Fine. You don't get your way in the primary, so...
At the general election I always pick the best choice, and that won't be a leftist. I don't vote for leftists no matter what their political party.
Then you have no claim on the GOP whatsoever, and no claim to being part of the "base." A wise GOP strategist would simply discount your vote at the outset, because you are unreliable. This means, in turn, the following:
By the political strategist's calculus, Bush has been extremely stupid, giving conservatives much of what they want even after they backstabbed him in 2000. Time will tell if the "My way or f***ing else" conservatives respond positively to Bush's outreach--or if they will remain true to form.
All of that is your option. But please do not complain about it--or about the GOP--when it happens. When you make a choice, you freely choose to accept all of the consequences of that choice. Being frozen out of the political process is the consequence of your choice. Whining about that consequence merely shows you to be less mature than my six-year-old daughter.
Then you have no claim on the GOP whatsoever, and no claim to being part of the "base." A wise GOP strategist would simply discount your vote at the outset, because you are unreliable. By the political strategist's calculus, Bush has been extremely stupid, giving conservatives much of what they want even after they backstabbed him in 2000. Time will tell if the "My way or f***ing else" conservatives respond positively to Bush's outreach--or if they will remain true to form.
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