So you are going to let a person who embraces 0% of the proper stances win by not voting or voting for a person who is going to lose? As far as lying about your vote, aren't you allowed to change your mind?
If someone charges you for a full tank of gas, but only fills it 20% are you going to buy gas there? Of course not. Instead, you will not buy gas until you can get fair value for your money.
I'm holding out for some one I can vote for.
From my viewpoint, first I have to vote my concience.
Second, regardless of which liberal gets in, as far as I am concerned, it will be a disaster. I'd just as soon have that disaster happen without the full cooperation of Republicans in Congress. In order for that to happen, the winner will have to be a Democrat Liberal, not a Republican Liberal. Might as well let the Dems get the blame.
Third, voting (again, again), for the increasingly liberal candidate will not only undermine the message sent to the RNC in '06, but will reinforce the attitude that my conservative stance on the issues does not matter because I will vote for whatever nit they stick up there, regardless--which is what the RNC is counting on. The only way to show that attitude is wrong is to stand my ground. If enough others like me do the same, maybe the Republican Party will listen. If not, I will likely end up voting for marginal potus candidates for the rest of my life, but at least when I go to meet my maker, I can say I tried.
The only reason I have voted Republican in the past is that Republican candidates' stances on the issues were sufficiently conservative, on balance, to merit my vote. That has changed.