My problem is with the people on here that claim to be social conservatives and want to pick up the ball and go home if they don't like something and then will remark that it doesn't make a difference which party is in charge, etc.
I am a Conservative Republican and I cannot feature saying I would sit out any election -- never going to happen because it is too important to me to keep the ball moving forward. We have got to be heard as grassroots in the primaries and work in those trenches to keep sending more conservatives to Congress. We are making real progress and the naysayers on here are getting on my nerves very rapidly.
More and more democrats are joining the Republicans because the democrats led by liberals Hillary, Teddy, Kerry, and Dean etc. have left them ideologically. We are so close to achieving the goal of overturning RvW, that I cannot feature anyone willing to sacrifice that because they don't agree with a candidate 100% and that is what we have on this site by a number of people.
I didn't vote for Bob Dole in the primary, but I certainly voted for him in the general election and would do it again. I would even hold my nose and vote for McCain in the general election because he is bettter than a RAT, but I sure intend to work as hard as I can to make sure I don't have to do that.
Good points, but I could not forgive a Gonzalez nomination. Al the other names mentioned would be acceptable, though I have my favorite (Janice Rodgers Brown).
One thing I think we have in common is that we decry naysayers. Another is that we value the GOP as an institution and as a vehicle for the translation of ideas into reality through politics.