The dangerous mix of loyalty and stupidity

Do you remember when everyone got mad at Ralph Nader? He came out of nowhere to (surprise!) jump into the presidential race ... again. Democrats were scared he'd take away votes in the election but, like Ron Paul, he fortunately disappeared off the map as quickly as he threw his hat in the ring. Good riddance.
Now there's a more realistic threat for Democrats: the misguided, ignorant, uninformed Hillary supporters.
These extremists are their own worse enemy. And I'm afraid their numbers are higher than we (being the rest of the Democrats) imagine.
These Hillary loyalists paid enough attention to politics to hear all of Hillary's Obama-bashing and to "know" that he "unethically and unfairly stole her delegates" but aren't politically informed enough to recognize the political differences between Barack Obama and John McCain ... which is pretty sad because their differences are gigantic.
Hillary's blind, yet stupid followers (usually older women) are stating that they hate Obama for taking away Clinton's chance at the presidency, so they're going to vote for McCain to spite him.
Whaaaaaaat?! I know. You might have to do a double take, because what you just read is so backward and moronic that it makes you want to slap someone. Hopefully a Hillary-turned-McCain supporter.
I first heard about this from my friend's mom. She was sitting next to me when she said, "So for the first time in my life I will have to vote Republican." I turned to look at her in shock. She continued, "I can't let Obama be president when he beat out Hillary! He doesn't have the experience. No one's going to vote for him!"
Ummm ... actually a lot of people voted for him. That's why he received more delegates than Hillary. And I love Hillary. I'm not sticking up for Obama ... I'm just laying down the cold, hard truth.
I was at a party last weekend when I heard a group of people saying that they voted for Hillary but now are going to vote for McCain. I tried to reason with them but they shut me down and kept insulting Obama.
Then today, two older ladies walked past me and I overheard one saying to the other, "I'm not going to vote for Barack because he stole Hillary's delegates."
I just thought: Wow, this is a serious problem- definitely if I'm hearing this in California, one of the most liberal states.
This is an issue that's really starting to disturb me. Can people be this politically ignorant? This confused? This vengeful?
These people are so politically misguided that I just want to sit them down, shake them and scream, "What are you thinking?!"
First- they've got to be completely stupid to want to vote for a Republican rather than another Democrat just because their favored candidate got beat.
Second- they've got to be blind as bats as to only pay attention to Clinton's bullshit and not realize that Obama and her want to accomplish the same things during their presidencies. The only differences they would have would be their strategies, advisers and their diplomatic skills.
If you think voting for McCain instead of Obama is a good idea, I want you to know that you are horribly mistaken. Honestly, I'd rather you just not vote for that matter. Hearing analysts on CNN converse about the high numbers of these Hillary supporters yet Obama haters make me feel sick.
I feel that if they understood the reality, there's no way they'd want to vote for McCain.

Let me lay it out for those who can't do the political math:

Obama wants to end the war in Iraq.
Hillary wants to end the war in Iraq.
McCain wants to continue fighting in Iraq, even if it takes 100 years to rid the terrorists. (Aka: blood-loving, POW psycho.)

Obama wants to provide universal healthcare.
Hillary wants to provide universal healthcare.
McCain thinks universal healthcare is a terrible, socialist idea. (Aka: anti-progressive capitalist.)

Obama believes in a woman's right to choose and gay rights.
Hillary believes in a woman's right to choose and gay rights.
McCain doesn't believe in a woman's right to choose and doesn't think that same-sex couples should get married. (Aka: heartless and insensitive.)

Obama wants to raise taxes for the rich and help strengthen the lower and middle classes.
Hillary wants to raise taxes for the rich and help strengthen the lower and middle classes.
McCain wants to keep taxes low for the rich and for corporations to help strengthen the upper class. (Aka: he's not your friend unless you're as rich as he is.)

I could go on ... but if Hillary-turned-McCain supporters don't get it by now, then they're so lost that they never will.
This is a phenomenon that is deeply disturbing me. To all of you die-hard Hillary fans: I know how you feel, but you must look at it rationally. Revenge is not the answer to our problems. If we can't have Hillary as our president, then we need the next best person to lead our country into the right direction- and that is definitely Obama. McCain will take our country into the opposite direction than Democrats want.
I've said it before and I'll keep on saying it: Democrats must stick together. We can't lose another election. Now that we have a Democratic majority in both houses, we need that Democratic executive branch to get the necessary work done.
If you're a Democrat, please continue to vote for Democrats. If you're an Independent who leans to the left, please continue to vote for politicians on the left.
We need your votes. Obama is leading the Democratic Party right now. And it's very clear that if you're not with us, then you're against us.