[speedgibson] Speed Gibson: Time Out

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Posted by Speed Gibson:
Time Out
http://speedgibson.powerblogs.com/posts/1189389644.shtml


   When at my son's college football game in Northfield, where we took a
   49-0 drubbing from the Carleton Knights, an image has stuck with me.
   It was a Carleton fan wearing a political button. Somehow, that
   bothered me. Can't we set this aside for such events? Nobody came
   there to campaign or learn more about the candidates, especially this
   early.
   What wearing a button does - in this setting - is identify you as a
   little less real. I say that whether you're wearing a button for a
   Democrat, Tim Pawlenty, even a Republican. You can put it in your
   pocket for a couple of hours and give the players your attention and
   appreciation instead.
   It doesn't always work to the candidate's advantage, either. The man
   in question was wearing a Ciresi button. The man was also more than a
   bit overweight. The phrase "Hey, hey, heh!" might be an
   understatement. All I could think was "it figures." I can just see the
   Ciresi people cringing, which will probably be the only time I will
   pity these fools.