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He’s uninterested in thoughtful discussion, so why bother?

I was interested in thoughtful discussion but was shot down last night. My new attitude is, "Why bother?"

All I tried to do was point out that after the primary, in the general election, your choices may be garbage. The example I gave was Boxer vs Fiorina. All I got was some nonsense like, "Fight harder"...yeah, by the time you get to the general, you've already fought and lost the conservative so what do you do...sit home or vote for the RINO? I was told I was asking "silly" questions and patience for me was waning.

So, ummmm, yeah...I'm not seeing this thread as a discussion thread so much as it is a chest dumbing thread.

You are clearly a deeper thinker than most folks on this thread.

They're stuck on the childish, “no more RINOs” chant, while you have progressed to addressing the real life, hard choices, requiring critical thinking skills which, apparently, your detractors envy in you to a degree which has made them surly and even irrational.

Well, we (Californians) in most cases have been voting for the RINO candidate for the last 20 years or so. The RINO candidate has always been that "stopgap" in lieu of the elusive "true conservative" we desire.....only because they are the better alternative to the pro-socialist Democrats who are steadily marching ever leftward.

The reality is we haven't gotten anywhere voting for the so-called RINO candidate. They either lose the election to the liberal Democrat or we are still drifting leftward under their watch (e.g. Arnold Schwarzenegger). The only bright spot I have is living in Duncan Hunter's district.

But we keep voting for them because they aren't Democrats. To be fair to everyone on this thread....on this site...it is getting very troubling and outright exasperating. I too, am tired of voting for the lesser of the two evils. I admit I do not have answers. Particularly about our situation here in California where we may never have a conservative run and get elected. But, I share in Jim Robinson's sentiments and frustrations about RINO candidates.

This is assured, I will not cast a vote for a RINO governor or senator from a liberal state for the Officer of the President of the United States. I am drawing the line in the sand right there.