[billhilly]

As a rule you have a choice between two candidates. Of course you know that. One will be a republican and the other a Democrat. The choice is pretty easy.

To simplify the choice, it doesn’t matter is the Republican was buried the week before, vote for him and work it out later. Forget the silly GOPE crap. No Democrat needs to be in office.

[jjsheridan5]

As a rule you have a choice between two candidates. Of course you know that. One will be a republican and the other a Democrat. The choice is pretty easy. ... To simplify the choice, it doesn’t matter is the Republican was buried the week before, vote for him and work it out later. Forget the silly GOPE crap. No Democrat needs to be in office.

As a general rule, there will be two liberal/socialists on the ticket. One will have a "D" next to his/her/its name, and will conduct a frontal attack on the underlying principles that made this country what it was. The other will have an "R" next to its name, and will play the role of traitor, undermining those same principles at every opportunity. It is a close call as to which is the greater enemy of conservatism, but in general, a traitor does much more damage than an enemy is capable of.

The "silly GOPE crap" to which you refer, is actually the knife's edge on which the fate of this nation balances.

[Principled]

I agree billhilly and I know you’re in for a flaming.

I’d like to add this:

That the GOPe crap is real. But the time to deal with it is in the primary - NOT the general - as you’ve stated.

It is of utmost importance to minimize dem elected pols. We do this by NEVER voting for a dem in the general.
It is of utmost importance to minimize GOPe elected pols.We do this by NEVER voting for a GOPe in the primary.

But whatever you do, vote for whatever R gets in. Just do work beforehand to avoid the wrong one getting in.