Here is the game that I see from the liberals (YES, liberals!) that seem to have taking control at the helm of the GOP.
During the primaries, anyone who actually supports the platform and is not willing to lean far to the left is starved of cash and support, slimed as a "purist" or "bigot" or "idealogue" or "isolationist" or.... the end-all-end-all "UNELECTABLE". You must not support that person. You must instead look to the moderate candidate as they are the only one that can "win." It is "the best you can do."
In the general election, you are told you must support the moderate and that any discontent about the LIBERAL policies of said candidate should have been addressed during the primaries. Hold your nose and support the moderate as they are better than the alternative. (You've been HAD!)
After the election, you are told that you must support your newly elected official because "the people have spoken" and besides, if you wanted a conservative then you should have worked harder to elect them. Any opposition to the LIBERAL policies pushed by this so-called New-Rebublican must not be opposed or else you will look weak in the eyes of those evil Democrats. So, just shut your yap and accept it.
So, what do you do.... work hard to get a candidate for the next election. When you do, you are told they are "unelectable".... History shows you need someone more moderate...
Lather, Rinse, Repeat.
“Lather, Rinse, Repeat.” LOL! I feel that way too sometimes.
You are right! Undeniably right. I have to admit, I wanted John McCain for a long time, all the way back to his first run back in 1999 (I have had the privilege of following him for a long time). But, I want him to pick Duncan Hunter as his VP or someone equally as strong on Defense.
That fact is, who is our candidate in four year or eight years. I understand the moderate argument. There is a conservative candidate out there that is both charismatic as well as charming (we might know his or her name yet) but I can assure you, he or she is going to be a product of the Iraq/Afghanistan War and people will flock to them and they will pummel anything the Dems will have.
But we cannot keep looking in the same old bushel basket and pulling out the only candidates that haven’t done anything immoral.