Also, if someone voted for a functional Democrat Republican and saw the Republican party move sharply to the left -- those of us who warned those someones AGAINST taking a sucker's bet like that -- can complain?
Or more likely, sigh with patient sadness as we continue to try to get you to see the light: voting "against" is an illusion. You only get to vote FOR. If I have the choice of voting FOR a functional Democrat amoral leftist Republican, or voting FOR a plurality to deny the next leftist president, R or D, a majority "mandate," then I will vote FOR the plurality. I will vote FOR weakening whichever leftist wins, the R or the D.
Conservatives who vote for the leftist Republican like Romney, however, are tricked, scammed, conned, into voting FOR the very things they abhor -- and then they complain when they have to pay that price of voting "against"!
When conservatives vote for Republicans like Romney solely intending to vote "against" the Democrat, the ONLY thing they accomplish, especially if their Republican wins, is to vote FOR seeing the Republican party embrace the Democrat agenda.
Be accountable for what you vote for, please. It's the only thing that counts.
I will vote for a plurality of 2016's presidential is like 2012's in terms of Coke (R) vs Pepsi (D). I will vote to dilute whichever junk drink wins, as it is healthier and better than either one straight (that is, with a majority mandate).