Political football

The Sunday morning shows. It's hard to tell the political talk shows from the NFL TODAY-type shows that follow. It's the same format, with men in suits sitting down at a table, talking about the game, looking at video clips, analyzing each move. Pontificating. What's gonna happen today? What's next? Who is gonna win? What do you think, Chet?

Politics is entertainment just as sports are. Or, sport is, as Mitt Romney- former QB for the GOP in the '08 Election Bowl, might put it.

Politics is a team sport. We just watch and buy the memorabilia. I'm really no more a democrat that I am a Chicago Bear. You may think you're a republican but, I don't see you in the Senate Chambers.

We all just watch and root, Root, ROOT for our home team. We want them to win because if they win, WE WIN!

Politics seriously means as little in life as a Bears win or loss. And I think we have as little say in  politics as we do on the gridiron. We do not play the game. We just watch and hope. We want our team to win. More importantly- and you White Sox fans know what I'm talking about- we want the other team to lose. And lose badly. Story for another day but, Sox fans would rather hear that the Cubs lost than watch the Sox win.

Kinda obscene, eh? But, that's the way most republicans look at politics these days. If you can't win at all costs, pray for the other team to lose, at all costs. If they lose, you *win*. An entire nation of republican fans wants nothing less than the President Of The United States to fail! They hope Obama loses! This is like setting fire to your house because you are tired of your mother-in-law living with you and you want her out...NOW! Burn that fucker to the ground so she can't bother you anymore. GO TEAM!!

Day in, day out, the two sides compete seemingly against each other for our entertainment dollar and- unlike the Bears and Packers- supposedly for our benefit. Sorta. If Obama and the democrats fail, and fail miserably and- for example- we have another recession and- even better- an actual depression(!) the republicans win and get the ball back! How 'bout that!?  GO TEAM!!!

Politically, some people are tired of play after play of each team running the ball in the middle, picking up a yard or two. We want big plays! Republicans at least, want their team to run up the score, annihilate the democrats and let the people have candy for breakfast! Victory! GO TEAM!!!!

Some really don't seem to want the competition anymore judging by what I read not only on Topix but on just about every internet site about practically anything these days. It's pretty vicious out there. A link might be about "Batkid" and all that happiness folks in San Francisco put together to make that child's young, short life a a dream come true, but, before you know it, Jokers will be ruining the love with comments about Obama and those awful, awful liberals....

Well, that's the hardcore fanatics of he fans. There's @310 million people in this country. I don't know how many follow the NFL. Ten million? That's a lot but just a fraction of the country. Double it and it's still nowhere near a majority. 50 some million people vote in presidential elections. Nowhere near that number watch FOX, MSNBC  the Sunday shows or post on Topix or reichwing sites combined. Politics, we're just not that into you.

Should we be? The fate of the nation does rely on what our politicians do and it would really be nice if more people cared but...when they do they paint their faces, go bare-chested in December weather and scream to kill the other side. It's hard to tell the Tea Party from Giants fans. I don't think I just differentiated them.

Our politicians are going to do what they are paid to do, on the behalf of those who pay them to do. Them is not us. We're just the fans. We fill the seats and pay the bills but, they don't do it for us. They do it for themselves. And if our favorites don't do it this week, they'll get 'em next week. Or next year? Whatever, they still get paid.

And I don't watch the Sunday shows or the NFL Today. They both ruin the game for everybody, don't they?