The “lesser of two evils” meme (and its follow-up “...is still evil”) has always struck me as being over the top.
In my experience (watching elections since 1976 and participating since 1984), no Republican candidate (and, tell the truth and shame the devil, not many Democrats) has been “evil”.
I believe it was Reagan who said something like “just because I only agree with someone 3/4 of the time does not make him 1/4 my enemy.”
Someone else said “the perfect is the enemy of the acceptable.”
In 2008 I voted for my first choice, FDT, in my state’s primary (before he quit...all to soon, to my mind). He was imperfect; he was acceptable. Others then running were likewise imperfect but acceptable.
I could not vote in another primary; so, as in about half the presidential elections I have voted in, I then had to vote not for the lesser of evils, but for the least imperfect.
No matter who it was, that one was to be identified by the letter “R”.
In 2008, that turned out to be Palin and the old guy.
I’ve dealt with this same problem in 1996 and 2008. (Been participating since 1984; ‘84, ‘88, ‘92, 2000, and 2004 were all no-brainers to me.)
In each case, my thought was to vote for my principles in the primaries, but against my enemies in the generals.
(I do not use the word “enemies” lightly. I would rather support someone I agree with a third of the time than one I believe intends my country— as I know it— actual harm...one who doesn’t even mean well.)
Results? I did not contribute, by vote or silence, to BJC’s second term, or BHO’s first.
In 2012, I hoped Palin would run again; when she declined, I shifted to Cain (obviously, I’m a racist); when he was slandered out of the race, I shifted to Santorum, who, after collecting my Primary vote, threw it and everyone elses’ away.
I have done what I can for principle, and must now work to defeat the Enemy— Obama. I will vote for the Republican nominee this November.
Both Romney and Obama are socialists. Both men are Globalists, one with the global social justice movement (communists) and the other with international banking and business interests.
Neither gives a damn about the rights of individuals. The common man or woman is just a “unit” to be taxed, exploited or obliterated, it matters not to them. The key here is money and power.
The last thing that either group wants is for conservatives with Bibles and guns asserting their God-given rights and demanding that Washington, D.C., changes how it does business.