“you vote for the most fiscally conservative candidate with a legitimate chance of winning each time. Regardless of your own personal litmus test. Any other vote will not achieve what you seek - restricted Government.”
See this is what I’ve been telling people, if you vote for the slightly less socialist candidate every time then you get what you want; socialism, you just get there slower.
I am a Massachusetts voter... so who would you suggest that I vote for—Scott Brown, Martha Coakley or Kennedy the Libertarian?
We went through this whole scenario during the 2008 election. I, like many people, did not like McCain, but in November, 2008, I voted for McCain. What was the alternative? Many conservatives did not vote — look what that got us.
You make the best choices that you can especially during the primaries but sometimes you have to hold your nose and vote for the less than perfect candidate because that is all that there is on the ballot. In addition to voting, we have to support good candidates and citizen groups that support the best candidates. It’s true that there are many problems within the Republican party, which means that we need to change the party from the grassroots.