President Barack Obama personally intervened to change party platform on God, Jerusalem

[demwing]

97. Your hyperbole meter just shot from 0 to 11 in no time flat!

I get why. Enthusiasm is an emotional subject. If you don't feel 100% enthusiastic about Obama, do what you can, because it helps, and it is appreciated.

But the resentment you carry for those that disagree with you is excessive. Are your ideas sacred and beyond question? No, not at all -

1. I agree that elected officials should serve the interests of the electors, but not always "fully." Some things shouldn't be voted on, like gay marriage. What if the majority is wrong? Should an elected official behave politically, or according to their own ethos?

2. If you say "politically" then why are you unenthusiastic? Look for the candidate that best serves your interests politically ("best serves" not "fully serves&quot and get behind that candidate with whatever energy you have. In this way, you help direct the giant body politic more toward your ideal.

3. If you say "according to their own ethos" then once more, why are you unenthusiastic? Look for the candidate that best serves your ethical interests ("best serves" not "fully serves&quot and get behind that candidate with whatever energy you have. In this way, you help direct the ethical center of America more toward your ideal.

In either case, the time to debate the roster of players is over. Those who are playing are on the field. I'm not against third party candidates, I just don't see anyone whose ethical center or political direction is more closely aligned with my own.

This mentality serves my interests, because I get a good, maybe even a great--but not necessarily the "ideal"--candidate. It also serves the social contract, because although my actions are not focused on the constant pursuit of some absolute good, they are focused on the pursuit of the greatest good for the greatest number of people.

Some things should not be voted on, but not all things. Some things should be moved all at once, but not all things. If believing this somehow makes me a "happy slave" in your eyes, so be it. In the future I'll know better than to give much thought to the quality of your vision.