[IronJack]

We cannot accept a RINO as our nominee.

Sadly, only SOME of us can't.

It goes against our grain to vote against our values.

That's because you haven't embraced the spirit of Compromise. You know, the same sort of compromise that served Neville Chamberlain and Vidkun Quisling so well.

We will fight to the death for our values but we will not commit suicide.

Well said.

We will all die. How we die is more important than if or when we do.

And as important is how we LIVE. As a political variable? Or as a stern, uncompromising bastion of principle, who never, ever, under ANY circumstances justifies the abandonment of the ideal for the immediate.

I will not make deals with my ideological enemies, no matter their stripe.

[Badray]

Agreed.

And I notice in post #43 that you are winning the argument because the poster has resorted to name calling to try to debase you and the argument.

I remember a better day here when the argument was heated, but based on facts and documentation and principle not vitriolic personal attacks.*

I do think that it was only one day, to be honest. LOL

[Conservative Goddess]

Well said, Gentlemen. You are echoing the words of James Madison, who in "Memorial and Remonstrance" said:

"...Because it is proper to take alarm at the first experiment on our liberties. We hold this prudent jealousy to be the first duty of Citizens, and one of the noblest characteristics of the late Revolution. The free men of America did not wait till usurped power had strengthened itself by exercise, and entagled the question in precedents. They saw all the consequences in the principle, and they avoided the consequences by denying the principle...."

Sadly, we continue to compromise with the Democrats, thereby validating their principles and entangling them in precedents, even though we hold majorities in the House, the Senate, and we hold the White House. We couldn't even advance modest reforms of Social Security, the Tax code is still an abomination, GWB had to nominate Supreme Court Justices whose records were devoid of any pro-life activity, ANWR is still closed to drilling, and our Southern border is a sieve. How sad.

Every compromise with the left advances their agenda, while ours slowly slips from view. Those of us who advocate holding the Republicans accountable don't want to elect Democrats, we simply want to stop the leftward slide. We've called, written, faxed, e-mailed...and the slide continues. Those of us who've watched this process for more than a decade have finally decided to say "enough is enough." We've decided to pull up hard and fast on the reins in a last ditch effort to stop this slide. We can't seem to get their attention any other way.

We don't owe the Republicans our votes. They must earn them by showing demonstrable progress on domestic issues instead of attempting to placate us with platitudes.