I would suggest you never live in New Hampshire. I do not know where you live, but if you ever lived in the Northeast you would understand what us embattled conservatives must do time to time. In order not to lose every election, we have to accept less than a whole loaf to win once in a while, and hopefully move the ball a few yards down the field. If we ignored reality and ceded the whole field to the Democrats by fielding candidates who would never get more than 40% of the vote, what would that accomplish. So yes, we sometimes have to look the other way on some cultural issues so maybe we can not get taxed out of existence. It is easy to be pure when all around you feel the same way, but it is not easy when reality tells you that you are in a minority of 30%. So what do we do, we vote for the most conservative candidate available, even if that person is just slightly to the right of the Democrat. Why, because the only other chose is losing. And losing is for losers.
Thank you.
Way too many Freepers don't understand that in the Northeast a Scott Brown is the best we're going to get right now. We aren't lucky enough to have an electorate up here to give us a Ted Cruz.
Does that mean I want him (or Christie or Romney or Jeb) as the GOP nominee? No. Does that mean I want people like him running the national party? Hell no.
But it does mean I'd rather have someone in office who votes the way I think 50% of the time than someone who votes that way NONE of the time.
As you said, let's move the ball forward when we can, not hand it to the other side and forfeit.