Quote Originally Posted by MarkCO View Post
Rand Paul is anything but open minded! Jimmy Carter was probably the most open minded president we have ever had, and probably one of the worst. It is NOT possible for a solid conservative, nor a solid liberal, to be open minded. Children (and 42% of Americans) are open minded and thus impressionable, politicians running for elected office are anything but on both sides of the aisle.

Americans have increasingly voted for the image, the "Hollywood Factor" sans substance, and we are where it has gotten us. You just want to polish it to fit your image of where it should be, however you are still heading down the exact same path that brought us liberalism.
Open minded in the political world does not mean open to orgys and pot dens. It means being able to come up with new political ideas that people simply can't say no to.

As for the "Hollywood Factor", it is what it is and apparently the republicans can't figure out how to play the game. The "Hollywood Factor" has always existed, hell people wanted to make George Washington King. Psychologically people are going to favor the good looking guy over the ugly guy when everything else is level and that relationship isn't going to change much even when you factor in positions. If you want to run an ugly guy you better have a platform that appeals heavily to at least 60% of the actual turn out voters if you want to go anywhere.