Thanks for your feedback, bigbob. I’m a civilian (also retired military man) living and working overseas. I was home during the summer. I drove several hundred miles to get my absentee ballot squared away. I’m a “broken glass” Republican, especially this election. Obama and his minions has scared the crap out of me and I’ll vote for anybody who runs against him. Romney wasn’t my 1st choice but I’ll vote for him to get rid of Obama. I think (and hope) that there are millions like me who will crawl over 10 miles of broken glass to get rid of this bunch. The nation’s existance is at stake.
As for the rest of your Post, you are not alone FRiend.
The glass shards are a little sharper with Romney as the Nominee, but the enemy here isn't the Republican. Romney might be a fair weather friend to Conservatives, but we at least will have some impact on his decisions with the help of a Republican House AND Senate. There will be no consideration of our positions with Obama simply because he HATES everything we as Conservatives stand for. He does not just disagree with us, he HATES us, and I have never thought a sitting President, Democrat or Republican was capable of HATING a plurality of the Citizens of this great land. Obama has proven that for the last four years and he will only get worse when given an unlimited mantle of power that he will unleash with the Mandate his Reelection will promote, real or imagined. To a Liberal Progressive a One Percent win is considered a Mandate, as long as they are the ones who win the Election.