There is nothing defeatist about that hypothetical ... suicidal perhaps.
...sets back our fight to rebuild our conservative movement.
Electing a Rino is what would set back the rebuilding of "our" conservative movement.
Take back the language!
While I understand having an "R" in office, whether it stands for rino, republican or reformer, is infinitely better than any "D", hitching the Rino to the Conservative movement is deceptive.
Republican and Conservative are NOT synonymous!
I contributed more than once to an actual Conservative candidate in MN. Perhaps you are aware of her? She is the one the republican party threw under the bus a week or so before the election.
P.S. SHE WON!!!
“She is the one the republican party threw under the bus a week or so before the election.”
That’s probably why she won. No connection to the RNC and BUSH.