Great googly-moogly! I really have to say it is surprising how similar political fans are to sports fans. Standing back and looking at things like people's political conversations, TYT chatroom, and even the show, it is really surprising how similar political fans are to sports fans. Or should I say what it appears this word fan is short for... fanatic. I listen to people and they are sooo fervently passionate about their candidate and they are screaming and yelling at each other and it looks like they might even be able to strangle or kill each other.
It has turned into a "my team" vs. "your team". We are the winners! WOOT WOOT! I am waiting for when Obama wins the presidency that there will be a riot in the streets just as when a team wins the Superbowl or Stanley Cup or NBA championship, etc. Woot! OUR TEAM WON!!! WOOT!!! It is insane the fervor that people get when someone bad talks their candidate. When things happen like what happened to Gore, I understand the fervor. Taking an election away from the person who actually won and who the American people elected is just plain wrong and THAT is un-American.
But this whole fighting over who our candidate is... I mean it isn't like this is a Gore v Bush moment. I agree with all the Obama supporters, He won. I am an Obama supporter. I think he won. I do think Hillary is doing harm to the election. But I also think it is her right. I hope that the people of NY remember this and vote her out and the DNC remembers this and doesn't support her campaign when she runs again for the Senate. But I don't think she is outside of what is in her right. People have to learn (and I think Cenk may have said this before I don't remember) but people have the right to be as much of a dick as they wanna be. We just have to remember it and not vote for those people when their campaign runs again.
But what really bugs me is that it seems that people are supporting the candidate not the ideals. We as people like to feel that we are special. Now there are great people that come along in our world and they do great things and then they die and guess what happens... THE WORLD GOES ON! What we can hope for is that the ideals continue on! It is what we like to call ... someone's legacy. We as individuals are not special. Life is important, yes, but the "colony" is more important than one life. I say this to all people and yes... Hillary too. Look, if your candidate loses get over it. If your candidate wins, great... but you better get on their ass every time they screw up. See what I can really see happening is that when Obama screws up all these people who are fanatically supporting him, will ignore it when he screws up and will just blindly follow. If you want an example of this in history, I give you Hannity and O'Reilly. BUSH CAN DO NO WRONG! He is a great guy! He is always right! Violating our 4th Amendment is ok because we need to keep our country safe. Like Ben Franklin said... Those who are willing to give up freedom for security deserve neither freedom nor security. I think we call can agree on this.
So if you think I am wrong. "No DasGimp! Never! We'll hold him to the same standard we hold Bush and any other elected official" I can only say... I'll believe it when I see it. I think Obama is a great candidate. I think he is a wise man. I think he is an inspiring man. I think that he is intelligent and has a lot of right ideas. But we'll see if he makes a great president. I believe that he definitely seems like the best one out of he, Hillary, and McCain, but that doesn't mean he'll be a great president. I do not doubt it is possible. Just keeping a level head and not declaring it before it happens.
posted by Das Gimp 
