Party over principle, eh? Traditionally, the Republican Party has been home to the conservative faction of the voting populace by an overwhelming margin. Republicans, traditionally, were far more conservative than Democrats. Especially when Democrats began their slide to the Left in the 70s.
What's happening now is that Left-leaning thought is slowly beginning to grip the Republican Party. You could see that with "compassionate conservatism."
You say you won't support a certain nominee, so you're contributing to that climate.
Pardon? Isn't that what the primaries are for? To push and vote for your particular Republican?
In other words, you're part of the problem, not part of the solution.
Left-leaning Republicans like Giuliani, Specter, and McCain (who's been slowly going leftward over recent years...) are turning the Party into a shell of its former self. It doesn't help that the Republicans in office won't fight back (and the conservatives that do - like Duncan Hunter - aren't given much screen time or attention by the media.) If both parties support liberals, then once the point of separating them into "Republicans" and "Democrats"?
The enemy isn't moderate Republicans. It's RATS and Islamofascists. Or maybe you're afraid of them and would rather just attack fellow Republicans?
Hardly. I just think that a conservative Republican would be a better ally to me than a moderate/liberal Republican. Giuliani is - and I'm being very light on him, considering his stances on the issues - just left-of-center. I don't care if he fights back; why should I support him if I can get another fighter who's far more conservative?
Obviously you'll do what you want. But don't be whining on FReep when a Rat administration that you helped elect does something you don't like. Which they'll do every day.