Freerepublic has very UNREALISTIC standards when judging politicians that are on our side of the aisle. If I were going to run an opposition game on FR, I wouldn’t infest it with naysayers, I’d load it up with Karens and cheerleaders for some unobtainable conservatism.
That would be as good as burning it down.
For way too long, Republican voters have had to "hold their noses" and support a moderate because the Democrats offered a worse alternative. On the Presidential level since 1936, there have been only three exceptions: Goldwater, Reagan, and Trump. Has this strategy worked? Goldwater was smashed due to an intensive propaganda campaign unmatched between the denigrating of Joseph McCarthy and that of Trump. Reagan and Trump could not accomplish all of their agendas due to subterfuge by RINOs and intensive MSM flack. Eisenhower, Nixon, Ford, and the Bushes did little to nothing to counter Democratic initiatives and legislation.
We are past the point where another moderate Republican is needed. It makes no difference if we go downhill at 30 mph with a Nikki Haley or 75 mph with Joe Biden or any of his proposed Democratic replacements.