[EternalVigilance]

If conservatives roll over and forget conservatism once the immediate crisis is over then what you say is true.

They're already doing it, in droves.

And the results are ugly, and utterly unprincipled, and despicable.

The creation of a completely unprincipled "conservative" electorate is infinitely more dangerous to the existence of this republic than Barack Obama could ever be.

Because, they are the only group of folks who represent any hope for saving the republic.

If that's gone, it's all gone, no matter who you put in office.

[butterdezillion]

Am I unprincipled?

It was people adhering to the principle of voting only for THEIR “pure” conservative candidate, rather than settling on an acceptable conservative and avoiding splitting the conservative vote, which got us Romney. Was that people being “unprincipled”, being “principled”, or just being short-sighted?