It's true, not everybody can get excited about politics, and a lot of us only get excited every once in a while because it's not good for our blood pressure. I remember in my own lifetime, political discussions and debate being a lot more civilized - the kinds of things I see on serious news shows and debate forums now are the sorts of things I would've only expected in a "Spitting Image" or "D.C. Follies"-type parody show in the 1980s, for example.