Continental Soldier, eh?
Sure glad not too many with your defeatist attitude were with General Washington.
“Hogwash?” LOL Far from it, my friend. :) You may be a conservative and I may be a conservative, but the GOP is what it is. As to “defeatist,” I suggest that you are the defeatist, forsaking any candidate but your own personal favorite, even if he/she is nothing but a cottage industry hotshot. I am not campaigning for Rudy (maybe there will be other candidates who are more attractive to us), but I am campaigning against the selfish mindset that says, ‘I am a conservative and it’s all about me! All about what I believe! And if I don’t get my way, it’s just too bad for the country!’ Presidential elections are about the country. We all have our personal beliefs (core beliefs), but, on election day, we have to decide what is the best course (or the least harmful course) for the country. It would be nice to see that kind of patriotism for a change, from both sides.