Meh... entertaining blue state vs. angry red state...

It's because the blue state types don't really mean anything, until that time when they do. That's why everyone passes it off as nothing but laughable entertainment but will not do the same for "red state" types. And they have a point... because red state types usually do mean something in reality, consistently and with some semblance of integrity. I.e. it's only "blue state" types that are usually just slithering around in words to entertain themselves, at least until that day when they aren't (as sometimes happens).