[Moseley]

Democrats have their kooks too—but they don’t let them out in public as candidates for the most part

That's absolutely false. Democrats DEFEND their kooks and circle the wagons. When the very public kooks in teh Democrat Party manifest their kookiness, the Demcorats DEFEND him or her, so it is not emphasized.

By contrast, Republicans fall all over themselves attacking each other. Republicans want to be the very first at the head of the line attacking their own nominee, to prove their compliance -- a la the Stockholm Syndrome -- with the liberal powers that be.

Republicans are motivated by avoiding criticism themselves.

Democrats are motivated by winning.

So massive gaffes and kookiness among Democrats is barely noticed because they do not draw attention to it.

The tiniest, most insignificant gaffe by a Republican is blown out of proportion, because Republicans pile on their own.

[wildbill]

“The tiniest, most insignificant gaffe by a Republican is blown out of proportion, because Republicans pile on their own”

Let me fix this:

A gaffe by a Republican is blown out of proportion, because the MSM piles on, the gaffe is exposed and publicized and we have to defend our party that it really isn’t racist, or denigrates women or hates gays or ‘takes a wide stance’ or whatever.

Like it or not, the MSM will hide the Dems gaffes or minimize them. We don’t have that luxury because we’re fighting the MSM for the good opinion of the voters.

It’s all so unnecessary—if we get better, more intelligent or informed candidates who don’t have foot in mouth disease. We can do better.

I just find it hard to believe that this thread has people defending kooks with radical political ideas. That isn’t conservative, that’s dumb.