Let me clarify my position: I am extremely disappointed by the “choices” we have this time around, I am extremely disappointed and disgusted with the Republican party, I am heartsick about what the immediate future appears to hold for us, but I am not going to tell my grandkids that I didn’t even bother to go vote against the big 0, before he drove the car into the ditch and off the cliff.
The more we can slow the thing down, the more chance we have of not going over the cliff. Maybe even move back a bit.
But that is exactly what they are counting on. The GOP is holding the Obama-gun to our heads and saying, "vote for our guy or the grandkids get it." It's the same mindset that the Dems have used against Conservatives for decades: vote for entitlements or the kids starve.
At some point you don't negotiate with the terrifying premise, right? At some point, Ronald Reagan fires the PATCO ATCs. At some point, we tell the kidnappers that we're not negotiating.
Now, for the simpler minds, here's what isn't being said OUT LOUD because it defeats the purpose of the passion: of course you'll negotiate, of course you're terrified, of course you want your country back and won't jeopardize it.
And the minute you say that out loud and they know you mean it? They'll keep right on doing whatever the Hell they want. And that's why it all appears so heartless and stupid for the likes of me to say what I mean to do, and to aver with all my heart that I will not negotiate with the false premise of the GOP elite.
The GOP put forth Romney at their own peril and at the peril of our nation. I didn't. I'll sleep just fine at night. My active vote won't change a thing. My passive vote just might send a message. THAT's my only hope at this point.
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