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I think the dynamic that is operating here is survival. In the election. In the war.

Some of us consider one presidential election and the Iraq War as just another couple of BATTLES in the perpetual war of Good vs. Evil that has gone on since Satan's revolt against God and subsequent exile from Heaven. I'm sure you understand that paradigm. Whether or not you personally subscribe to that Weltanschaung (worldview), those of us who do--believe that giving slack to evil practices such as abortion means forfeiting a battlefield. When one considers that there are many battlefronts in the war and that the war against evil goes on perpetually, don't expect moral warriors to Chamberlain in order to win a pyrrhic victory.

Meanwhile, there are those who profit supplying the materiel for wars--and there are those who profit or plunder in victory. Any who let go of the Righteousness end of the rope in this deadly serious series of Tug-Of-War battles play into the hands and plans of moral Quislings and the tyrants to whom they pander, human and otherwise. Those who refuse to vote at all are playing ostrich--there is nothing morally courageous about default.

As regards those who vote third party as a moral statement, the obviously most notable example is of course those who say that they morally cannot/ will not vote for a pro-abortion candidate. I fully experience and understand the anguish these persons of conscience deal with.

The decision to vote for third parties in such a personal state is not based on emotions--as you postulated on a thread several days ago. Nor is it based on logic--for logic would say "Never mind the moral torpedoes, let's all move Leftward in our candidate and votes so we can win." The problem then is, exactly WHO wins? Not the Right. Not Life. Probably not Liberty. And without that, what Happiness is there to pursue? A rising tide lifts all ships--and a slippery slope sullies all citizens.

I do not have the answers to those--including myself--who foreseeably could be be hit with with a Double Bind, a Catch-22 situation. BUT--I personally intend to vote straight GOP--with the gauntlet thrown down that I am committed to do everything I can to drag the wayward Elephant back toward the Right curb on the straight and narrow highway that doesn't lead to destruction--so that Conservatives born and unborn don't end up in...moral back alleys with third party coat hangers.

Meanwhile, although Hillary is being thrown up incessantly as a boogeywoman -- there will be no stampeding many of us Pro-Lifers into a false Hobson's Choice in fear of her shadow. We (most of us, that is!) are using logic, reason and appropriate emotion to evaluate and vet possible candidates. I would postulate that nobody who is Pro-Abortion is functioning from a purely logical standpoint either, BTW.

Cheers.

>>>there are those who profit supplying the materiel for wars--and there are those who profit or plunder in victory.<<<

Dr. Seuss described that so simply with Sylvester McMonkey McBean.

>>>"Never mind the moral torpedoes, let's all move Leftward in our candidate and votes so we can win." The problem then is, exactly WHO wins? Not the Right. Not Life.<<<<

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1791535/posts
Excerpt:

"Keep pushing the Republican Party because you're pushing it in the right direction," New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani told the Log Cabin Republican convention over the weekend.