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You aren’t in Georgia.

You're right — the last time I was there was in Basic Training.

I remember Talmadge and the self-described defense expert Nunn. I remember Governor Jimmy Carter. I remember Max Cleland. I remember them all.
You think not voting is a panacea against RINOs when it is a prescription for more of the above.

Actually no — I have never, on this thread, said that one shouldn't vote.
All I have said is that your vote is a vote for someone, and the ideologies they represent.

Yeah, Isakson and Chambliss grew to be a pair of highly stinking RINOs. But disgust, bitch slapping and hollering pulled them back from acquiescence on Bush/McCain’s first Amnesty proposal, didn’t it? (you probably don’t know, but it did).

I vaguely remember that — but do you think that any of that would work on the crop we have now?
Remember that they [Republicans] refuse to work against even highly unpopular things like [e.g.] the NSA's domestic espionage; things like this are virtual no lose issues and they refuse to capitalize on them. Why?

I’m taking care of things here in Georgia the best way I know how; I suggest you do the same in New Mexico before you castigate me.

I'm not saying you aren't; I'm just warning you that your vote will be read by those in power as a this candidate is acceptable, which as far as they're concerned [which is only as far as your vote], is exactly the case. So, there is no incentive for them to offer anyone better than what they have as they can count on you to hold your nose and pull for their lesser of two evils guy.

I vaguely remember that — but do you think that any of that would work on the crop we have now?

My answer is Saxby Chambliss. He saw the writing on the wall. He has been catching hell for a few years now from constituents and he KNEW he'd lose a primary. As it is now, I owe allegiance to no one - even one for whom I voted. They have one term to get it right, and with primaries no longer a perfunctory foregone conclusion, images of Chambliss and Cantor might just get some sorely needed action. They may think they're home free when the general election comes and we resign ourselves to "hold our noses" but the bar has been raised and they'll first have to get through that primary.