Wednesday, January 9, 2008

They Call it Cognitive Dissonance

Would someone kindly explain the logic behind voting for Hillary Clinton in the New Hampshire primary as a means to extract some sort of vengance on Chris Matthews and other bullies who are constantly ridiculing her? The only person who got hurt in this process was Barak Obama.

There are plenty of good reasons to vote for Clinton. She's smart experienced and she has a handle on the big issues -- although I disagree with many of her conclusions. But voting for her in order to show up a moron like Matthews isn't exactly what the founding fathers had in mind when they established the franchise. It's kind of like burning your neighbor's house to the ground because your cable went out in the middle of The Real Housewives of Orange County. There's a legitimate complaint to be made, but your neighbor isn't the most obvious target.

Yet a lot of people are citing this phenomenon as a major reason for Clinton's Tuesday night upset. This is a very strange country sometimes.

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