I absolutely accept what you, and Common Tator are propounding. Although I have been in the Conservative movement since the late '50s, I absolutely vote for the party selected Republican candidates, no matter how far from me to the Left I may think they are.
My theory is my Mother's "Blind Date," theory. She advised me to NEVER turn down a blind date, because (besides them invariably being daughters of her friends), "If I didn't particularly like them, they were sure to have a friend that I would like."
My RINO's have friends who are further to the right than they are and will appoint them to those posts with which the real power is wielded over me (and you) in this country. DINO's on the other hand have friends I loathe as much as I do them. Just look at the lasting damage Jimmy Carter inflicted on us with his far-left Jimmy-Jerk-Judges!
I do not understand, however, and never will, how Al Gore and John Kerry, both clearly sociopathic to a remarkable degree, almost became president, each winning 50%.
I do know how Clinton, a patently obvious borderline psychopath, became president, when Ross Perot kept those "in the middle" away from Bush I, and then the totally hapless Dole.
I hope we do not see a "Bull Moose" candidacy in 2008.
"I do not understand, however, and never will, how Al Gore and John Kerry, both clearly sociopathic to a remarkable degree, almost became president, each winning 50%." Frightening isn't it?!