[taxcontrol]

Allow me to remind you of the first rule of debating. The first one to start name calling has already lost.

I am not willing to accept the assertion that I have to live with a RINO. I would rather lose a minor skirmish than loose the war and passively settling for a RINO is too close to appeasement for my comfort. I will not sacrifice principle for the sake of the party. When RINOs carry the same rating that Dems do, they do little more than take money away from good Conservative candidates and still vote like a Dem. That is worse than a Dem.

But go ahead and resort to name calling - it appears that is the only means you have of communicating.

[Mind-numbed Robot]

I will not sacrifice principle for the sake of the party.

The song of the martyr. To me, your reasoning is similar to "I might die in this endeavor so I will commit suicide first." or "If I can't have it no one will." Either way it is defeatist.