Truth hurts doesn’t it? People know you are full of bull. Trying to justify your vanity bid because Romney was the nominee won’t fool anyone. Anyone can see you accepted your silly parties nomination long before Mitt was the nominee. You were going to run for President whether Rick Santorum or Ron Paul or anyone else was the nominee. So really, stop trying to hide behind Romney’s skirt. Also, you helped run dopey Alan Keyes 3rd party big in 2008 against McCain and Sarah Palin. Your vanity 3rd party activity is obvious and not all about Mitt Romney.
You’re not fooling anyone Eternal. You are selfish and vain. You don’t like that the real work of politics in a relatively stable democracy is slow - sometimes glacially so. The sausage making is awful. To govern you have to make deals, build coalitions, make trade offs - but that is how things get done. What you’re doing is taking the easy way out, and the result is complete irrelevance. And you know, I find that sad. I’ve no doubt you’re also a smart person with a lot of political knowledge and good policy instincts, but you waste those talents on your 3rd party vanity cult which will never amount to anything.
Another "Republican" who thinks we're a democracy, posting on Free REPUBLIC.
To govern you have to make deals, build coalitions, make trade offs - but that is how things get done.
Well, there's comes a point when there is little left for folks who think like you do to trade away.
And there are some of us who understand that there are certain things that should never be subject to negotiation.
Is there anything that is non-negotiable to you?
John Judas McCain was a bridge too far.
Mitt Romney was a plunge into the political abyss.