[Colonel_Flagg]

"To have withstood the special hatred and ridicule, unprecedented in my opinion, levelled in our time at a public figure who was not a mass murderer;"

Leftist says ...

"and to have managed to keep her convictions attached to fervent ideals and ideas - wrongheaded or misguided as we might see them now..."

And leftist does. In the very same sentence.

As usual, two completely different things.

[ScottinVA]

fervent ideals and ideas - wrongheaded or misguided as we might see them now

Right... because the ideas of limited central government, free enterprise, self-determination and strength on the international front are such outmoded ideas.

Gawd, sometimes I hate celebrities.