[William Terrell]

You had better get your head out of the sand and realize what the alternative would be if the Dems are in charge, and don't give me that old mess about teaching the Republicans a lesson.

This argument is used every year. To date, it has gathered all the angry conservatives right back under the republican wing.

Tell me, if all the republicans have to do is float this threat at election time with the sure knowledge it will work again, what hope do we have of changing their increasingly liberal behavior? Why should they change?

An honest question: at what point will you bolt? What do the republicans have to do to push you beyond this "look at the alternative" strategy?

Look at it closely and think. What will you do in the face of this argument?

They've got you.

[Coldwater Creek]

Look I am a old lady, and I have seen enough to know that I will never bolt. Now! having said that, there are a number of issues that I am passionate about that if the Republicans change their platform on, I might have to reconsider. A long way from happening any time soon.