OK. I was wrong when I said there were no other options between McConnell and the Democrat. There are other options, but mark my words. Either McConnell or the Democrat will win. Those are the only two viable options.
Look. I’m not going to demean anyone who can’t bring themselves to vote for a RINO. I don’t think it’s black and white, because some RINOs are clearly worse than others. Nevertheless, if a conservative thinks McConnell is that bad and doesn’t vote for him, that’s their right. By the same token, don’t blame me if I vote for what I perceive to be the best possible option.
Vote for the best conservative in the primaries. In the general election, vote for the most conservative candidate who can win.
A philosophy worthy of respect. However, your philosophy also gave us Romney and McCain, and reinforced the thought that such candidates really can't win because liberal Republicans can't out-Democrat the Democrats.
I'd rather see candidates who understand that the base is not to be treated as mere rubber stamps but rather are the basis for winning elections. I'm tired of moving to moderate candidates and will no longer do it. They need to come to me. But good luck with your way.
By the same token, don’t blame me if I vote for what I perceive to be the best possible option.
Yes. That is the crux. I voted for Meg Whitman in 2010. She fit the material prototype of "conservative," a button-down-collar business executive persona, along the lines of Romney. She was every bit as leftist and liberal as Romney. But she wasn't Jerry Brown. So I voted for her.
If she had won, she'd have been worse than Schwarzenegger, whom I voted for twice. She was functional pro-government leftist; her only claim to "conservative" was acknowledging that small businesses are in trouble. She promised a more business-like efficient State government. More efficient at taxing and repressing us to enforce the big-government oversight she and Democrats exist to design and operate.
By the same token, don’t blame me ...
Yes, Citizen, I got to thinking about that. If she had won and proceeded to use the Republican party to do what any leftist would do -- if someone came along and RIGHTLY blamed me ... how could I disagree? I know what I'm voting for, I know there's no such thing as voting "against" -- so how could I possibly justify voting FOR a functional agent of everything I want to fight? "Don't blame me" ...?? Bah!!!
In short, I woke up.