Yup, you’re whining, Huck. And you seem to have no clue of the causes and effects that are involved here. You seem to want to turn a complex set of circumstances into a simpleton’s game. You pretend that conservatives all suddenly woke up one morning and decided to get a Dimocrat elected in November.
In your simple world, there were no causative acts, and no history of the GOP abusing conservatives for many years, getting their votes, then mostly abandoning them between elections. No, there was none of that in your world. Yup, in your world, the RNC hasn’t been front loading early liberal-leaning caucus and primary States that have open (cross-over) voting.
No, in your world, none of that has been happening that would favor the liberal and moderate candidates, and virtually shut down any conservative candidates early.
As for the rest, it's funny. I pretty much think just the opposite. I think that it's amazing so many conservatives act as if this is the first time they've had an unpleasant choice to make. In my lifetime, I've never voted for a presidential candidate that I truly liked, admired, or agreed with on a whole lot. I do the best I can in the primaries, and in the general, I choose the best of the two. It's usually a pretty easy choice, and this year is no exception.
My thinking is that whatever problems we have within our party, those are issues to be dealt with at a certain time or place. It's not John McCain's fault that we conservatives failed to field a single candidate that had money, talent, motivation, and skill. That's OUR fault. What kind of movement are we if we are completely void of able leadership? We can't blame the GOP. They are a party. A vessel. An opporunity. An apparatus. But WE are the movement. WE failed. And we'll have our chance to address that.
In the meantime, the election will take place, we will have a choice to make. Not as conservatives or Republicans, but as Americans. One of the two candidates WILL be president, and one, no matter how much we dislike him, WILL be the better choice. I am able to suck it up and make the good choice, because I do that EVERY election.
You must be used to voting for your favorite son every time. I've never had that experience, nor do I expect it. I do my duty.
Check the ACU ratings of the republicans who currently lead the house and senate, and then come back and explain how it is that conservatives have been “mostly ignored” in between elections.