U.S. Presidential Election 2008

[cacophony]

Originally Posted by Sean

So my conclusion at this point is that Hillary supporters have to be either willfully ignoring the glaring faults of their candidate, or flat out ignorant.

personally, and this may be overly cynical, i think there's a strong need to identify with victims in a portion of the population. we're a culture of victimization and we love nothing more than to back someone whose injustice we feel we can partake of. i honestly and truly believe that the most vehemently outspoken hillary supporters are more driven by their perception of her persecution-by-media than actual qualifications. it's not that they ignore the faults, it's that they don't believe in them. hillary is a victim, and they can participate in that victimization by proxy by supporting her until the bitter end.

and there you have it. my elitist view of the idiocracy of america.