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Hey, be careful now. You don’t want to do anything foolish, like maybe support our nominee ANYWAY. If you do, it might just be that MAYBE we don’t have to worry as much about total destruction of the nation under a Billary or Hussein Obama.

You are utterly correct. I am a Republican - a conservative one who doesn't like the direction of the Party in the last several years. But I am a Republican. I can look at every single one of the candidates on the other side and see that they will be orders of magnitude worse than even the worst of those Republicans still in the race.

So who will I support now?

I can't stand McCain - what he did to the 1st Amendment is unconscionable, he opposed tax cuts, cooperated with Kennedy, etc. on numerous issues. Oh, and the guy isn't at all level-headed. Nope, not him.

Huckabee. Gomer Pyle, the Republican Jimmy Carter, who is just like the original...i.e. not so morally pure as he makes himself out to be. Oh, and he knows diddly about foreign affairs at a time when this country is at war. Uh, no. Repeat NO! As in NFW.

Rudy. Gun-banning, illegal immigrant-protecting, cross-dressing, etc., etc. Rudy? No thanks. He might've been a good mayor of NYC, and he'd probably make a good Senator or Governor for NY, but not President of all the people. Adios.

Which leaves the least distasteful, Romney. He'll be great on the economy, and I don't think that he'll be a pushover on foreign affairs. I worry about him on social issues, principally guns, but that may be largely out of his hands anyway. I can stomach him, especially in comparison to Hillary or Obama.

This is, indeed, a very sad day for Reagan Republicans. The latest torch-bearer has stumbled and fallen, so we are yet again in a position of trying to persuade a RINO to do the right thing, or to resist doing the wrong thing. Such is politics where, as in life, you can't get everything you want. I've been there and done that - and it is absolutely better to get a half a loaf than none at all. Let's think about the longest-term issue in this campaign, Supreme Court Justices. Who's got a better shot at nominating a judge who actually respects the Constitution, who'll interpret it instead of legislating from the bench - Hillary or Romney? That's easy.

I support the Republican nominee because I don't want to see this country go completely down the toilet.

... Which leaves the least distasteful, Romney. He'll be great on the economy, and I don't think that he'll be a pushover on foreign affairs. I worry about him on social issues, principally guns, but that may be largely out of his hands ...

This is the one that ticks me off the most for completely ridiculous female reasons. I've learned to trust the 'ol gut in daily life, but I maintain doesn't belong in politics because it's really intuitive and prone to mistakes. But here's the thing: I've observed the Liberal Businessman Evangelical Republican Country Club set, and my nose goes wrinkly quick. I don't like image I see. It's goody two-shoes, kiss-up, smarmy, manipulative and unpredictable parading in a conservative Christian businessman suit, exuding optimism and take-chargism. My gut feeling would tell me to skeedaddle at the prospect of doing business with him. He's unpredictable because like my governator, he's a "big thinker" businessman who's also vain. Hey, I already voted once for Arnold Schwarzenegger. Nass-STAY!