Steve Benen is right when he points out that the Republicans used to show some deference to military leaders. But now that the military has more progressive views on homosexuality and torture than the Republican’s rabid base, it’s open season. It’s almost odd that individual Republican candidates are doing very well in polls when the party as a whole represents the views of a startlingly small percentage of the electorate.
More Republicans than not think Obama should be impeached. They probably think he should be impeached for enacting TARP even though that took place under Bush. I think the stupidity of the Republican base (77% of them believe public school students should be taught that the book of Genesis in the Bible explains how God created the world) actually makes Republican officeholders act insane. It explains why John McCain won’t accept a repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell even though all his preconditions for that have been met (including Colin Powell changing his mind).
I think Kos is right. There is no particular reason to associate with crazy idiots, but who else is there to vote for when the Democrats piss you off?