Go back and read the post again. I wasn't comparing politics to sports...I was using a metaphor to describe the emotion I felt that night. I genuinely believed Romney was going to win the election, and it was a heartwrenchingly final feeling at 11:15 when Obama was pronounced the winner. I also clarified that the emotion was similar, but much more magnified.
I do have a side story to share with you as well...I don't have to tell you this, but I will. I watched the 2009 Eagles-Cardinals NFC championship game with my grandmother who was dying of stage four colon cancer. She was an Eagles fan for sixty years and she cried when the Eagles lost that game, because she knew after that she would never see her beloved Eagles win a Super Bowl. I can respect the fact that you aren't a sports fan, but you should also respect the fact that sports can be emotional for those who are. The consequences of losing a sports game don't compare to those of losing an election, but I'm not going to apologize for having strong emotions for both.
Thoughts and prayers for your Grandma.
Not sure where you got that I am not a sports fan... I am a sports fan -- my team lost the Super Bowl in a pretty awful way this year (Atlanta Falcons). I was pretty upset but I didn't cry over it. Not that crying over a sport team / election is bad though.
And my point was that politics shouldn't be a sport game. It shouldn't be blue team vs red team that you just blindly follow. It's fine to like a party, but don't blindly follow it. My friends weren't "invested" in Hillary because she was their home girl and they were rooting for -- it was more they didn't want to see what would happen if the other person had the chance to advance their disgusting agenda.