I agree with you both. Not voting or voting for an Independent candidate (not Romney and not Obama) was pushed aggressively here on FR by a good number of folks. As I recall, the sentiment was, "We need to teach the establishment GOP a lesson."
Conservatives succeeded as they apparently did stay home to protest Romney as our RINO candidate. Does anyone think the "Establishment GOP" learned a lesson? We cut off our nose to spite our face.
I do not believe there is any way back now. >50% of the population is now dependent on handouts or has government jobs or relies on the fed for their own personal wealth in some fashion. We will not ever see an electorate vote for a president where Santa Claus is going to pull back on the gifts.
It is impossible to root out corruption without a revolution, peaceful or otherwise. And I don't see the numbers for a revolution. Best future, 50 years out, is secession from the union by several states.
I did not vote, nor have since 2000. I will not use a computer.to.vote that has no concrete evidence of who I voted for, nor that the company that built those diebold machines are not American. We outsource everything, so I outsourced my vote.
“Conservatives succeeded as they apparently did stay home to protest Romney as our RINO candidate.”
Nah, not really, at least not in large enough numbers to affect the election.
Correct.
But actually, I would say "They cut off their nose..." because I did not shirk my duty in a fit of pique. I voted. Too bad so many would not.