I agree. I voted Republican, and I'm upset with those Repblicans who stayed home, but I understand why they did. And I fear that the more we blame those "teach a lesson" conservatives, the more likely it is that our Republican leadership will do nothing to fix the problems of the party.
Don't buy the leftist propaganda. Conservatives voted for Republicans. It was RINOs who crossed over and voted for Democrats.
Democrats won because the Stupid Party alienated blue-collar and independent voters with their hypocrisy on spending, moral values, and fighting a half-ass war.
There are a lot of voters who simply aren't die-hard conservatives like we are. Most of them don't know who their representative or Senator is, for crying out loud. So how the Hell is it conservatives' fault for "staying home" when a large swath of voters bought the media spin and voted for the Dims in droves.
You don't have to explain a damn thing to the GOP bootlickers.
Spot on! It's damned presumptuous to assume that Republicans were 'owed' votes from voters who stayed home. I voted GOP and donated to the GOP and worked the phones for my candidate but nobody owned my vote. We need to spend our efforts encouraging elected GOP officials to live up to our conservative principles and insist that they remain accountable to us. They're the ones who lost the election...not the voters. And calling those people names and villifying them is not the way to get them to the polls for the GOP the next time around!
I voted Republican, and I'm upset with those Repblicans who stayed home, but I understand why they did. And I fear that the more we blame those "teach a lesson" conservatives, the more likely it is that our Republican leadership will do nothing to fix the problems of the party.
Agreed. The problem is the party leadership. We got rid of those clowns, but I despair that the new set of clowns isn't much better.