On the political site/blog Free Republic, someone posted that he lost a few friends over defending Palin, while his friends hated her.
Here is a comment that was posted by someone with the net-name “Melas.” Worth reading. Here it is:
“Look, I’m going to tell you this as an aging man to a young man:
“You obviously have a lot of emotion vested in Palin; let it go. it’s not mutual. I was young and on fire once. I loved Ronald Reagan as a president, but Ronald Reagan didn’t love me. He didn’t have my picture on his desk; he didn’t work for me in the hopes that he might shake my hand; he didn’t write me letters of support when I had to testify in court; and he didn’t even know my name.
“As I got older, I realized that the relationship between a President and the citizens is a professional one, not a personal one. The go into office and make life better, worse, or fail to have an effect at all Then they go home to their friends, and the people that they care about, and chances are you won’t be one of them.
“Save your emotional attachments for those who return them. Don’t idealize celebrities, political or otherwise.”
Wise words indeed.
