“Where is the Conservative ticket this time around?”
That is the WHOLE point, but NOT the way you are spinning it.
We don’t have a “conservative” choice this time because Romney, backed by the GOPe, BOUGHT the election. Voting for Romney, who you admit is flawed, is just allowing the GOPe to continue to DOMINATE you and me. IF you want to be dictated to by “party elites” instead of getting a real conservative to “vote for” instead of merely “voting against” Obama. You are going to have to take a stand against the GOPe and tell them emphatically NO!
I have been able to vote since 1972, but didn’t vote in that election because I was undergoing initial military training at the time. I first voted in 1976 upon completing 4 years of Active military service. In that election, and every one until this time, I have ALWAYS voted for the GOP nominee. Even though some have been poor choices. However, Romney is just too much for me to stomach anymore. I cannot vote for him. To do so is to surrender FOREVER any chance of ever getting a conservative (not a “perfect” one) nominated again. I cannot nor will not try to pick between evil (Obama) and evil (Romney)...both are too flawed, both are BAD for the country.
The real CHOICE is to support neither. And let the GOPe know why! I am sick of my values not even remotely being represented by the GOP that I have backed for so many years. I am tired of being taken for granted. No more!
Jim Robinson speaks eloquently of “revolution”, and I think he is right. Of course, I have other considerations than Jim (i.e. I won’t support a devout Mormon for POTUS). It also scares me that so many on the “right” are giving a cultist a pass....only the left going after him on that (of course they are hypocrits - they really don’t care about religious things).
“Ben Bolt” you DO have another choice...it is stop being a dumb sheep that follows a bad shepard in the form of the GOPe. Either we conservatives get control of the GOP, or it is time, to start building something new....as hard as that might be. However, right now I’m fighting for control of the GOP.
Whatever, I will not critisize your ABO stance, I understand it, but I will fight you when you denigrate those of us that stand up to tyrants...especially the GOPe. Be part of the solution, not the problem.
You are on fire today, Sola V. So eloquent and your reasoning is straight and true. Amen.