewer's intelligence and really talk about the issues. Speaking of insulting my intelligence, how in the world could Hillary confused millions (for a few minutes) with her "denounce or reject" proposition?
I'm up for it. Once every four years? It's a low price to pay for a participatory democracy. That's not to say I don't enjoy the rest... AVB has a button on my Firefox toolbar right next to Instapundit, so I don't expect a decline in political talk to cause a decline in how often I read your blog.
Think about it like this: would you spend 6 months scrutinizing an idea that might end up costing you a couple hundred dollars a month (or more) for the rest of your life? That's a lotta T-shirts... I think it's worth the time spent.
@ EBW/inkog
Denouncing and Rejecting. I'm just tired of all this crap. I am only taking a hiatus though, I'm not packing up and moving to Canada ya'll.
@ EG
I'm not sure about my diasporic roots, but they probably don't tie to Kenya, so the endurance thing is iffy.
@ spool32
Thanks for rollin' wit' a brotha.
@ AAW
The real mudslingins already underway. But I'll be recharged when the real stuff comes.
@ domo
no words...
Tired of it?
Hell no.
I live for this stuff.
Go Obama!
I agree with you. Though I am focused like a laser on the drama of this election, I purposefully choose not to write about it too much.
I usually only mention it on my blog, if I can place it into a larger context.
But since my blog rarely has a larger context, I usually mention it in a smaller context.
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