As a matter of strategy, the game is to hold on to what ever power you have and fight a retrograde campaign rather than surrender. This gives you the opportunity to regroup and come back to win. Our presidential elections are often close. Several percent of wasted votes will give Obama the presidency. Holding your nose and voting for the lesser of two evils gives us the opportunity to strengthen the Tea Party and get more conservatives in the House and Senate.
Letting your faith blind you to strategy and taking a lot of supporters along with you could be enough to put Obama back in the White House. Just think of the next round of executive orders outlawing right wing websites and talk radio. JR, you are not doing us a favor. Pragmatism has its virtues.