Each of us has an opinion on who or why we’ll vote. I disagree with you but that’s okay, you disagree with me.
I have principles I won’t violate by voting for someone but Romney isn’t one of them. I don’t like McCain either but he would not have been as bad as 0bama has been these past number of years.
Making Republicans more conservative is going to take years to accomplish because people don’t change their views overnight. That change has to come from within the party because outsiders carping about it won’t make them change. We have to build a stronger conservative base within the GOP to effect that change. In the mean time, I’ll vote for a RINO any day of the week over a Democrat. The party in power determines the agenda and direction we move as a country.
In this case, party does trump principle unless it’s something so horrendous that the voter can’t do it. That always seems to be over one issue: abortion, gun rights, racism, etc. Romney is not my first choice but he would be one heck of a lot better than 0bama and IF he’s elected he’ll do better than some people think he’ll do. I didn’t agree with numerous things GW Bush stood for but he was a lot better than Gore or Kerry would have been.
To repeat, sorry, but it took years for progressive Democrats to gain control of their party and it’s going to take years for conservatives to return control to the GOP. I’ll accept each baby step as we get there. We need a veto proof congress, a majority of Republicans in the US House and a super majority in the US Senate to really make the changes I would like to see. Until then, I’ll vote the party line when I have to.
Great post,we are making incremental progress,doesn’t happen over night.
Then you don't have principles apparently. Do you think it's good for ANYONE to be President as long as they put an "R" after their name? Do you realize that if everyone had your attitude, it would be entirely possible for far-left liberals to completely take over our party from top to bottom? As for me I don't believe in "my party, right or wrong" other than I believe in "my country, right or wrong."
My question is how much of a RINO do they have to be for you to NOT vote for them? If any of the below were the Republican nominee for president (if they switched parties in some cases), and assuming they DID NOT change their positions from what they currently are, which ones would you NOT vote for as a Republican president or are they ALL preferable to Obama or whoever else the Democrats put up?
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Scott Brown
Dede Scozzafava
Arlen Specter
Lincoln Chafee
Hilary Clinton
Joe Manchin
Joseph Lieberman
Evan Bayh
Jack Abramoff
George Clooney
George Soros
Barack Obama (if he loses this year and runs 8 years later as a Republican)