Democracy Sucks

The candidates these days are pissing me off somewhat less than their supporters.

Obama's people are creepy. There's this cultish devotion that has everything to do with the man and nothing to do with what he's saying, which varies in quality quite a bit. The inability to absorb criticism is also off-putting. He is not going to change politics--he's far more likely to get steamrollered a la Spitzer--but don't try telling that to the diehards.

Still, these are qualities that are probably necessary in a presidential campaign--someone really has to believe. But Clinton supporters...with quite a few of them we're crossing over from devotion into mental illness, plain and simple. They believe that seating the Florida and Michigan delegations, unabridged and with no revote or reallocation, would be fair. They believe that Pennsylvania will be enough to give her a lead in votes cast. They believe that Obama's state senate experience is irrelevant, but Hillary's years as First Lady count almost as much for her as they do for Bill. They believe that the country would unite behind her even if she were nominated without having actually gotten the most votes. And they're really deeply bothered by Rev. Wright, though one suspects they're not going to be so concerned about the psychos lining up behind McCain. Perhaps worse than anything, they have no idea that they've lost--Hillary is still running in the hopes of getting an unexpected shot at a Hail Mary, but there's no explanation for why they're so unperturbed that she's lagging far, far behind without much time left on the clock.

Obama's people believe some pretty stupid shit, but Clinton's are living in their own little world. My choice is clear.