I try not to tune in to politics until it’s two or three months before the election. Till then, it’s like watching preseason football.

Parker likens early-cycle political coverage to “preseason football”: noisy, speculative, and low-stakes compared with the decisive games. The comparison suggests fatigue with the perpetual campaign and the media’s tendency to treat politics as entertainment—full of punditry, hype, and roster-shuffling before anything “counts.” By waiting until the final months, he implies a preference for concrete choices, clearer contrasts, and outcomes over endless commentary. The line also fits Parker’s public persona as a satirist: skeptical of political theater, wary of being pulled into partisan narratives too early, and attentive to how audiences consume politics as a long-running show rather than a civic process.