Romney doesn’t come anywhere near 75%. Not even 50%! He’s a flippin gun-grabbing socialist abortionist. A liberal. The enemy within.
Have I once supported or pushed Romney in this entire thread, or anywhere on FR, ever? Find it, and I will close my account here.
Can you answer the question: would you accept someone (a hypothetical candidate) who was 75% of what you wanted, and then keep fighting for the balance? Or would you turn your back on them and accept a 0%?
Think about it - read Reagan’s quote again, and think about his wisdom. Think about what the man did, what he accomplished, and how he did it. It wasn’t with anger and hatred and pitchforks. It was with an open exchange of ideas, a presentation of his ideology, and his willingness to let anyone come along side him and help.
If someone comes along side us and helps with the conservative movement - say, the Log Cabin Republicans helping in stopping Obamacare or pushing for deficit reduction - I welcome them! I will be up front and tell them I will not support gay marriage, but I will welcome them on the points we find common ground.
It’s called compromise, it’s not a dirty word as President Reagan sagely advised. We’d do well to stick to that advice and approach; look at the legacy and landslides the man garnered. We’d do a lot worse trying to emulate any other model, for no other model has proven anywhere near as successful.