From a reader:

Hey, Bo Derek is one of the very few Hollywood Hotties that those of us of who are conservative and of a certain age can still harbor legitimate fantasies about. (Since the reflexive – and unreflecting – liberalism of 99.9% of them put them off limits.) And let’s face it, for guys whose conservatism and level-headedness are top selling points, it isn’t like we’re going to get dates with Kirsten Dunst even if we could stand *her* politics. Cut us some slack. (We also get pretty exited about having Tom Selleck on our side because he seems like he’d be a really cool guy to hang out and have a few beers with. And because we hope if we feed him enough beers he’ll introduce us to Bo Derek.)

Me: I hear this sort of thing often when I make my “who cares about Bo Derek’s politics?” point. Here’s my problem: If you’re going to fantasize about bedding a super-hot Hollywood conservative starlet, do you really think it makes the scenario that much more plausible if the object of your desire shares your conviction that the CBO should adopt dynamic scoring when calculating the impact of tax cuts?

Conversely, do you have sordid and depraved dreams of hooking up with Angelina Jolie involving all sorts of deviant props, devices and unguents and then, suddenly, the scenario evaporates when you realize such an encounter could never happen with a smoking hot actress who happens to be a liberal?

Man, that Paris Hilton is a dirty bird, I just wish she was a conservative, then I’d totally be in there!

In short, my answer to this complaint is, imagine harder.