[big'ol_freeper]

Many are more than willing to compromise their principles to vote for one of the three RINOs if they the GOP nominee. Heck, there have been a whole slew of Freepers who have enthusiastically supported Romney, McCain, Huckabee and Paul right from the start when there were conservative candidates for the nomination in the race. Of course one would have to conclude that those individuals never had any conservative principles, have confused the GOP with conservatism as if they are equal, and they really shouldn't even be Freepers.

When it gets to the general election, if one of the RINOs is the Republican nominee I will have a big decision to make. I will likely not make that decision until I step into the voting booth.

[callisto]

one would have to conclude that those individuals never had any conservative principles, have confused the GOP with conservatism as if they are equal...

So true! I recently had to remind several friends that the two (GOP and Conservatism) are not one and the same. The Republican Party has just been lucky Conservatives were GOP members, IMO (until this last decade or so -'92 to '94).

[Earthdweller]

“We have our disagreements, we Americans. We contend regularly and enthusiastically over many questions: over the size and purposes of our government; over the social responsibilities we accept in accord with the dictates of our conscience and our faithfulness to the God we pray to; over our role in the world and how to defend our security interests and values in places where they are threatened. These are important questions; worth arguing about. We should contend over them with one another. It is more than appropriate, it is necessary that even in times of crisis, especially in times of crisis, we fight among ourselves for the things we believe in. It is not just our right, but our civic and moral obligation.”

“Our country doesn’t depend on the heroism of every citizen. But all of us should be worthy of the sacrifices made on our behalf. We have to love our freedom, not just for the private opportunities it provides, but for the goodness it makes possible. We have to love it as much, even if not as heroically, as the brave Americans who defend us at the risk and often the cost of their lives. We must love it enough to argue about it, and to serve it, in whatever way our abilities permit and our conscience requires, whether it calls us to arms or to altruism or to politics. “~~~U.S. Senator John McCain, Commencement Address to the 2006 graduates at Liberty University.

[mimaw]

I’m less than thrilled with our choices in these primaries but I’m not ready to surrender the White House to the Clintons.

[MarcoPolo]

Freepers who have enthusiastically supported Romney, McCain, Huckabee and Paul right from the start when there were conservative candidates for the nomination in the race. Of course one would have to conclude that those individuals never had any conservative principles, have confused the GOP with conservatism as if they are equal, and they really shouldn't even be Freepers.

Well, now I've supported Paul from the first, but it's precisely because he supports certain conservative principles that I've always held (on fiscal policy and small government idea in particular). And I've been a Freeper for nearly as long as you have (I used to go by the screen name of MightyPen), so let's not start talking about who should and shouldn't be Freepers.

In fact you and I do agree that Romney, McCain and Huckabee are RINOs. So we're not in total disagreement even.