Conservatives don't have the numbers to field and elect our own third party candidates.
We do have the numbers to often make the difference; to deny success to undesireable candidates and to push desireable candidates to a win.
McCain's tactic is to win without conservative support.
He wants to move left to pick up liberal swing voters to make up the difference and break the bond between republicans and conservatives.
If conservatives support him as the least evil candidate and he wins we will have helped him destroy the conservative movement.
"Sometimes we stare so long at a door that is closing, that we see too late the one that is open."
-- Alexander Graham Bell
McCain's tactic is to win without conservative support. He wants to move left to pick up liberal swing voters to make up the difference and break the bond between republicans and conservatives.
If conservatives support him as the least evil candidate and he wins we will have helped him destroy the conservative movement.
First I'll ask you just who was your desirable candidate?
Second I would take issue with your statement that McCain's tactic is to win without Conservatives. I would say that most conservatives are going to vote for him whether you believe that or not. Then I would say that it is more your tactic to deny him the vote than it is his to win without it.
Third I would say that if the conservative movement gets destroyed it won't be because McCain wins, it will be self inflicted wounds like you recommend.
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