Best political post I've seen here.. well.. probably ever. Party loyalty is ruining our political system. People have become submissive sheep who scramble to justify everything their party does. Like overzealous sports fans who have to explain why everything their team does is awesome even though they haven't won a game all season. People need to realize that political candidates are OUR EMPLOYEES. We hire them. And their job is to work for us. To explain and apologize for their mistakes to us. And when they -blam!- up.. it's our duty to hold them accountable and replace them with due haste if they're not fit for the position. You want to pledge allegiance to a political party? Fine. Then you should be that party's biggest critic. Not it's biggest fan. When the person you hired to represent you -blam!-s up.. YOU should be the first person standing there with your pitchfork because it was YOUR faith in them that was taken advantage of. You got conned. Not the people who voted for someone else. I have 14 employees under me at my job. If I hire a new guy and he turns out to be garbage.. do you think I sit there and make excuses to my other employees for him? -blam!- no. I ship his ass out and replace him with someone who's fit for the job. And I apologize to my employees for bringing in someone who took advantage of my faith in him, and made their jobs more difficult because this guy didn't pull his weight. That's what being a boss is. And people need to get it into their heads that we are the "boss" of each and every candidate on the ballot. Not the other way around. Stop giving away your power, people.