It’s odd to see posters on a site who trumpet their freedom to speak, their unwillingness to be silenced, and their embracing of conservative values sending certain things to me off this thread, but I’ve given up on discussing this person—I’ve said more than enough, anyway.
I decided to no longer comment on this issue, and I won’t. I’ll just comment on your post.
I’ve been coming here ten years, and yours is one of the most thoughtful, clear-minded, accurate, well-written posts I’ve ever read on this site.
I hope you send it to a conservative magazine and get it published, because you said all that should be said. Those who are truly conservative should read it, and read it again, and THINK, not feel, about all it says and implies. Because if we focus only on how we feel about candidates, and ignore how those candidates and are party are used by the media to portray us as loons to those voters we need to attract—not by being “RINOs” or changing our ideas, but by attracting new believers to OUR ideas—we are doomed to electoral meaninglessness.
Or, to rephrase all I’ve written till now:
WOW.
Thanks. Feel free to send it around. People need to remember what the cost of failure is. Those in charge of the status quo are always looking for ways to subvert the movement and sticking to an emotional approach just makes it that much easier.