This is very reasonable, in fact, this is exactly how I thought, as a long time conservative Republican. But, I've since changed my thinking mostly as a result of how the Romney campaign, specifically, and the Republican Party, in general, behaved in Virginia during the 2012 campaign. I realized I was hated by them more than they hated Obama or the Democrats.
Thus, the only real choice we have is to vote for a genuine conservative or, if the genuine conservatives have been eliminated by the party, allow the Dems to complete the destruction of the country and hope that the country finally wakes up (and there is still enough of something left upon which to rebuild.)
I realize this is a risky strategy. . .but simply enabling the party elites while "holding our nose" is just delaying, by a few years, the inevitable, inexorable and catastrophic collapse. I say, conservatives now.. .or bring on the destruction as soon as possible so that the rebuilding can begin.
Save the flame. . .I fully accept the possibility that I may have gone insane.
Actually, McBuff, you and I (I'm right there with you) have gone SANE. It's poor ol' Kaslin who still, as you and I used to, subscribes to Einstein's definition of insanity, doing the same thing over and over expecting a different result.
NOTE: Excuse the BAD typo in my post 21!! I've asked the mods to delete it!!