[af_vet_rr]

What I find interesting is that many FReepers who have stated they are not going to vote for Dubya in 2004 are sitting on their behinds posting on Free Republic instead of getting behind their perfect candidate(s).

You make several excellent points.

The only thing I can counter with is that the "perfect candidate(s)" probably want nothing to do with what our political/electoral system has become. They see how ugly things get when you have

[arasina]

If the GOP leadership came out and said they were pro-abortion and I said "they crossed a line with me, I'm no longer supporting the GOP", I suppose you'd tell me I had a distorted ideology wouldn't you?

Finally, someone put it into words I can understand without resorting to namecalling and low rhetoric. Excellent and relevant point.