I hate abortion and yet I still voted for Romney — I’ll never be proud of that vote, but I didn’t see another tiny chance to fight against obamaCare and the second term “flexibility.” I didn’t compartmentalize as much as triage.
I hope you rejoin the fight. It’s so discouraging. But what are we going to do without people like you? I too was extremely discouraged, and I blamed free republic for keeping me in an echo chamber, where everyone feels as I do but it’s not doing any good.... Though I know we are show prep for rush so I always hope he gets some new blood each day.
I actually hate my 2000 vote for GWB as much as I do the 2008 one for McPain. I don’t think too much about the 2004 or 2012 votes at all.