[Hatteras]

Not embarrassed by anybody's display of faith. Embarrassed by how easily conservatives are distracted and sidetracked, primping and preening, strutting around in their holiness while the left sneaks back into the ring from behind with the dreaded folding chair.

But I must say, many on this thread have made my point much clearer than I could ever do. Case in point right here. Thanks!

[don-o]

Embarrassed by how easily conservatives are distracted and sidetracked

I'll go ahead and agree with that sentiment. Didn't Rubio begin his campaign by getting up in the journolists' grills a little bit?

Laying aside the specifics under discussion in the thread, we need a "Refusing to Take the Bait, for Dummies" book.

[papertyger]

Embarrassed by how easily conservatives are distracted and sidetracked, primping and preening, strutting around in their holiness while the left sneaks back into the ring from behind with the dreaded folding chair.

I'm sure you are, as are all Rockefeller Republicans.

Trouble is, what you interpret as vanity and sanctimony is actually your own cognitive dissonance trying to square the circle of values you share with genuine conservatives and those you do not share.