My comment was not directed at you specifically, but rather at the attitude that if a member of the base goes off the reservation because a Republican candidate does not represent them, that’s a greater evil, if you will, than that Republican candidate not working to earn the base’s vote.
That philosophy is taking the easy way out, in my mind.
What I want is to elect the most Conservative candidate. If candidate A is 95% of my views and Candidate B is 0% of my views, Candidate A would be better. Some of us might think Candidate A is a RINO and stay home. Candidate A is going to be better than B to us conservatives.