Diane L said:
....But that's not me. I care. Too much.
it's not that you care too much...it's thaT you "just" [not always easy] need to learn to stop thinking about it, or listening to stuff. Go do the other things you enjoy, and be with the people you love to be with.
And if these people- some of them talk politics as much as you do
, agree to pursue other interests in your coversations & get togethers.
believe me I know.
I've been a quarter news junkie/policy 'wonk' {done campaing volunteering off & on sinse I was 15} since I was around ...14 or so.
{also 'tomboy', fashionista, 'nerd' [geek hadn't yet been invented as a word], R&R Fan, SF fan--gee, that probably adds up to more than 100%-- I am bigger than the sum of my 'parts'}
I've been an Air America junkie since it debuted here in NYC!
I listen as much as I can, sometimes "afraid" to miss a scorching piece of info or hilarious piece of political comedy, both they do well.
But I either tear myself away or really feel like listening to other things- music, vids tv etc. ANd my friends & I mostly all shades of 'raving' L-i-b-e-r-a-l-s, luckily share a bunch of other passions to have fun with.
If you haven't heard Air America yet, they're up to 30 stations across the country. Clear Channel picked them up. And they do beat Rush-bo & Hannity in places and certain important deomographics!