Yep, you were wrong and it looks like you’re going to be wrong again.
Protest votes, or refusal to vote, accomplishes exactly nothing in terms of reforming political parties. That has to be done in the trenches, before election day.
People who think they are going to “teach the party a lesson” somehow by not voting, or voting for a nonviable candidate (anyone who is not the nominee of the two major political parties), are mighty mistaken.
If anyone should have learned a lesson, it was those who threw the nation to the dogs when they stayed home previously or voted for Perot.
It isn't teaching you a lesson, it is THE LESSON. Conservatives across the whole nation are NOT gonna vote for RINOs, and especially Northeastern RINOS. Get it through your head.
If you think the Christian Right is gonna pull the lever for a pro-abortion candidate, you are sadly misguided. It is idiotic to even ask it of them.
If you believe that all those NASCAR boys are gonna vote for a back east Liberal who loves to grab guns and supports gay rights, You've just plainly lost your mind.
Give it up already. Your insults have absolutely no effect except to prove how ignorant you are of the Conservative mind.
If you want a win, give us all someone to vote FOR.
You know, when Republicans stay home to try to “teach the party a lesson” by not voting, are being played by the liberal media. I think the liberal media love to play games to dishearten conservatives. Remember the last election when Dan Rather thought he could throw the presidential election by using that fake letter? Doesn’t that show you how they do things? And remember when they called the election in 2000 before half of the country has finished voting? The Democrats are the real masters of voter suppression which they always accuse Republicans of doing. I think the Democrats know how to play the game of keeping Republican voters at home. Please don’t fall for their tricks.
If it leads to another 1994 and the Contract with America then its a good thing. Those who think you must vote for a specific party no matter who the nominee is, must be satisfied with the statis quo, and don’t want any change.