I didn’t stay home on election day. I voted for the most conservative candidate on my ballot in every slot. Sometimes that meant voting for Republicans. Sometimes not.
My point is that the Republican Party will never change unless its base stands up on its hind legs and challenges it. Romney wouldn’t have been Obama, yes, but as the inventor of gay “marriage”, the author of what became Obamacare and committer of numerous other sins against conservatism, he wouldn’t have been enough of a difference to make a difference. Voters saw it, and voted for the liberal they knew over the liberal they didn’t.
And Republicans who played along with Romney simply enabled more bad behavior on the part of the national party. That’s what gives us “leaders” like John Boehner and Mitch McConnell, who refuse to stand in opposition and punish those who do.
I’m an oldster too, Jedidah. But voting for the lesser of two evils ruined my nation and it’s ruined the future of my children and grandchildren.
No more. It’s conservatives or bust, and I’ll encourage all and sundry to join me. It is the only way. Come along, if you like. It may take years, but at least I’ll be able to look at myself in the mirror the morning after Election Day.
I’m fairly sure we agree on just about everything. Kudos for voting, even for a weak candidate. My diatribe was aimed at the many on FR who helped put Pelosi/Reid in power in 2006 and sat at home in 2008 and 2012 rather than vote for a flawed-but-better-than-a-socialist candidate.
Romney was a disaster, and I think we all knew it long before 2012. Despite his wealth, the man was a terrible candidate. Couldn’t buy a vote, and probably didn’t have the guts to do it if he could. I’m so shallow that I grimaced at the prissy way he walked on stage during the debates. Such a wuss.
I would love nothing more than to have a candidate next year who I could back wholeheartedly. The “hold your nose” approach is getting old, but when there’s no good choice on the ballot, I’m still not going to sit at home. I did my tiny part to boot Obama, it wasn’t enough, but at least I tried.
Don’t know how I feel about the field this year. None of them check all my boxes, but that’s to be expected. I really want to like Ted Cruz, agree with him on just about everything, but am having a hard time getting past his smarmy vibe. Don’t even ask me to define that. I know it’s offensive, but my gut reacts to him like it did to Spiro Agnew, and that’s not a nice thing to say.
Time, and a few primaries, will tell.