Check your gear, your sarcasmeter might be jammed.
Could be. I took your other comment ("But she looks positively smashing in mount! Where's the pic? That will get the votes...") at face value -- you'd be surprised how many people vote on looks. Do you mean that your comment meant, "Well, if she can't win otherwise, maybe looking hot on horseback will do it?" If so, yeah, her looks are not really germane to her politics.
But a pretty lady with a great pair of forward-looking viewpoints is always appreciated, regardless.