[Sabertooth]

You also see fit to ignore the REST of the post. Not surprising, you have done it before. You see, I have to pay a penalty, too. I have NO influence over John Warner now that he has won re-election - he owes me... nothing, as Poohbah has said elsewhere on this thread and others. You might belittle that, but it is something I have to live with.

I ignored the impertinent part of your post, and focused on your double-standard: by your logic not voting for a GOP nominee is an indirect vote for a Democrat.

When you do it, though, it's ok. In fact it's a burden you happily bear.

Looking at Jim Robinson's posts, I can only assume that he came to the same conclusion I pretty much came to after that 1994 debacle: Our best shot is the Republican party, and I will call out those who make any efforts that risk putting Democrats in power.

Except when those efforts are yours.

1994 was not a debacle btw, it was a smashing success that resulted from the high turnout a highly-motived conservative base.

If he feels my stance vis-a-vis John Warner is incompatible with the goals of this forum as he has expressed them in his posts, then he certainly is capable of letting me know, either through a warning or by stronger action. But that is for him to decide, not you.

How melodramatic. I don't advocate any action against you.

I don't mind debate or disagreement, and don't need any heavy-handed assist in that regard.

You voted your conscience against Warner, and that's your prerogative.

Don't others have the same prerogative?

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Again, you seem to insist that John Warner get a pass because he acted out of "conscience".

In Virginia, the 1994 Senate race WAS a debacle due to John Warner's actions. Actions for which you insist I excuse and that he pay NO PENALTY for. You get all upset when *I* am ready to make Warner pay for HIS disloyalty.

I find your comments towards me somewhat hypocritical. Particularly since you yourself have posted that Rosario Marin would not get your vote if she were running against Barabra Boxer in the general election?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1066925/posts?page=9#9

You ask me to forgive John Warner's disloyalty to a conservative nominated by the Republican party for a seat in the United States Senate. Yet should Rosario Marin win a PRIMARY ELECTION among Republicans in the State of California and therefore become the Republican nominee, you refuse to support her over a disagreement on an issue.

You really have NO grounds upon which to criticize my refusal to support John Warner. You will in fact, indirectly elect a Demcorat on far shakier grounds than those I have cited against Senator Warner. So, who is really being hypocritical here? The one who will not support a backstabber and being upfront about his refusal to do so, or the one who demands I overlook the backstabbing and who appears ready and willing to do some backstabbing should a primary not have a favorable outcome?