“The Establishment liberal RINOs like McCain and the people around him don’t seem to realize that the Republican party is dead without teh support of principled conservatives and that increasing numbers of conservatves are walking away. ... The Republican Party has a virtually infinite capacity for learning the wrong lesson.”
This ‘virtually infinite capacity’ of the GOP is only surpassed by the virtually infinite capacity of ‘principled conservatives’ to delude themselves into believing that voting third party is the ‘right lesson’. One can only believe that ‘principled conservatives’ enjoy puting the socialist democrats in power.
This isn't rocket science, you know. If you want Conservative support, you get it with Conservative candidates. I fail to see why anyone is surprised at the Conservatives' reaction. It has been predictable for years. So your statement might better read:
One can only believe that ‘principled conservatives’ Republicans enjoy putting the socialist democrats in power.
That’s why the conservative AREN’T voting for McCain. We don’t want to see a socialist democrat in power.
McClinbama - or in other words, what’s the difference?