A traitor to whom?
Not everyone needs paid for being sane. There are some out there that are simply good, moral people.
Originally Posted by Jacuzzme
If someone were running on the pretense of supporting cats, and got a lot of people who like cats to vote for them, and as a result of the cat-lovers vote, they win the election.
Then, if the newly elected person does a 180 and says 'I don't like cats and I'm not going to support cats anymore!', the cat-lovers who voted for them will be outraged.
That person is now elected and in office on false pretenses. The people who voted for them before they changed their opinion on cats are right to be outraged, because they aren't representing the people who elected them