But it is hard to know who the lesser evil is; nobody would have argued that Ted Cruz was part of the lesser evil, and yet here he is, voting YES, when he could have just as easily voted NO and made absolutely no difference doing it.
Which means his yes vote is a vote to send a message, and the message it sends is “this is better than nothing”.
Do any of us conservatives here think this bill is actually better than nothing? I don’t see that argument.
So when your champion sends a message that you think doesn’t comport with your view of conservativism, who do you turn to? Who is the lesser of two evils?
On the other hand, if Reid was in charge, and had his majority democrat coalition, the bill could actually have been worse. Better is better than worse, even if it is still disastrous.
I’d rather have my house burn down in a kitchen fire, than have a plane crash into it while my family sleeps. Is that “voting for the lesser of two evils”? Sure, but in one case my family is alive, in the other they are dead.
The more salient question is, why do all the people were are told to support because they are “true conservatives” turn out to be less than that?
Who can explain how Sarah Palin’s candidate Kelly Ayotte turned into such a dissapointment? Marc Rubio was the tea party darling against Charlie Crist — is that one of those “lesser of two evil” votes that we should now attack Rubio supporters for?
Anyone that can look at the actual actions of a Mitch, a Jonbon, a Cochran etc and not know they are mewling liberals is simply too stupid to vote and should not.
These so called ‘Lesser evils” were no unknown commodity. Free Republic does not have a single member that can claim to be unaware of the ongoing liberalism of the GOP. There is no excuse. None.
It is one thing to vote for a newcommer who said all the right things and to the best of ones knowledge, is a conservative and then he turns. It is another entirely to keep empowering someone that has embedded enough knives in ones back to have you listed by science as a Human Porcupine.
People who do so are a danger to their country and may as well preregister as Democrats. Regardless of what else they do, they owe America an apology for the mess they helped to create.