[INVAR]

a vote for Romney is a principled stand. It says that we don't buy into what Obama's been selling, and we want a new direction for our federal government.

How do you figure that when Romney's actual record shows support and promotion of nearly the same exact things Obama has been ramrodding down our throats?

The only new direction you are going to get with Romney, is more Statist Socialism - Socialism with a wink and a kiss instead of a fist in your face.

How the heck anyone who is pumping Romney can say that voting for a Liberal pro-big government statist like Romney is going to give the Federal behemoth a new direction, is quite baffling.

Just the opposite will be true.

I also believe that with a Romney administration, conservatives would have a better voice in its navigation.

That is sheer willful ignorance or blindness!

Tuesday. Republican National Convention.

Romney and the GOP-e shoved rules by the pound of Boehner's gavel that renders Conservatism and grassroots TEA Party activism IRRELEVANT in a Romney regime and forever in national politics under the GOP brand.

Conservatives will have no more voice in Romney's regime than it does now in Obama's.

Ryan already capitulated to Homosexuals in the military, he will do the same for ObamaCare and everything else, and he will do so by probably saying the same thing he has already said, "Repealing it is wrong. The issue is past us. It's time to move on".

As for being practical by voting for Romney - if practicality requires I trump my faith and principles, then that is exactly what betraying principles for expediency means.

[Lou L]

Please tell me, INVAR, how do you see a return to getting a qualified candidate? Through what means do we please someone like you, enough to vote for a candidate? Where do we find and nominate someone perfect enough to capture not only votes from someone like you, but also a candidate who can capture the vote of someone more centrist in their approach to politics? Don't forget, there are some "purple" states out there whose votes are required for 270 EV's.

What is the scenario to getting a candidate of whom you would approve? Is it even possible? Would any of the other Republican candidates fit the bill? Ron Paul? Herman Cain? Newt Gingrich?

Maybe you don't really buy into the two-party thing...maybe you'd prefer a third-party candidate? If that's true, you'd have a better chance moving to some banana republic in Central America.

Keep to your faith and principles, but if a bloody revolution is the only way to get your ideal government, man up and say it directly. If you're not up to that task, and still hold out that you can get the right candidate through the voting process, you might as well wait until you win the Power Ball. The Party process has its way of nominating national candidates, and that's not changing any time soon.