Nominate a RINO and you’ll guarantee I won’t vote. I’ve had it with people who couldn’t recognize their RINO from a hole in the ground.
My fear is that if one of the RINOs actually gets elected, the party will move irretrievably leftward.
Well then you're probably not voting, because unfortunately the chances of anyone outside the current "top tier" RINO 4 (Huck, Romney, McCain, Rudy) being the GOP nominee is just about nil.
With the exception of '80 & '84, every general election in my lifetime has been a "lesser of two evils" situation. This time will be no different. ...but for some reason many are acting like it is. In recent history, most of us pulled the lever for GHWB, Dole, and GWB knowing full well they were far less than ideal candidates. But the alternative was far worse, so the lesser of two evils option was exercised.
There's always a lot of righteous indignation when the most conservative candidate doesn't win the nomination (this time it's Hunter and Fred), but it eventually fades when one soberly considers the nightmare on the other side of the aisle -- Dukakis/Gore/Kerry/Clinton, etc.
Happens every time. Without exception.