The simple fact that for all their lip flapping and lying, "moderates" are the true purists who wouldn't vote for a conservative if their lives depended on it. George Romney himself displayed how moderates behave in 1964 when he stomped off the convention stage and refused to endorse or support Goldwater and the same behavior stands today.
"I and a lot of Republicans I know won't vote for a tea party guy," said attorney David Zacks of Bloomfield Hills, strolling past the expensive boutique shops of downtown Birmingham with his son during a recent lunch hour.
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As far as I'm concerned, moderates are nothing but particularly cowardly democrats. The GOP has been moderated into a coma and they do nothing but feed on the decaying body. If they had the slightest bit of courage they would moderate the party that actually needs it. Moderates are nothing but lying, manipulative bottom feeding scum.