A sports game?

Politics, especially now with the upcoming presidential elections are like sports. A lot of people stay with one team no matter how many of the players are bad or do corrupt things. I was listening to AM radio yesterday and a talk show host was saying that all republicans should support John McCain no matter what(some people, especially more conservative republicans think he is too liberal of a republican...) because "a republican is always better than a democrat." I think that is a pretty close minded ideal. I am a self-proclaimed liberal but even so I think that this year's presidential race is extremely important, as Clinton said, "It's time for damage control." and as Obama said, "It's time to make a change." These are two statements I definetely agree with but at the same time I will not ignore republican debates just because I am a democrat. I also want to listen to McCain and see what he stands for, because I never know. I can't be mad at republicans for not listening to democrats and then be a democrat who doesn't listen to the republicans. Besides, I was really excited when the democrats took over the house, but they didn't really change anything or stand up for themselves. It's all a big sports game with everyone waving their team's flags and screaming and not listening to the other side. That's fine for sports but not politics, get a life people.