DEMOCRATS ALIENATE MILLIONS OF RACE FANS

First of all, my question is, who, exactly, is giving political advice to the Democrats? Whoever it is should be fired. A series of serious miscues and blunders by various and sundry Democrats as an election year draws near should be ample evidence that these buffoons are not ready to lead the country.

The latest flap has succeeded in irking the fans of the most popular sport in America today--auto racing. Democratic Congressional staffers were ordered to undergo a series of inoculations in preparation for attending a NASCAR event called 'The Bank of America 500,' including injections for protection against sexually transmitted diseases, Hepatitis A and B, tetanus, influenza, and diphtheria.

However, the House Office of the Attending Physician stated that Congressional staffers were not required to get these particular shots as part of their domestic travel preparation.

Further, the staffers have never specifically requested these inoculations before attending football, baseball, or other sports events.

And this leaves NASCAR and its legion of fans scratching their heads. 'Why us?'

'Why us,' indeed.

No matter which way you cut it, this is a public relations nightmare. In one swoop the Democrats have succeeded in alienating millions of Americans who not only follow NASCAR but attend its events.

For comparison's sake, the largest football stadium in the Carolina-Tennessee-Georgia-Alabama area is Knoxville's Neiland Stadium where the University of Tennessee Vols play. Capacity is just over 106,000. A typical NASCAR race track will have room for nearly 200,000 fans, and these events are not only sellouts but attract several thousand more to the area who cannot get inside the gate.

In the political world, NASCAR venues such as these are perfect reservoirs from which to attract voters. Not for the Democrats, however. Apparently these fans are nothing but redneck hayseeds who are to be detested, even to the point of wishing to be sanitized before lowering oneself to mingle among them.

And believe me, these fans are all-too-ready to pounce on Democrats, whom most of them perceive to be San Francisco-Boston-New York City elitist snobs who desecrate our flag, denigrate our military, and wish to confiscate our guns.

In other words, there is no love lost between most racing fans and the modern Democratic Party.

With the latest debacle of the Democratic elite, along with alienating an Eagle Scout who wanted to use the word 'God' in a flag tribute to his grandfather and Hillary Clinton's McGovernite plan to give 1000 bucks to every man, woman, and child in America, it would seem that most NASCAR fans have seen enough to make up their minds. The values that drive the modern Democratic Party are nowhere near the values that racing fans hold dear.

In fact, the entire fiasco reminds one of the early days of the AIDS scare in the 1980s. People were actually afraid of being on elevators with HIV patients for the fear that one would sneeze.

Let's hope that the Democratic elite who got their hands soiled by attending a NASCAR event didn't get treated to a nasty, infectious sneeze by a race fan sitting nearby.