“Being in love with a particular candidate often causes one to lose all sense of right and wrong. Kinda scary when you think about it.”
Very much so. In the last week alone I have seen people completely blow off issues that would, under normal circumstances, end a politician as an option immediately. There are posts telling opponents to ‘shut up”, to “Stop beating dead horses”, that legitimate issues “don’t matter” and dozens more just as insane. And that’s not even getting into the excuses, rationalizations, blow-offs et all.
If that is the prevailing attitude in the conservative movement today toward vetting a candidate’s fitness for the biggest seat in the land, then conservatism as we knew it is dead. Fortunately, I think it’s just a handful of star struck people that bandwagon the latest and greatest. Most will move on to another “best candidate EVER!!!” when Perry’s initial numbers settle in and the bloom wears off the rose.
“Fortunately, I think it’s just a handful of star struck people that bandwagon the latest and greatest. Most will move on to another “best candidate EVER!!!” when Perry’s initial numbers settle in and the bloom wears off the rose.”
Agree - same thing happened in 2008 with Huckabee. A Republican from the South...must be a good conservative. We find out later that he’s a psycho with a great voice.