Here's why we here at LITD don't make any big defense of the Republican party per se

They are all too often the stupid party, that's why.  Even the smart wings that emerge within it from time to time, such as the Young Guns, can do incredibly goofy stuff like tell conservative voters that Lugar is a better choice than Mourdock. Hello?  Do they really want to plant their flag in from of the stinkin' Department of Education?