Talk politics.

And there we agree. I can respect the Scudder types for believing what they believe honestly. I do respect people who hold beliefs that repel me if they actually mean them (if, on the other hand, God's going to take your soul to Heaven unless you get a million dollars for your financially troubled private university.....). The useful idiots, OTOH, are people my contempt for actually is worse than the sincerely mistaken/evil (there are some people I will use that term for no hesitation).