And as long as liberal Republicans continue to win, the GOP will not be able to field candidates to mirror conservative positions.
A vote is a tool very much like the wheel on a car. It is not an abstract concept, it is a real tool whose use has real consequences, and that consequence influences the direction of the party. There is no "lesson teaching" involved.
The candidate that gets the most votes gets to govern. You say you want me to vote for the candidate that most closely mirrors my positions, but there is none. What you really want me to vote for is the Republican. I used to think the way you do, and I have many times for the sole reason that the candidate was registered in the Republican party, ended up voting for -- handing power to -- bad candidates who acted against my and America's interests, as surely as Meg Whitman will act against my and America's interests on many fronts -- 2nd amendment, illegal immigration, environmentalist power-grabs, and more government intrusion in business and personal affairs.
That approach has only made the Republican party progressively more liberal by the year, and is greatly responsible for making Obama possible. Had enough of us years ago refrained from using our votes, the ONLY tools available, to put into office big government liberal Republicans, then they would have lost and been forced to make way for Republican candidates that could win. But by making them win on the comforting illusion that we were being pragmatic, we set up very solid groundwork for the continued growth of big government liberalism in the GOP. As long as that big GOP government mindset continues to win elections, the GOP will continue to be liberal and apolitical voters will continue to understand that the GOP holds little more promise for them than the Democrat party.
Losing is winning?? You have to be a troll.
During the primaries you support your most conservative candidate. During the general you support your party's candidate.
You fight for every vote and every inch of ground all of the way. That is how you gain control.
Your mentality is what elects people like "governor moonbeam" and Senator (not Ma'am) Boxer.