Harris always came across as just another in a long litany of sleazebag hypocrite/liar that often preys upon and draws undying devotion from the Evangelical community. And then when they get caught, they play the martyrdom card.
Lets just be honest, the religious right has a long history of getting played for fools by such people and frankly a lot of it comes back to the edifice built up on the right in the US over the past several decades, that rewards self enrichment and empowerment as an effective means of rooting out any kind of non-conformity in terms of the dogma.
Shysters and Hucksters like Harris are automatically regarded as heroes, while a business Republican like Pittenger is seen as a traitor simply because he voted to keep the lights on.
Well put.
