Rove estimated that 5 millions Republicans stayed home in this election, many of them are in battleground states and their votes could have given us the Presidency. They stayed home because most of them hate McCain more than they love America. Some stayed home because they thought the elections was already lost as they believed the liberal media.
Re#35 I heard Rove in an interview and the numbers were astounding. There was no tsunami for 0bama. Despite all odds, it was winnable for the GOP, despite the unprecedented fraud of the MSM and McCain. I get ill thinking about those GOP voters that stayed home. Too many look at total vote count. For example, 0bama beat McCain by 200,000 in Ohio but McCain got 300,000 less than W in ‘04 there. By way of further example, loss of control the House and Senate in ‘06 turned on 80,000 total votes out of something like 40 million or so cast. *sighing, sadly*
I wasn't one of them but I don't begrudge those 5 mil for doing so.
The number may even increase next time if a genuine conservative isn't at the top of the ticket.
Saying these people hated McCain more than they love America, or that they are responsible for Obama's victory will be of no benefit to the GOP and certainly will not help in reaching a solution to the 'Republican problem', and it makes one appear petty and foolish to falsely cast these malicious allegations.