Vote Republican, Even If It Hurts

That's fallacious and you know it. The more apt analogy is people in your camp, wearing your uniform, willfully commit an act of mass fratricide and then beg not to be put to death they promise this time they'll shoot at the enemy and not you — do you really want to keep them in your camp?

So, how does letting an Obama have a second term, or opening the door for a Hillary follow-on make things better? That's the truly fallacious argument when it comes to keeping the available Republicans out 'to make a point".

So, how does letting an Obama have a second term, or opening the door for a Hillary follow-on make things better?

Who said it would?
The point isn't oh the Dems! the Dems!, the point is the guy at your back, or more specifically his knife.

That's the truly fallacious argument when it comes to keeping the available Republicans out 'to make a point".

Why should I vote for Republicans who refuse to advance my goals?
IOW — If they fold on amnesty, what good are they? (Yes, they haven't, yet, but they've signaled that they will.)
IOW — If they fold on prosecuting the IRS, what good are they?
IOW — If they fold on prosecuting the NSA, what good are they?
IOW — If they fold on financial responsibility, what good are they?
IOW — If they fold on promoting justice, what good are they?

The past six years has shown us that they'll fold on all of the above, and more; do I hope the new guys won't fold? yes — am I going to hold my breath in the hope that they won't? Nope.

DC's proven to be a force for corruption, the positions of power there seduce people into becoming part of that very corruption — it would be stupid not to acknowledge this.

Why should I believe that now, after a decade of giving them power, they will finally do my will?

DIRT.

One of the things I learned in my brilliantly misspent yoot, is the value of DIRT. If I had to make a play run my way, the first thing I did was to make sure I had dirt on my opponents.

Oddly, it is my lack of good character in that time, that led me to the sure knowledge that the only people capable of being free to do as they should are those of impeccable character - those who are immune from DIRT.

[...] those currently in office [generally] do not have good character.

Precisely so. If one is not willing to hold out for statesmen, one will be left with mere politicians. Politics is governed by dirt. Statesmanship is not.

Hence, your argument against voting 'R' merely for the brand is ultimately and necessarily true. Who you vote *for* really matters more than anything.

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