I'm amazed at how many will ridicule a man who stands by his beliefs and won't sell his soul and vote for a liberal.
You shouldn't be! That's the direction the left has been moving this country, slowly, for many years. Honesty, integrity, and standing firm for what one believes in is suborned to the need to win no matter the consequences. It has come to the point that refusing to cast your lot with masses, and sticking to a principled stance is not only ridiculed, but condemned as if you are traitor.
Combine that with the fact that the "conservative party" has also been slowly pushing their collective snouts deeper & deeper into the public trough and you end up with people calling true conservatives radicals and having liberal/socialist candidates like McCain and Romney called moderates. And when a true conservative/constitutionalist like Paul comes along the republicans turn their back on him and ridicule those who support him.
That's how we got where we are now and there appears to be no turning back. It would take honesty, moral integrity, and a willingness to accept constitutional limits........America no longer has those