[C. Edmund Wright]

Lot of folks around here think its some kind of badge of honor to pick the worst candidate who happens to have the right views - that somehow, it’s a sell out if you actually pick a good candidat with the right views - there is some kind of sick attraction to the most obnoxious, petulant, off putting unelectable social conservatives that I don’t understand.

All of the candidates in the field, Paul excluded, would have ended up with more or less the same impact on social issues if elected. Some seem to think its important that we go down in flames with the Akins, Mourdocks, Santorums, to prove how pious we are too. I don’t get it.

[Notary Sojac]

You are exactly right. It's the political equivalent of the hipster who only likes bands that never, but never, make the charts.

And Ms. I-Am-Not-A-Witch is still the canonical example.