In fact, many political analysts consider Tuesday's dismal showing by Republicans as an anomaly rather than a wholesale rejection of the party's platform or performance.
And like much of his party, Carson apparently sees this rejection of the scientific consensus as central to his platform.
"Whoever wins will be elected because of a rejection of the other candidate," and not because of their platforms, he said.
Rejection of 14 years of disastrous wars in the wider Middle East was a key part of the platform on which I was elected Labour leader.
And when he sailed off the edge of the platform in the middle of his routine, it was a perfectly intuitive rejection of the whole idea that skateboarding should involve boundaries, contests, rules and judges.
The party platform included removal of the Weimar Republic, rejection of the terms of the Treaty of Versailles, radical antisemitism, and anti-Bolshevism.
"That's the power of the platform".
Choose the highest part of the platform.
The party platform included removal of the Weimar Republic in Germany, rejection of the terms of the Treaty of Versailles, radical antisemitism, and anti-Bolshevism.
Thus, a rejection of the rejection of beauty.
