Well, GK, if you must insist despite all evidence on the existence of "an organized body of rabid frothing-at-the-mouth opponents", please don't act all upset when someone thinks you might just be a leetle extreme in your own views.
By the way, interesting note from the Navy link cited above:
"The engineers responsible for the aircraft's control laws at Pax (Patuxent) River and Fort Worth have done a phenomenal job designing a carefree aircraft from the pilot's perspective," said Cmdr. Tony Wilson, DT I Team Lead. "The F-35C's performance on the ball was revolutionary, providing carefree handling on approach. The Integrated Direct Lift Control (IDLC) allows ball control like no other aircraft.... And, Delta Flight Path is an innovative leap in aircraft flight controls - this command enables the F-35 to capture and maintain a glideslope, greatly reducing pilot workload, increasing safety margins during carrier approaches and reducing touchdown dispersion."
Delta Flight Path, aka Magic Carpet, is a recent innovation in addition to DLC (which the Super Hornet already has). So changes to the control laws are a big reason for the success of the tests (so far) and even if the hook had not been a problem, the jet would not have been ready for CV tests back in 2010.