Republicans and Greens: Perfect Together

There has been much outrage by Democrats about GOP financial people funding the Green Party petition process for Carl Romanelli. Why all the surprise? Rick Santorum made several publicized statements saying he was supporting Romanelli's effort and, if you recall, Republicans contributed generously to Ralph Nader's 2000 presidential campaign. These two groups have been in bed together for some time.

What is outrageous is the behavior of many Greens I've known about how "impure" Democrats are and how only Greens truly represent the left. Some of these Greens and former Greens are quite rabid in their accusations. Therein lies my outrage. How do these hypocrites reconcile their supposed ideological purity at the same time they're in bed financially with Republicans?