"Republicunt": why use terms like this?

[henryp]

When Republicans think "Being a Pedophile" is less of a downside than "being a democrat" what are you supposed to do?

There's a practicality to it.  In congress, when everyone is just voting party lines, the individuals themselves are mostly unimportant.  Child molester, murderer, saint.  It's all 1 vote.  The pedo aspect doesn't really impact the governing aspect in this case.  The only thing that matters is democrat or republican.

Now as a society, you want to punish the behavior.  From that perspective, you don't want to see the person put in congress.  But our system is goofy enough, that this is the choice people are somehow left with. 

Although, in Alabama, I think this sort of thing just isn't as frowned upon as it is elsewhere.  A shortcoming of a truly representative government.