[hiredhand]

It's absolute insanity...completely driven by fear. Those who vote for McCain out of fear are only going to wake up to their worst fear in November of 2008.

If we're going to lose the coming Presidential election to the left (and we ARE), then I would prefer to lose HONORABLY. I won't be counted with cowards who vote out of fear, only to lose and then lament the fact that I committed the immoral act of voting for a terrible leftist panderer like McCain.

I will lament the fact that we're going to have our heads handed to us, but I can sleep with knowing I did what was right and correct...meaning that I penciled in Hunter/Thompson, or voted for Ron Paul.

I will not "play" this asinine game of chess whereby the GOP makes the rules. ...especially after being ignored by them for the past four years SOLID. They're just not hearing us. But that's O.K., because we're not talking to them anymore. I think we're past that now.

[supercat]

If we're going to lose the coming Presidential election to the left (and we ARE), then I would prefer to lose HONORABLY. I won't be counted with cowards who vote out of fear, only to lose and then lament the fact that I committed the immoral act of voting for a terrible leftist panderer like McCain.

I prefer a different viewpoint. November has many races. We should invest resources in the Presidential race only if, and to the extent, that our investment forces the Democrats to invest more. In some cases there can be honor in fighting a losing battle (especially if fighting costs the opponent more than it does us). There is, however, no special honor in wasting resources on a losing battle that could have been better spent elsewhere.