Such a nice turn of phrase, and so logic-free.
Government is the lesser of two evils (Tom Paine called it "a necessary evil") when compared to anarchy. If we had a referendum tomorrow between anarchy and a Republic, would you step into the booth and write in "George Washington" or would you vote for the lesser of two evils?
In the California race there were two candidates who had a chance to win. One of them was willing to risk driver's licenses falling into Al-Qaida hands. The other wasn't. McClintock voters went home with a warm fuzzy feeling because they chose not to help the second guy.
Lastly, let's remember, we're not talking about Hitler, and we're not talking about preventing the holocaust. You don't get any more pro-abortion than Gray Davis and Cruz Bustamante. The very worst that can happen is that no babies will be saved under Arnold that would have been killed under Bustamante. It's not "holocaust vs. no holocaust" it's "holocaust under a scumbag vs. holocaust under a non-scumbag and maybe even a win or two." Hitler analogies suck, but I'll go with it if you are really going to be that silly: It's like it's 1942 and some Wermacht general says to an Allied agent, "If you give us a little help, we can kill Hitler and replace him with this guy I know named Ernst. We're not absolutely sure he'll shut down the camps, but he will stop the war, and some of his close advisors are in favor of helping the Jews." And you guy are saying the Allies should respond, "No thanks, not unless you can put Corrie ten Boom in charge."