Good observation, caww. Those who are abandoning their alleged principles, and who are advocating that we throw our support to Romney, seem to become emotional when we don't buy their arguments.
When our refusals to join them in their headlong rush toward a new Socialist master escalate, they scream and cry that we're being foolish, or that we're essentially voting for Obama. When Jim has finally had enough, and shows a few of these people the door, their sympathizers begin crying 'foul!'
Enough. Some of us simply won't be coaxed or bullied into accepting the left's terms of surrender, no matter the outcome. I'd rather stand and fight an avowed enemy, than relax my guard and get a shiv in my back from a Trojan horse traitor.
Their problem is you cannot 'Hold those Principles',... (though you might claim them which doesn't make it so),... and at the same time 'Promote a Romney vote' with a clear conscious....especially while seeking to justify that vote to those who understand the two are diametrically in opposition to each other.....'Cognitive dissonance'....
......Which is a Discomfort caused by holding 'conflicting cognition's' ...(e.g., ideas, beliefs, values, emotional reactions) simultaneously..... In a state of dissonance, people may feel surprise, dread, guilt, anger, or embarrassment.....
We see their discomfort playing out in the discussions. I would add, if they are Christians all the more this is apparent. Their only "escape" is to lash out and or continue trying to promote Romney favorably as the alternative to Obama,..( who isn't running in this Primary)...add in the Newt factor, as he still running.....well you get a mess of course!