Is our country so sad that we care who a baseball player votes for?

[omnithrope]

It really saddens me to think that people's votes will be swayed not by issues, or party affiliation, or (HEAVEN FORBID) their own critical thinking, but rather by a BASEBALL player.

How does knowing what a man-who-throws-a-ball-for-a-living thinks affect my vote? None.

If people vote for Bush based on a baseball player's endorsement (or movie star, or musician) then we have bigger problems than I ever would have imagined.

GRRR!

*rant off*

Hi!

-omni

[aden_nak]

1. Why not? Apparently we care who NASCAR drivers vote for.

Even after they say they don't know shit about the issues.

[omnithrope]

3. EXACTLY!

"Vote like me, just because..."

[DrWho]

2. most in baseball

most players and news media in baseball call shiling a bloated ego maniac jerk

I would not worry that much, he's an ass.

[dave123williams]

4. Well, I'm still voting Kerry, so no.

[Worst Username Ever]

5. not any more than we care who bruce springsteen votes for I guess

[aden_nak]

7. Eh, I disagree, a bit. But not that much. :P

Mostly because Sprinsteen is a musician, and they tend, at least, to be a tiny bit more introspective than, say, someone who drives in a circle. That, and his message has always been heavily politicized.

On the flip side, anyone who is basing their vote on a celebrity endorsement really has been brainwashed by the consumer culture. ;)

[omnithrope]

8. I don't understand that either, frankly.

*shrug*

[specter]

6. couldnt and wouldnt give a flyn rats ass

who those spoiled brat winnie baby over paid motherfuckers vote for!!

[sangh0]

9. Did you just wake up?

Because things like atheletes, killer sharks, Laci Peterson have been a MAJOR feature of the news for many years now

How does knowing what a man-who-throws-a-ball-for-a-living thinks affect my vote? None.

This isn't about YOUR vote.

If people vote for Bush based on a baseball player's endorsement (or movie star, or musician) then we have bigger problems than I ever would have imagined.

We *DO* have some bigger problems.

[Anakin Skywalker]

10. My Psychoanalysis of an Obsession.

Let's face it. Contemporary American culture is one of superficiality and materialism. The rightwing loves jocks because they fantasize about a world of supermen and jocks are representative of that.

[tabasco]

11. Fascists rely on the stupidity of the populace.

It takes a really stupid SOB to absorb the lies and support a corrupt regime. Neocons think (largely correctly) that the people of the US are stupid. A good example is the fairy tale they are floating about Russian commandos taking the explosives from Al Qaqaa. You'd have to be one dumb comic-book reading shlub to believe that nonsense. But the neocons realize that millions of idiots will believe it. Getting a baseball player to stump for them is silly but not half as bad as the outright lies they tell.

[Cocoa]

12. no

the Curt Shilling won't matter.

[VOX]

13. Keep it in the context of New England. No WS champion in 86 years...

Now, Curt Shilling, one of the engineers of that stunning Red Sox run, is stumping for * in New Hampshire, a battleground state that went for * in 2000 by a razor-thin margin, thanks mostly to the 22,198 votes for Nader that year.

The right-wing is trying to bottle some of that 86-year World Series starvation-turned-to-hysterical-gratitude into some New Hampshire votes, plain and simple.

[mad_hatter]

14. One thing to remember

is that Kerry is a "Massachusetts Liberal". He also has the advantage of having lived there for a little more than Shilling's mere season.

[demokatgurrl]

15. No, just who he SHILLS for. n/t