On a related/unrelated note, when did "voters" turn into "fans"? I guess the presidential race has always had the feel of a sporting event in certain respects, but when the election was called in Obama's favor last Tuesday night people in Philly poured into the streets, honking horns, high fiving strangers, and pumping fists in the air. I guess if I was pressed to identify a difference from the World Series celebrations the previous month, I'd have to go with the notable absence of baseball caps . . . well, that and the fact that rather than getting into fights, turning over cars, and urinating on lamp posts, members of the Obama crowd exchanged warm embraces and kind words of congratulations . . . while metaphorically urinating on John McCain's political gravestone.
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