**Oh, shut up. Most Thompson supporters equally like Hunter, but Hunter never amounted to a few percentage points in poll impact at any given time.
We need a conservative in the White House. Thompson, between Hunter and Thompson, was the only one with a larger-scale pull from the public. A large part of that was name and face recognition. Hunter was just not known by anyone. People have seen Thompson on television for years, and most good conservatives saw The Hunt For Red October in prior years. Thompson was a rational, practical choice for conservatism.
I really liked Hunter and would prefer him, but he had no chance compared with the others the public might actually recognize.**
You might want to shut up yourself. You just PROVED my point in that people actually PREFERRED Hunter when given the opportunity to actually KNOW about the candidates(past the media censorship). And, OF COURSE, it’s all about the NAME with you. UNLIKE HUNTER, Fred has squandered it ALL ON HIS OWN and that is the biggest indictment of a candidate’s ‘electability’ as there ever was.
Using your thinking, to get the best conservative during the primary, we all ought to write in the most conservative person we know. That’s the only way we can each assure our personal best choice is chosen—remember, name recognition and funding must be ignored, as per Hunter fans such as yourself.
If everyone wanted a true conservative, they should be writing in my name or each of your names, right? How about everyone’s most conservative friend or relative? This is the only thread of consistency that appears to come from your approach.
With your thinking, we are untrue to ourselves unless we do the above-mentioned items.