A lot of bright people on this forum, unfortunately every one of you that have used the term "sour grapes" have used it incorrectly.
Please read, this only takes a minute.
"The Fox and the Grapes
One hot summer's day a Fox was strolling through an orchard
till he came to a bunch of Grapes just ripening on a vine which
had been trained over a lofty branch. "Just the thing to quench
my thirst," quoth he. Drawing back a few paces, he took a run and
a jump, and just missed the bunch. Turning round again with a
One, Two, Three, he jumped up, but with no greater success. Again
and again he tried after the tempting morsel, but at last had to
give it up, and walked away with his nose in the air, saying: "I
am sure they are sour."
It is easy to despise what you cannot get."
So, for McCain supporters who are unhappy that their candidate didn't win, to have an attitude of "sour grapes" would mean that they are stating that they didn't want McCain to win in the first place.
Feel free to call them whiney, crybabies, but please stop using the phrase "sour grapes".
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