[loreldan]

Well, let me dig in my archives and offer a couple of examples of Freepers admitting either staying home or voting third party. The ones here are in Santorum's state.

"...I, as many here in PA, withheld our vote or wrote in a candidate. I was saying that Santorum has not acted upon his so-called conservatism and it hurt him big time."

If Santorum was not conservative, there were no conservatives in Congress.


"...As last Tuesday demonstrated, we will throw Republicans into the street when they spend like drunken Dems, refuse to reform Social Security or the tax code...and try to sell Amnesty for Illegals as reform. We're not stupid and we won't tolerate it. When conservatives are not being represented in Congress, it makes little difference which party isn't representing us."

Earlier that lady told me that she also voted against Santorum. I can give more examples of Freepers let alone Republicans in general that stayed home, voted third-party, and even some that voted Democrat against conservative Republicans to teach the general party a lesson. I left out the Freepers names on purpose.

[Dog Gone]

I hope they like the kind of Supreme Court justice we can get approved at the next opening.

[onyx]

Good job, and I recall reading even nastier comments of glee following Rick's defeat.

[freedomdefender]

a couple of examples of Freepers admitting either staying home or voting third party.

I didn't say there were a few odd ducks who stayed home to protest something. That happens in every election, on all sides. I'm saying that, in the aggregate - according to the exit polls - the reason the Dems won was because independents swung away from the GOP, not because conservative registered Republicans stayed home.