[hellbender]

Sadly, much in life amounts to choosing the best of a set of evils. Yes, McCain, Romney, & Huckster are the worst set of candidates ever inflicted on America by the dying GOP elephant as it rots from the head down. But the alternative is national catastrophe, from which America very likely will never recover. Electing Hillary or Hussein would be like installing Hugo Chavez. I honestly don't think that's an exaggeration.

That said, I think we need a 3rd party ASAP. Only when conservatives can go to the Republicans with proof that we represent umpteen million voters and have so many $ million in the bank, which we will use to endorse only solid conservatives in the GOP, will we be able to make them change course.

[Maneesh]

A strong argument but still a compromise and justification. I think we would need to bunker down for 2 years: 2008 - 2010. The libs will cause sufficient mayhem that there will outrage by 2010 and the Senate and House will back firmly in CONSERVATIVE GOP hands and then the White House in 2012.

[Prokopton]

Electing Hillary or Hussein would be like installing Hugo Chavez. I honestly don't think that's an exaggeration.

Do you really believe that Congress will become powerless? Do you think Hillary or Obama will be able to get their way without 60 Senators agreeing?

I think the "Hillary must be defeated at all costs" argument has done nothing but bring us to the sad state we are in now with the Republican front runner as bad as the Democrat front runner.

I don't believe that the U.S. is so fragile that a single person like Hillary can destroy it. I don't believe she will propose any insane legislation, although she would be in favor of many things I strongly oppose, and even if she did it would have to be passed by 60 Senators, that means Republicans must also approve.

I think the chances of really damaging legislation, like amnesty, being passed would be greater with McCain as president than with Hillary as president. That makes McCain the more dangerous of the two.

[A2J]

But the alternative is national catastrophe, from which America very likely will never recover. Electing Hillary or Hussein would be like installing Hugo Chavez.

While it would be scary under a second Clinton administration, I'm convinced that just as America responded strongly after the Carter debacle, they would do the same after Hitlery.

You can shove Americans only so far before they open up a can on you.