Yet it may very well be that Fred is gone and Hunter remains after this weekend.
I’ll cross that bridge when/if we come to it. Until that time, I’ll continue to support Fred. No, he’s not perfect, but he would be the most conservative Presidential candidate from either major party in my lifetime.
Incrementalism works fine, as long as it’s the left giving ground, and not us. Paradigm shifts take place over the course of decades and lifetimes, not single election cycles. Reagan understood this. Marxists and Socialists didn’t start dismantling our country last week. They’ve done it piece-by-piece over the last 100 years. It’s going to take awhile to fix it.
Hunter has no money and no name recognition. He’s a non-starter. I know you don’t want to hear this. Please don’t shoot the messenger.
Thompson’s in better shape, and he has a very good shot to get the nod if we can force a brokered convention. I’m not going to indulge in a quixotic non-vote for a candidate with zero chance of winning while Fred’s still in the race.
If Thompson withdraws before the convention (not likely), I’ll give my vote to Hunter. All the other pretenders would move the party AND the country to the left. Like yourself, I’m not laying down for that again.
I answered your question, now I have one for you:
Suppose you get your wish? Let’s say Thompson drops out because ‘real’ conservatives like yourself are too busy slaying windmills with Duncan to lend your support. Then the inevitable happens and Hunter drops out when he goes completely broke, and we end up with a card-carrying Socialist prick as the GOP nominee... Will you wish you’d thrown a tankful of gas in the Big Red Pickup before it left town?