Sorry, when confronted with rule #4 (the damning truth) Rule #2 (transference) is not correct.
So, vote for the patriot who didn’t know to which country he was a citizen, the legal scholar who conceals his campaign finances, the voice of everyman who spoons a Goldman Sachs exec every night, and the man of devout faith who can’t fake saying grace without at least four tries?
Ah well, perhaps he earned the cowboy boots.