That moves me even more to NOT be a part that kind of thing here in Virginia on Feb 12th.
I agree with you. I think our country's future is more important than someone's stubborn adherence to their favorite conservative at this point.
While our country's future hangs in the balance, someone's self-inflated principles are not the #1 priority necessarily. It's not all about them.
It seems conservatives may have missed the last clear chance to avert this disaster.
Had Mitt already dropped out and Fred or Duncan had a chance to win and was the last thing standing in the way of a disastrous McCain nomination, I would have voted for Fred or Duncan. But that's just me.
Anyway, I hope those lofty principles will be comforting when, among other things, we are paying higher taxes, we are hit with cap and trade programs, our tax dollars are funding the destruction of embryos, the terrorists are brought to the US and given constitutional rights and ACLU lawyers, our 1stA rights are infringed further, the 20 million illegals are given legal status overnight and the very next day register as democrats (and that's just if McCain, by some miracle, wins - you can add a whole bunch of other bad things when he doesn't).
Without all these rampant principles gone wild, Mitt could haven won CA and changed the course of this election for the better. Link below shows all the conservatives on the ballot in CA splitting the vote in San Diego county.... all those principles opened the door just enough for a McCain victory (Duncan Hunter made a good showing in his own county -- even beat Fred this time. So?).
John McCain (Rep) 100,359 40.1 %
Mitt Romney (Rep) 95,650 38.3 %
http://vote.sos.ca.gov/Returns/pres
No flames here either, please. I know some of you will never see it that way....
Everyone has to look into their own heart, and make a decision they can live with, based on principles. I don’t fault you for making a different decision. I understand where you’re coming from, but it just wasn’t a choice I could make.
That moves me even more to NOT be a part that kind of thing here in Virginia on Feb 12th.
“”Without all these rampant principles gone wild, Mitt could haven won CA and changed the course of this election for the better. Link below shows all the conservatives on the ballot in CA splitting the vote in San Diego county.... all those principles opened the door just enough for a McCain victory (Duncan Hunter made a good showing in his own county — even beat Fred this time. So?).””
Not really.. all of the protest votes added up would not have given Mitt California. The difference was over 200K votes, and Hunter and Thompson combined didnt have that many. Then you’d have to disperse those all evenly among the 53 CD’s in the state. I live in one of the CD’s that appears to be going to Mitt ( CA-21), but there’s just no way that he was gonna take enough to make that much difference. Especially in LA and SF, where the “real money” of delegates is.