Dave B. - I sympathize and don't claim I have anything of particular interest to say, in a FOT context, on politics, besides my standard "a plague o' both your houses." It's just, if the FOTs ARE going to do politics, I'd rather it be more content-oriented than "isn't Sarah Palin an idiot, look at these videos."
And I didn't mean to single out Moonshake in particular.
Honestly, I think we need to put the blame for this where it belongs - on Josh. Am I right?
I thought that some of the discussions within the political threads were interesting, and that some of the jokes and asides within those discussions were funny. Yes, a lot of it appears on other boards, but that's okay with me ... It reduces the number of other boards I'm compelled to visit for polictical chatter. I'd rather get my political chatter filtered thru FOT sensibilities than from other places. Geeze, if you think the threads over here are humorless, you should see what passes for humor on most other boards.
(That last sentence was directed more towards Josh, I guess).
As far as "isn't Sarah Palin an idiot, look at these videos" ... sure, it's not the most erudite way to discuss the issue, but you can understand the compulsion, right? For most of us, it's been less than a month since she was sprung upon our collective conciousness. We're still trying to figure out who this crazy bitch is, and why she's next in succession to the OLDEST presidential candidate EVER.
Fear not, I'm sure the volume of political threads will diminish after November. Unless, of course, there's a year-2000 style balloting fuckup.
