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I should have rephrased it as the thugs, as you have been cool in posts and mail.

But do you see all these people speaking up? You know my opinion of Romney. I haven't kept it a secret that he is a dirtbag you know that, you share my opinion.

What I find unacceptable is that people are afraid to post, afraid of being mocked. Sad they lost their FReeper friends who had supported maybe Perry who is a better choice than Romney, remember that? Even after the Heartless comment wouldn't you prefer Governor Perry? I would! Hell I'd take that drug addict Governor of New Mexico who ran over Romney.

I would never shill for Romney, but I will tell you how evil, insane and out of control Obama is. It doesn't matter if we have the SCOTUS, the House and Senate he'll just appoint more czars, more executive orders and if Scalia dies, good bye Constitution!!!

Now where in that statement did I say vote for Romney? People have been banned for saying the statement I've made above! If the many FReepers finally speaking out on this thread don't show you what the heck happened I don't know what will.

We really are at a crossroads in GOP politics. We didn't get here overnight.

For years, conservatives were told by the GOP that if you want to have conservative GOP candidates in the general elections, then you need to work for your guy to win in the primary. If that doesn't happen, you need to support the RINO in the general.

And conservatives largely did that for many a year.

Fast forward to 2010. Something the GOP-E never envisioned happened - the great unwashed actually DID get a lot of their conservative candidates elected in the primary. And defeated a lot of prime RINO in the process.

So did the GOP-E follow their own advice?

No. They went on TV and did everyting they could to backstab the Tea Party winners. And Lord knows what they did behind the scenes, I am sure it was not pretty.

Now we saw Mitt Romney utterly destroy his opposition with lowbrow, unpricipled ad attacks. Scorched earth is no way to win a primary if you want to win the general. But apparently the GOP-E would rather have their RINO even if it means they have effectively trashed their chances in November. Many days I think they are more scared of conservatives than they are of Democrats.

This is the landscape we see now on FR - the scorched earth has extended here, and that changes things. It's not pretty. I have no idea what will become of FR, conservativism or the GOP. But we didn't start this fire. We're just dealing with the aftermath. And there are no guides for such, we're just going to have to muddle through it the best we can. But IMO, tossing your principles aside is NOT the first step.