Sour grapes
Imagine I was a member of a local church of some variety, for example Baptist. And let’s say that some thing happened in that church that I was not too pleased with - maybe they changed the style of music, changed the carpet to a colour I didn’t like - or something a little more weighty like not electing my preferred elder, or employing a new pastor different to the one I wanted. And now imagine my response to such a decision - I kick up a big fuss in the church, complain and disrupt proceedings… and then walk down the road and sign up as a member of the local mosque! Doesn’t make sense does it? For a Christian, no matter how cheesed off I may be, I should remain within the Christian church - not go and join the Muslims.
This is how I see these Hilary Clinton supporters who are threatening to vote for McCain because she got defeated by Obama (and now also was not selected as his VP choice). I’m no expert in US politics but surely policies and party loyalties should come before personality? Obama and Clinton are not too distant from each other in terms of policies and would probably take the USA in similar directions as President, but both are miles away from Republican John McCain. So why would any person who previously supported Hilary give their vote to McCain instead of Obama? It just seems so incredibly childish and petulant to me. If they are opposed to President Bush, how could they risk 4 or more years of the same by voting republican purely on the basis of sour grapes?
Hopefully these fruitcakes are just a vocal minority (see the CNN forums if you want to sample some of their idiotic ramblings) and the majority of Clinton voters will get in line behind Obama. Will be interesting to watch the events unfolding in Denver over the next few days…
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