After every major speech, after every event really, Twitter is usually ablaze with people weighing in with their thoughts and opinions, and takeaways. It’s like one big cable show but (thankfully) without the sound. Last night however, there was a definite sense of ‘everyone shut-up, already’ permeating the media twittersphere.

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ABC’s Jake Tapper seemed particularly sensitive to the cacophany:

if tom friedman quotes that “we’re gonna need a bigger boat” line from Jaws one more time i will send the salahis to break into his houseSTATEMENT FROM TONY DANZA ON PRESIDENT OBAMA’S SPEECH AT WEST POINTstill awaiting email STATEMENT FROM YOUR DRYCLEANER ON PRESIDENT OBAMA’S SPEECH AT WEST POINT

New York Times’ David Carr also chimed in:

have a bunch of work to do, but the president addressed the nation and I need to stay tuned for all the meaningless annotation.

Meanwhile, Rick Klein at ABC’s The Note, actually found something worthwhile in all the chatter; Politico’s Ben Smith concurred:

First time I can remember

that react statements from members of Congress were worth reading and digesting

All the while, as the Atlantic’s Marc Ambinder noted, John McCain was actually giving us the opportunity to streamline our pundit of choice list:

McCain’s doing the morning show version of the Full Ginsberg — and the BBC to boot.

Sounds like some people may be hearkening back for a time when there really was a voice of God in the media (instead of the collective?), or is it perhaps just time to take a wee break from cable?

Tags: Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Ben Smith, Cable News, Chuck Todd, David Carr, Jake Tapper, John McCain, Marc Ambinder, Twitter