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You posted: I can stomach Romney, barely, but expect to be voting Clinton/Obama just to help send a message that we should never allow a liberal like either McCain or Huck to take our party.
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Reluctantly, I will vote McCain in November. When at war, you use the best weapon you have available. I would prefer a machine gun, but if all I can find is a stick, I will use that, even if I know that I will likely lose. So, I will vote GOP in hopes of keeping a relatively conservative Supreme Court in place, and encouraging gridlock in congress.

I have considered the “that’ll teach ‘em a lesson” approach, and if I thought it might work, I would perhaps adopt it. But I am doubtful that a Clinton or Obama presidency would teach the country that we should be going conservative. Reagan did it, but probably got elected only because Carter presided over a rotten economy, the kidnapping of hostages in Iran and an absolutely horrible national defense/foreign policy (the latter probably didn’t have much effect on the vote, except for the botched rescue attempt in the desert in the summer of 1980.). Many, maybe most, Americans were fooled into believing that Bill Clinton did good things for us while president. Americans will believe anything.

I don’t like what I am about to say, but I will throw it out there. I think we should consider injecting race more heavily into the Democratic primary process, portraying at every turn that Clinton is trying to deny blacks “their” president. There are other techniques that can be used. This would have the effect of either getting Obama the nomination or getting blacks to dislike Hillary enough that they won’t support her in the fall. If Obama gets the nomination, (and again I hate to say it, but it would likely work), we should consider subtly injecting race into the general election. It will be out there anyway. Obama has been and will be using it to his benefit as best he can. White Southern democrats won’t need much encouragement to sit it out or vote against Obama. Say what you will about McCain (and I know you will!), Republicans in the south will turn out to vote against Obama.

I hesitate to post this, and I frankly find it distasteful, but this is politics, and war. You can hate McCain, but putting in a democrat will not teach the country or Republicans, any sort of lesson. The vast majority of our citizens are simply too dumb, or too uncaring, to get such a lesson.