Rann says about what I was thinking on this. (Not surprisingly, since he, Forge and myself discuss politics regularly in-person)
Quote:It's kind of funny to see that a lot of Dems are still majorly butthurt
and bitching about Palin, even at this point. McCain gets a pass, his
concession speech made him "good" again, but they're still simmering
over it.
forgemccain has
said he thinks a lot of it is because they're scared, they know they're
going to be seeing her again in four years, and if Obama doesn't wave a
magic wand and fix everything like a lot of people seemed to think he
would during his campaign, she's prolly gonna win.
I don't think
most people think that deeply about it. I think it's probably more the
visceral gut reaction of "Traitor!" Since anyone seen as oppressed is
supposed to be a Democrat, and anything else causes anger. Kind of like
how the only thing a lot of Democrats seem to hate worse than
Republicans is Libertarians. "People that agree with us on some things
but not all things, and aren't completely on our
side? GRRAAAAARRRR ARGLE BLARGLE FUCK!"
Fact of the matter is,
I'd bet money that 99% of these people, who are still claiming they
would have supported McCain (because that was the mantra before he
actually got nominated, "I'm not partisan! I'd vote for McCain!") if
only he hadn't picked the Wicked Witch of the North as his running
mate, had never even heard of her until McCain picked her and pretty
much the entirety of the Left crammed itself up her ass looking for
anything it could to smear her with, no matter if it made "Obama is a
secret Muslim" look like saying "Hm, little chilly today" in comparison.
I
mean, srsly. You've got people acting like they've been following her
political career ever since she started it and have been deathly
worried that she might escape her arctic prison, and that they were
with McCain up until the pick of this horrible, evil woman with her
massive conspiracy to commit "Troopergate". Worse than forty Hitlers,
she is, that's as many as four tens, and that's terrible.
Everyone
still griping about her, learn to 1) be gracious and 2) hold your
piddle. The first because she's gone back to Alaska, and without even
trying to fuck Obama over by stirring up her base against him, as
anything less than a saint would be horrendously tempted to do after
the guy's supporters claimed her husband fucked her daughter and made a
special retard baby. The second because, again, you'll probably see her
in four years, and I'm sure you'll be able to come up with all sorts of
classy things to say about her then, may as well save them for then
instead of blowing your load the week after she lost.