Purists aren’t the problem. Compromisers are.
Purists didn’t help create 17 trillion in debt. Purists didn’t create bloated govt agencies. Purists didn’t vote for Dem nominated Supreme Court Justices.
Save the contempt for the Compromisers, the lesser of two evil Republicans, the Republicans who once elected walked across the political aisle to help Dems achieve their policies.
Purists are the problem because they with hold their votes and participation. This makes it possible for 17 trillion in debt, bloated government agencies, the elections of dems, and by extension the appointment of liberal Justices to take place.
We have a much better chance of influencing the GOP than we do the Dems. It is not my fault that you cannot see the forest for the trees. If we continue on with your strategy, yes, we will win in the South and some of the West. But for the most part we will get what we have now, nothing. Keep doing the same thing and expecting a different result.
I do not want liberal Republicans to be elected. But you say to stop voting for the lesser of two evils. Then who do we vote for? Dems? No one? Yes that will really teach the liberals a lesson. Why not use our heads, have a plan, and defeat the dems first? Then with GOP majorities influence the laws that are passed. Then work on the media and work on changing the culture and public education.
Your “I’m gonna take my ball and go home” strategy will get us nowhere. If you can tell me how more dem victories, not voting, or with holding our votes will change things for the better, I am all ears.