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The problem with this philosophy is that voting "third party" is only going to give you the option of yet another "evil". There is no one righteous, no not one.

I once got caught up in this Constitution Party nonsense but my eyes got opened.

They are no more righteous than the Republican and probably worse because these cowards know full well they have no chance of ever being elected to anything and they don't want to be elected. This way they can beat their chests, proclaiming how righteous they are.

If these others are so pure, why don't they stay in the Republican party and fight and strengthen the Republican party?

Stop and think about it. They don't want to. They don't care if Obama is elected to continue to destroy this country--their boated egos are more important.

Let's deal in reality, folks.

The problem with this philosophy is that voting "third party" is only going to give you the option of yet another "evil". There is no one righteous, no not one.

Let's fast-forward to the year 2040. Let's say the Democrats are running the Anti-Christ for POTUS. Let's say the GoP counters with a reincarnated version of Hitler.

And your great grand-children? What will they do? Why, they'll quote Great Grandma's "wisdom" -- "There is no one righteous, no not one" -- and vote for the reincarnated Hitler...all because they were told by Great Grandma that since the "Righteous Candidate rate was 0%," why bother with given basic standards for candidates?

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Or take this scenario: The year is 2020. Obama lost 2012; Romney was POTUS for 8 years. Obama saw a few of the Democratic errors of his ways, and switched a few minor policies. And he switched parties. Now he's a GoP...and again, the conservatives can't unite around a single candidate, and they split their vote...and the "it's time for a minority GoP PoTUS" caucus wins the day.

Obama, the new GoP guy, runs vs. a more liberal Dem.

And, all of the "anybody but the liberal Dem" FREEPERs -- including Conservativegreatgrandma -- rally around the GoP Obama guy in 2020.

Why? "There is no one righteous, no not one." And at least Obama in that case would be "the lesser of two evils," right?

Ah, the sheer irony of it all. And doncha just love the way you're "training" up your children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren to assess leader-of-the-free world candidates?

I once got caught up in this Constitution Party nonsense but my eyes got opened. They are no more righteous than the Republican and probably worse because these cowards know full well they have no chance of ever being elected to anything and they don't want to be elected.

In at least 14 blue states -- + D.C. -- Virgil Goode's chance of gaining the electoral votes of those states is exactly the same as Romney.

If these others are so pure, why don't they stay in the Republican party and fight and strengthen the Republican party?...Let's deal in reality, folks.

Let's deal with "reality"...

Not so many elections ago...the GoP had 35-36% of the registered voter pie.

Now? Now, it's down to 29%

You see, when your "big tent" gets so big that it doesn't really stand for anything anymore, then, yes, you're going to chase away plenty.

Now, obviously, the "leakage" has gone in many directions. Some liberal kids of conservative parents have bailed. Some have become libertarian independents. Some don't like GoP environmental policies.

But plenty have left because of the pro-abortion acceptance within the GoP.

Because if you can't stand for the least of these...then every other "right" is worthless in embracing.