Getting up and walking away from the table absolutely, positively ensures they win. What’s so difficult to understand about that? I daresay a good number of people are so fed up with politics in general that they have done exactly that—sat out elections. What good does that accomplish? It just ensures the Democrats and RINOs win.
That is why our best hope of success is to reform the GOP from within. It really is a matter of votes. Correct me if I’m wrong, but whoever shows up in sufficient numbers on the local level controls the party. Unfortunately, there’s not much I can do in my solidly red state to fix the GOP in all the purple and blue states. It’s going to take conservatives in those states to get active, fight it out in the trenches, and hopefully stop electing the likes of McCain.
Friend, when the entirety of the political process has been subverted and debased into little more than a deceitful charade, then you've got to recognize that the game is not what it appears to be, and that you have to seek other means to secure the blessings of liberty and happiness.
I'm all for continuing to participate in the political process as a voter, but only so far as I can support those who understand the dire condition our country is in. I will not support those who are part of the ruling class oligarchy, or those who seem likely to join that class after being elected.
I feel there's still a slim chance that we can avoid taking our resistance to a more serious level, by electing true patriots and conservatives to elected office, but there's only so much these people can do to turn the ship of state around in the short term. It's going to take many more election cycles to make real changes in the colossal leviathan of our federal government. It may not even be something we can accomplish through the political process alone.
What I'm trying to say here, is that we've nearly exhausted what we can accomplish through our established civil mechanisms. Mostly, that's because of the aforementioned subversion and debasement of the basic system. When those in control of the system have rigged it to thwart the people's will at every turn, then it's time to seek other remedies. That time is almost upon us.