The results of this poll are really terrible for a forum full of leftist-libertarians.
You know, most people judge others on their personality, not their politics. That is why so many libertarians and right-wingers will give Bernie Sanders a FF rating despite his politics.
You're not completely wrong, but I believe this is even worse that you can even think. People like politicians because it's trendy... Coburn is trendy (politically), so many people like him, even if he's really, like Snowstalker said, TERRIBLE.
That was basically the same thing with Christie, he was trendy so many people liked him on this forum, but they started to dislike him when he wasn't trendy anymore.