Well good to see you've linked and commented on an article that appears you didn't read or did read and didn't understand because that is not at all what Peggy was talking about.
But to your point doing what's right is often not very popular. People, for the most part, are lazy morons and the left caters to people's lazy moronic side.
Being popular does not make an issue the best thing, or even right, for the country.
We'll start with a couples Republican issues. Free markets. Are you for a free market? State's rights? Are you for or against State's Rights?