Of course you can. I could have voted for Gary and said the same thing. I did not.
When and if you stop looking at yourself in the mirror in self-rightousness, walk outside into the real world an take a look at what you helped our nation to. Thanks a ton.
Furthermore, you'd be hard pressed to find any people here that wanted Romney. You play with the cards you're dealt. Such is life.
In the mean time, I would ask a simple favor. From houeto to Wahoo1995 (big L) to go post on big L sites and leave us alone.
Just as you started your post about not knowing that you owed Romney your vote, all of us here know that you didn't owe him a damn thing. I hope that you get asked by a grandchild some day, "Pawpaw, why didn't you stop Obama?"
I thought these boards were for open discussion. As a fiscal conservative I feel right at home here. if you do not like the posts, instead of telling me to leave you should take your marbles and go home. We can disagree with substance and still be respectful.
You are right, you could have voted for Johnson. But instead of voting for
Johnson you fell back to your ‘lesser of two evils’ approach. I had the same philosophy for years as a disgruntled republican. See how it has worked out. Reagan talked about his departure from the Democratic Party. He said he didn’t leave the Democratic Party, it left him. I think the same about the Republican Party. Why would the Republican Party change to a more fiscally conservative platform when it knows people like you will still have to vote with them to stop the ‘evil’ democrats. My vote is more than a vote for a candidate, it is my voice. Romney wouldn’t have won Ohio even if every Johnson vote went to Romney. And until Republicans put forth a fiscal conservative candidate, a lot of former Republicans will not vote for them.
As far self congratulating, there is none. Just a clean conscious. Do you really think one of my grandchildren will ask me why I helped Obama? Nice try to heap on guilt but it is a little misplaced. If I am asked by a grandchild why I voted for Johnson the answer will be pretty simple. I will tell him that I loved my family and my country enough to reach for freedom instead of settling for less tyranny.