So when did politics become a sport? I mean, you have two teams, they have their own colors, their own mascots, and diehard fans! They play once every two years like the world championships, and then they have the big dance (the olympics) every four years when we vote for a president. It's retarded. They have big team viewing parties on game night where you can go and cheer your team on, and groan when the other side takes the lead halfway through the night. It's ridiculous. This is not a sporting event, this is the direction of the country people.
Last night, they were talking to some democrat about Darlene Hooley's big win over Mike Erickson. His quote was something like this "The other team thought they could steal this one from us, and they spent a lot of money trying to defeat us, but we fought back just as hard." Tell me if that sounds anything like the Red Sox vs. the Yankees. Furthermore......how disheartening is it that what it comes down to these days is who spends more money. Nobody votes on the basis of the issues anymore. You vote based on who you grew up rooting for, who your parents rooted for, and who has the flashier TV ads.
Now I know some people are going to say that Ron Saxton spent twice as much as Ted Kulongoski, and he still lost. But anyone who doesn't think democrats have huge homefield advantage in Oregon is nuts. I mean, most newspapers in the state endorsed Ron Saxton. Those are people who are paid to analyze the issues and make an informed decision. And he still got hammered. Of course, it didn't help that he came off like a total douche in his tv commercials.
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