"I certainly never guessed it would be the Right that is tearing itself apart."
Life brings unity. If he has the duty, failure will bring disunity. It's that simple. You can't tell us to quit caring just to stay uinfied with cowards. Because if it is their duty, this is cowardice.
I don't think I proposed "telling" you anything, I simply stated a hope that as time passes people will be realistic enough to decide to support the best available electable candidate.
I 'wasted' my vote for Perot in '92, because I was angry with Bush '41. My vote along with others like me got us Clinton. I learned from that experience that while I may not agree with everything about a candidate I get more of what I want by helping elect the lesser of the evils among the Dems and Reps. I wish it were more than a vote for the lesser of the evils, but that's what it is. Having been down the "Perot" road, I certainly can't criticize others for doing the same, but I can hope they can learn from my mistake. That's all I said.