Yesterday was Super Bowl Sunday. I live in Mountain View, CA which had the distinction of being a transit gateway to Levi’s Stadium where the game was held. If you were going to take public transportation to the stadium, we were one of a small handful of gateways. As such, it was expected thousands of people would go through our turnstiles. As the Vice Mayor of the city, I went to greet our visitors at the train station where people would offload from our regional CalTrain system and transfer to our local Light Rail system (which took them directly and uninterrupted to the stadium, about seven miles away). Nearly everyone I asked was from outside of California. It was all very exciting.
While en route to the transit station at 10:15am, I stopped off at a breakfast restaurant . There were diners enjoying their meals while decked out in either Panther or Bronco team colors. I asked if they were simply rooting for their team or going to the game. “BOTH!” everybody screamed in unison. People were in good spirits. But me talking to the Bronco table brought the Panther table (sitting behind them) to life. A lively version of “We’re #1”“No, we’re #1” broke out. Soon other tables joined in, and after about 30 seconds, we had an impromptu session of the old Miller Lite commercials when half the crowd shouted “Less filling!” and the other half shouted back “Tastes great!”
I am a long time Daily Kos reader. I think I joined (as a registered user) in 2005, but I was definitely around for the Dean fans in 2004. What’s happening here now, with respect to the Clinton/Sanders candidacy reminds me of what happened then. As a progressive blog site, it’s not lost on me that we would have such vocal Sanders fans. As a Democratic landing page for many many readers, it’s also not surprising that we have a legion of Clinton fans. I think it’s great that we all hang out here. But I must admit, I don’t understand the intention of most of the rec’d diaries lately.
Judging by Kos polling of DK readers, Sanders has the edge on this site. Is it the goal of Sanders supporters to convince Clinton supporters to switch candidates (or vice versa)? It would seem that way because so many of the Pro-Sanders blogs are about how terrible Clinton is. Or that the Clinton blogs are about how Sanders can’t win. I always thought we were on the same side. I must admit, I love both candidates equally. But I am bored by the Rec list everyday with essentially the same diaries with different nuances. When can we go back to ripping on the Republicans instead of each other? We are, as the old beer commercial said, making the same argument in favor of two good candidates. You say “Less Filling!” and we say “Tastes Great.”
Democrats in 2016: Clear eyes, full hearts, can’t lose!
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Less Filling! Tastes Great!
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