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BTW, I appreciate you actually taking the time to answer in reasonable terms.

I understand your perspective of support for a guy who you know more about than I do.

But I also think you could help your case by eliminating the attack on the credibility of “republicans who are just afraid of losing.”

There is also the possibility that some of us recognize that there are only highly flawed people who run for office and our job is to pick the least offensive candidate. And when I learn about someone like Goode who has a very small but rabid following, I think of how great Herman Cain or Christine O’Donnell seemed at first.

   BTW, I appreciate you actually taking the time to answer in reasonable terms.

You are very welcome. It seemed a sincere question and deserved a sincere answer.

   But I also think you could help your case by eliminating the attack on the credibility of “republicans who are just afraid of losing.”

Understood. In my defense, "fear" -- being a profound motivator in human nature -- is most certainly in play. It is expressed daily on FR as many here have indicated their support for Romney is based solely upon their fear of Obama. They will not support a third-party candidate due to the fear of losing, which gives Obama a second term. Though harsh, I think that's accurate.

   There is also the possibility that some of us recognize that there are only highly flawed people who run for office and our job is to pick the least offensive candidate.

That is reasonable. Perhaps I even fall into that camp. I did the homework, reviewed the options, and discerned rather quickly that Virgil Goode is by far the "least offensive candidate" on the ballot. I suspect just about every conservative that takes the time to compare Goode to Obama and Romney on an issue-by-issue basis comes to the same conclusion, probably more quickly than I did.

Often times this is followed by the statement "but he can't win". And for as long as we continue to fail the best candidate available with our vote, that is most certainly true. Which means we will perpetually deny ourselves a candidate of Goode's caliber. And, that won't change until we do.