But revealing yourself as ignorant apparently gives one extraordinary credibility on the left.

For the gay establishment, the death of right and wrong began when gaining civil rights ceased to be enough.

How one stands up to any sort of allegation in the heat of political battle reveals the strength and nature of your character. It's one of the reasons we have campaigns.

The question we all face is what sort of culture we will live in for the rest of our lives and then hand on to the next generation - one that embraces these most basic of values, or one that collapses because of their absence?

For those whose goal it is to twist wrong into right, a good starting point is to convince young people that the vulgar is beautiful.

Sarah Palin may have chosen to not answer the call for the presidency, but make no mistake, the principles that garnered her the unique support she enjoyed continue to inform and drive the base that lifted her.

But revealing yourself as ignorant apparently gives one extraordinary credibility on the left.