> "if this isn't helping my party it must be because you are against me" thinking trumps any logical thought. Well put. Seemingly party loyalists are so blind

> "if this isn't helping my party it must be because you are against me" thinking trumps any logical thought. Well put. Seemingly party loyalists are so blind to the idea that someone could actually care about principles (like transparency) that everything is a sinister plot against their faultless leader.