You make some good points, but the fact remains that she does stand up to the abuse pretty well. Which, to me, is admirable.
Hitler was also a rather stalwart fellow.
On the one hand, I would like to see the Republicans take control of both houses of congress this year. Of course that is unlikely, but to the extent that it might happen, Delaware is key, so I would want to vote for her for that reason.
In the first place that is in fact very likely, but why would you want such a thing? Your political positions bear no reasonable relationship with your personal behaviors or class interests.
On the other hand, she's a freedom fighter, and therefore an idealist.
No, she's fighting in oppostion to freedom, angus.
To be honest, I suppose that my desire to see a Republican-controlled congress might win out,
I still don't see why you favor the oppressive party. You work for a university - thus your bread is buttered to the left. You claim to have some kind of hedonistic tendencies, and though I suppose those are all in the past, I find it hard to believe you look forward to the theocracy. You make a huge salary, certainly, but not enough to be harmed by centrist economic policies. Quite frankly, you are too old to still be stuck on adolescent Randian fantasies of individualism. I really can't see why you take your irresponsbile line in politics.