If people are so freaking stupid as to vote over a sports figure's sentiments, especially

[Skidmore]

when it comes at a time that the nation require some movement forward in healthcare and not maintaining the status quo, then the Universe help us! I don't track freaking sports and I don't care what these people think or do. If your assessment of the good of a nation hinges on what a freaking sports figure says or does, then you are truly pitifully myopic.

Rant off.

[cali]

1. sadly, some gaffes become emblematic of far more than what they appear

to be about. In this case, I think that her comment about Schilling being a Yankees fan, does just that.

[ProdigalJunkMail]

2. i don't know what you are talking about

but are they any worse than the spouting of say...an actor? or a musician?

sP

[cali]

5. Martha Coakley accused Kurt Schilling who is a high profile supporter of

Brown's of being a Yankee's fan in a radio interview a couple of days ago. Schilling is also the pitcher who was instrumental in the Red Sox beating the Yankees in the World Series and breaking the 86 year long "curse of the bambino". Sounds silly, doesn't it? However, Schilling has near iconic status- hell, he has iconic status- among the denizens of Red Sox Nation, dem, repub, indie or anything else.

[AngryAmish]

7. A note of dissent

Red Sox never played the Yankees in the World Series. Otherwise, cheers.

[cali]

8. Of course, you're right. It was the Yankees in the playoffs and

St. Louis in the WS

thanks.

[ElmoBlatz]

9. Its simple

It shows she's out of touch. A politician should at least have a FLEETING knowledge when something as major as the Red Sox winning the world series happens.

[Skidmore]

13. Sad teabagger propaganda. No, it's not important.

Consider me out of touch then. I don't track any sports with any deal of regularity. I know others like myself. I don't expect people to have to know sports stats and teams to govern. I'd rather people in elected office be in touch with policy issues, and this does not in anyway touch on policy.

[ElmoBlatz]

14. I'm not saying its smart, its reality

Joe Six-pack follows the Sox. And when Coakley demonstrates she doesn't even know what team the local hero (SPORTS hero) plays for.... Joe Six-pack wonders just what the hell else she doesn't know. It's human nature.

[Lurks Often]

16. I agree with you, but I think you are missing the point

I agree that a politician's views on the local sports team shouldn't be important, but the problem is that she tried to play on the fans loyalty and failed at it.
If Coakley had just said "I don't follow baseball" she probably would have been ok, but to pretend knowledge that she didn't have and then to say something as stupid that one of the great heroes of the Red Sox and their fans was a Yankee, was insulting and condescending. That is why she is getting slammed for the comment.

And yes, MA, CT & NY take baseball WAY too seriously.

[slackmaster]

3. I must have missed something - What did Tiger Woods do this time?

:shrug:

[pipi_k]

4. Doug Flutie?

I used to like him.

:(

[BolivarianHero]

12. Everyone in Canada used to like Flutie...

Because of this, one less person does. ;-)

[PearliePoo2]

6. Yes...some people ARE that freaking stupid.

They will vote against their own wallets and welfare because of one single issue.
My brother is one of them. Guns! (they're gonna take them away, doncha'know?)

[BolivarianHero]

10. It generally doesn't help much...lol

In my experience following elections, Republicans and Democrats still lose margianlish elections they're expected to no matter what athletes say.

[merh]

11. These are the same folks that voted for Bush because they would

like to have a beer with him and that think Palin is a goddess and a political giant and the savior of the right.

They prove that politics is more emotions than it is facts or common sense.

[treestar]

15. +1000

How dumb can people be?