Politics? I've almost had enough!

As many of you know, this is the first time in my life I've been interested or involved in politics. I've voted in the past, but have never found a politician that I have been inspired to support.

But getting into politics a little bit, I'm finding myself getting very annoyed by a few things that keep happening:

1: Polarization. I hate how there's no in-between in politics. According to conservatives and liberals, there are only two choices in politics: Conservative or liberal. What? To what degree does this make sense? I was listening to Sean Hannity on the radio today, and before taking each call, he started with a "And now we have Ben, a liberal, on the line." I would classify myself as neither conservative or liberal. Is that not ok?

2: Nobody wins. You could go around and around and around some issues, but there'll never be a winner. I tend to like the black and white, obvious choice in things. Maybe that's why I like computer things: HTML, search engine optimization, etc. These things only work if they're coded correctly, and when they are, they work, and they "win."

Ok. Maybe this is all sparked because I listened to two Neo-Con talk shows today (Sean Hannity and Jason Lewis (from MN)) I think the only reason talk shows like these survive is because there's enough passionate, pissed-off people listening to them just to hear what they'll say next. They're outspoken and one-sided and will never think outside of their polarized boxes.

Ugh!