“We are not picking a president this election. We are firing one. It’s that simple.”
You are the ONLY ABO I have seen that clearly articulates their position. Although I see will not vote for Romney nor do I think what you are doing is wise. I cannot condemn/berate you for your choice because I understand where you are coming from, and you are not self deluding yourself. You are voting for Romney knowing he is screwed up...and you don’t pretend otherwise. Your disdain for and fear of Obama outweighs your knowledge that Romney is not an answer. You just want Obama fired - I can respect that and don’t find it offensive. However, please don’t denigrate those of us, who out of principle and values we won’t violate, cannot ever vote for Romney. That is where I get upset with the ABO crowd - berating persons of conservative principle that won’t be swayed by fear of Obama to make an equally bad choice in Romney.
I do think I still feel some frustration from the attacks on my guy Perry which I think were unfair and who I think had best chance of beating Romney in the final stretch.
If you can't vote for Mitt you can't vote for Mitt and I can respect that.
OTOH, those of us who want Obama fired are going to have support Mitt and say nice things about him even if it means keeping our fingers crossed -- and by that I don't mean that we are lying, I mean that we are hoping that what we are saying (overturning Ocare, appointing sane judges etc) turns out to be true. I hope you can respect that.
I'm also concerned about too much Mitt bashing discouraging turnout for the down-ticket races. That is something we really can't afford.
As conservatives we really have to start thinking two or three moves ahead. The left is very good at this. We, OTOH, have a habit of reacting emotionally to matters that had been in the works for years or decades and losing in frustration.