Of course they are, since your only possible way of distracting from the hard truths in the article are to draw the conversation as far from the subject at hand as is humanly possible.
After what you sacrificed for a mere man, Alan Keyes, you must have to keep the image of his saintliness alive to keep from going crazy.
It would be awful to wake up some day and realize that it wasn't really worth it. You have a real dilemma on your hands.
So I guess ol' Alan can count on your cheerleading forever. You have too much vested to ever let go. To do so could prove harmful to your psyche.