Being a lifelong Chiefs fan, this is very hard for me to do.  I remember sitting through some dismal, cold grey Sundays in the 1980's, me and 30,000 other fans watching Bill Kenny wobble some wounded ducks downfield to Carlos Carson.  Now that the Chiefs have the second best stadium atmosphere and one of the better teams in the league, this is all the harder.  I take my Kansas City sports pretty seriously--as anyone who actually made it through my obnoxiously long (and ill-conceived and ill-fated) Royals preview can attest to.  But here goes:

I am considering an official denouncement of my support for the Kansas City Chiefs.  I stand on principle here.  Dick Vermeil and Carl Peterson engineered and administered a visit by George W. Bush to Chiefs training camp as a blatant pander to try to coerce the ravenous Chiefs Nation into supporting the President.  At training camp in Wisconsin, no less, which is another crucial swing state.  This is faux-macho Nascar dad bullshit.  I cannot support an organization which trades on its fan loyalty for support of this President.  There is nothing more important than defeating this President, and if my support of the Chiefs in turn supports the President (via its management and public faces' endorsement of him), then I am left with one option:

Fuck the Chiefs.

To be clear, Dick Vermeil also said that it was "unlikely" that he would not have given John Kerry or John Edwards equal time at Chiefs training camp, so there's no mutual exploitation.  Again:

Fuck the Chiefs.

This isn't about the Chiefs having or not having the right to support whomever they want for President, or using their positions for political purposes.  That's the great thing about America--they're free to voice their opinion.  And I'm free to tell Dick Vermeil and Carl Peterson that if they support the President, then they can kiss my Boulevard Beer drinking ass.

This is not an official Filmsnobs position yet.  James is still trying to talk me out of this.  He says that the Chiefs' support of the President is incidental to my support of the Chiefs.  Also, he wants one of my really kick-ass seats to the Raiders game, if I end up getting them.  This is a vexing dilemma. 

However, this is the most important election of our lifetime.  Nothing is more important than defeating President Bush, even--and I say this in the hope that it displays the import upon which I place this regard--getting rockin'ly shitfaced and smearing rib sauce on my face in the Arrowhead parking lot.  If my support of the Chiefs is tacit support of Vermeil and Peterson's support of the President, I cannot in good conscience wave the banner of the red and gold.

If the Chiefs support George W. Bush, then I do not support the Chiefs.

Someone please talk me out of this.  I can get playoff tickets.  The defense is going to be much better, and Priest Holmes might break the single-season touchdown record again.

-----shimes

p.s.  Please tell me that Andy Reid is voting Democrat in this election.  I don't want to have to do this again.