“It was not asserted that Obama was preferable.”
On the contrary, trying to rationalize not voting for Romney, instead of admitting it was a mistake, leads one to believe one does prefer the current mess.
Facts not in evidence - nor fact in truth.
My statement was that there was a segment of the conservative base that clearly indicated Romney was not supportable. The outcome of the election pretty clearly indicates that they were truthfully stating their opinion.
You have translated the unwillingness to swallow a 30% excrement sandwich into being the same as willingness to swallow a 90% excrement sandwich. With all due respect, that is a huge steaming pile.
If you have your choice of any integer between 1 through 10, but are warned that picking 9 will result in being ineligible to receive the “prize”, but go ahead and choose
9 as your number, you shouldn’t be surprised that you receive no prize.
Once again, I ask you to define the phrases “minimum standards” and “core beliefs”.
PS - You seem to be assuming I did not vote. Assumptions are very dangerous.