Kevin Misses the Point:

Kevin Drum asks:

But seriously: are they really that easy to sucker? It's plain where McCain's true sentiments lie: he would have chosen a pro-choice partner if he could possibly have gotten away with it. He only picked Palin out of absolute political necessity. And yet the Christian right reacted as giddily as if he had genuinely seen the light.

So I guess the answer is: yes, they really are that easy to sucker. Pretty amazing.

They haven't been suckered. They've won a battle, they've successfully tested their power over John McCain and found themselves to be quite powerful. They're celebrating.

There is no actual principle involved.

Consider this: What if the Democratic nominee for President was on his second marriage and known to have cheated on his first wife many times? What if the Democratic nominee for VP had a pregnant unmarried teenage daughter in high school?

What would the right say about this duo? About their fitness to lead? About the moral bankruptcy of the left? What are they saying about McCain and Palin?

There are no principles here, only rationalizations and exploitation. The right exploits a faith based belief Christian conservatives have that they are morally good while their opponents are morally bad. Nothing else matters. Deficits, wars, adultery, teenage sex, none of these things matter really. Only a sense of righteousness matters. This is moral relativism in moral absolutist clothing.