“You should have the guts to stand up for what you stand up for.”
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OK, one more time; I'll try and explain this so even you can understand it:
We just went through our primary process (you know, that's where we vote for our favorite GOP candidate, where the winner goes on to the general election), and Romney, by virtue of the majority of Americans voting for him, clinched the GOP nomination for POTUS. Ok, still with me? Good.
My first choice was Palin, but she decided not to run. I then became a die-hard Cain supporter, but he decided to drop out. I then became an equally die-hard Newt supporter, but sadly things have not been looking good for him, and just recently decided to drop out. This has left us with Mitt Romney as the GOP candidate. Sometimes our guy (or gal) doesn't win...period. Instead of having a tantrum, many of us decided that in order to remove the Marxist who currently occupies the Oval Office, we would need to vote for Romney. Check the posting history of those of us who've opted to vote for Romney. I'm confident you'll find most of us had a progression in favorites similar to mine.
We're choosing to be adults here and make the most of a difficult situation. I'm taking the advice of Palin, Limbaugh, and Levin: “ABO!”
I'm actually a little embarrassed I took any time to answer your silly question. I know you understand perfectly what's going on here.
You’re right about one thing - I do understand what is going on here. You are campaigning for Romney here, encouraging others to vote for him.
If he wins, you will celebrate and later you will regret that you campaigned here for him. That’s what’s going on here.
Primaries are squirrelly things with their pitiful turnouts. Activism, astroturfing, etc. has an outsize influence with them, that is less in a general election with higher turnout.
Nontheless, primaries are how candidates are picked today. Something more ideal would be, perhaps, for every registered voter to a party to get a mailed primary ballot to make it very easy to respond. And no cross party primaries.