I'm beginning to believe that the real McClintock supporters have gone silent on FR because 1) they realize their hopes for their candidate are fading, and 2) they really don't want to be associated with the asses who have filled the vacuum. We're now dealing with the desperate, the pathetic, the intellectual midgets, and disgustingly vile. Why do we waste our time on them?
Personally, I consider my own humble efforts to be damage control. I don't expect to change a single mind here at all. Less politically engaged folks get directed here when they do Google searches, though, and if "pragmatic" conservatives backed off and let the Arnold-smearing go unhindered, then the boards here would really just help the Democrats.
Some here may feel differently and be defending Arnold's positions for other reasons... like they enjoy battering their heads against stone walls, for instance ;-)