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Why will no one who has stated there is a moral equivalency between the administration of a liberal Republican and a liberal Rat willing to demonstrate that by naming names?

In the short term, a liberal R would be a little better than a D of any kind. However, it would be foolish to look at the short term only.

If we all toe the party line and elect a liberal R, the RNC will interpret this as approval of the leftward slant in the GOP, and it would be a logical conclusion for them to come to. However, that conclusion would lead to more R candidates and, pretty soon, there'd be no party to represent us as the GOP would become a centrist party which would, in a short time, undo everything that social conservatives have worked for for 30 years. Do not think for a second we will sit by and allow this to happen just so we can get an R in the oval office.

My loyalty is not to any political party. It is first to God and second to Country.

Duh.

I have no doubt that your loyalty is first to God and then country, not to a political party. However, you have quite clearly tied your decision on who will lead our country in the short-term to your view on how that would affect the future of . . . the . . . party?

The party?

Why?

If you honestly believe that you need the Republican Party in order to have some chance at influencing the political process-—and, frankly, I agree with you on that-—then do you think failure to support the Republican nominee will further your goal?

The party is nothing but a voluntary association of individuals who desire to see individuals with certain views elected to office. The only way the party has power is if, like a union, there are certain things that people agree to do as a coalition even if they don’t personally agree with those things.

In the case of a political party, it only has power if those who associate with it agree to support the nominee, because they support that party coming to power as opposed to the other party. Period.

If someone doesn’t want to support the nominee, why did they associate with the party? Why do they want to cut and run in the fourth quarter? Why do they take a hike when it’s crunch time as far as the organization’s one goal is concerned?

If you’re convinced that the GOP will no longer “represent” you if, at this moment in history, a liberal R is elected, how do you think the GOP is going to “represent” you if you bail on it on Election Day?

If you’re convinced that, if, at this moment in history, a liberal R were elected over a very liberal D, the “GOP would become a centrist party which would, in a short time, undo everything that social conservatives have worked for for 30 years,” do you think cutting and running on the Republican nominee on Election Day will hinder or facilitate that process?

Finally, let’s say you get the candidate of your heart’s desire and he loses to a liberal D. What do you think the impact would be on the country of, say, 8 years of Rat-dom?