You sound like you have an axe to grind, and any vaguely-related topic gives you an excuse to do so. It tries to hijack the discussions of those topics, though, which is why the downvotes.

I really don't have an axe to grind, I don't have major problems with congress. It was just a little joke I thought sounded funny at the time, because the idea of a scorched earth, win-at-any-cost mentality reminded me of politics. The downvotes are absolutely deserved.

I think jumping to the conclusion that I am searching for any vaguely-related topic to give me an excuse for this sort of comment is completely off base, though. You can look through my comment history to see I don't make those kinds of comments very often.

And now the conversation is wayyyyy off topic, sorry.

I get frustrated at the style of the thing (hijacking the topic), not just at one person. So you got dumped on from my frustration at multiple people, which is unfair.

I apologize for dumping on you.