Reply #81: Well, some fans do, actually.

[MADem]

If you're a Red Sox fan, and the Yankees make the World Series, you NEED a National League team to root for to crush those bastards and grind them up into sausage.

Some fans follow a team when one of their favorites is traded, and just keep on so doing out of habit. A lot of kids will follow a team because their father does, even if they don't live in the same city anymore. Some people happen to like a particular player for whatever reason, be it religion (Hank Greenberg and Sandy Koufax got wide support from around the country from the Jewish community) or Jackie Robinson, whose groundbreaking role is well known.

Quite frankly, I could give a shit which team a candidate supports. That kind of nonsense isn't going to intrude in my decision making as to who is the best candidate at all.

And I never knew it to be common practice for a First Lady to be required to "announce" what team they supported--who was Bess Truman's favorite? Has Laura 'thrown down' yet?

Or Senators, for that matter...I mean, really, do I need to know John Edwards' favorite hockey team in order to make my decision as to whether I should cast my vote for him? I wonder, who does Obama like for football? If it's a team I hate, do I cross him off my list? How DAAARE he root for "Da Beee aaaaahs?"

It's just a really silly thing to be hollering "Bullshit!" about--like it matters. The only ones I see getting upset about it are the gotcha GOP book writers--they have PLENTY to say on the subject.