DEAD WRONG on two counts:
1. It would take more courage than I've ever had to muster in an election booth to refuse to pull the "R" lever if the race is Romney vs. Obama. The EASIEST thing would be to vote for Romney. To reject it because I have come to the conclusion that there is a greater chance that he'd HURT American more than Obama would, would take real COURAGE.
2. You are the one who would see it as suicide, falling on one's sword, sepuku. I see it as a warrior offensive stance, an aggressive move to launch a battle on OUR terms. Going "offense" means fighting -- with my vote, in this case -- to see that Romney loses, because it is sure-fire certain that Romney in the White House would make liberalism and statism in both parties more powerful than ever. If you ask me, getting Republicans and conservatives to vote FOR all the things they stand against, would be an act of political sepuku not just for conservatism, but for America.
We can fight Obama. Romney, with his "Republican" administration, would disarm political conservatives in the Republican party and dilute to the point of feebleness the political forces that can fight for limited government. Obama would make those crucial political forces more determined and more powerful.
Romney needs to lose.
Romney need to lose in the primary.
Obama needs to lose in the general election.
I’m sorry you can’t see the difference. If Obama gets re-elected, Obamacare will NEVER be repealed, and you can kiss your Republic good-bye. The good news is, we won’t have to bother with discussions of RINOs anymore, because our discussions will be obsolete. We soon won’t have a nation or political system to fight about.
I totally agree. When it gets to the point where we have to vote for the very things we oppose, just to stop the other guy who will also do the same things, we’ve come to a dark and dire crossroads as to where to go next-but choosing between two guys who are practically clones of each other and then allowing the remnant of the Republican Party (conservatives need not apply) get the “credit” for the stuff headed towards the fan just makes no sense. Once the Party is destroyed by having been used to elect a man who held naught different in principle , than the man whose principles we despise, then what principles were we ever for?