In the overall scheme of things, I don’t think the folks here determine elections. Some of the folks do refuse to vote for some candidates. I’m one of them. I don’t mind being classified one way or the other, because there are some valid things that can be said of this.
George Bush (IMO) is the perfect example of why I don’t support voting for some Republicans. The man had the first real opportunity to roll back Liberal polices in this nation, in 70 years. What did he roll back?
Fifty years before Bush, there was a very slim Republican majority. IMO it was too slim to make meaningful change. You have to go back to 1930 to find another Republican majority large enough to make big changes.
So Bush simply defeated anyone capable of doing anything meaningful with his Congressional Majority. Then he did nothing himself.
I didn’t vote for Bush the first time. I didn’t vote for McCain either. I shouldn’t have voted for Bush the second time or Romney either.
I say this, because they are simply Liberals. Liberals support and implement Liberal policy. And that’s Bush in a nutshell.
It would have been McCain and Romney too.
There was a time when I agreed with you, and I would vote for the Republican candidate to defeat the Liberal. These days, you can’t vote for a Republican candidate to defeat the Liberal. They’re Liberal too.
I’m not playing that game any longer. If it comes up Jeb Bush, I’ll sit out. If it’s another Liberal, I’ll sit out.
You might make a good case for me changing my mind. Unfortunate for you in that effort, is the public at large who are done supporting Bushes, McCains, and Romneys.
Not all of them of course, but enough to prevent them from being elected.
In the case of John McCain, thank God.
The Republican Party can either start supporting Conservatism, or die. If it won’t, it can’t die soon enough for me.
Of course it is already dead to the nation, because it does nothing to strengthen it. Why bother?
“Of course it is already dead to the nation, because it does nothing to strengthen it. Why bother?”
You make a very good point that we as conservatives have been served an endless smorgasbord of $hit sandwiches by the the GOPE. And like you, I’ve gotten to that Rubicon which I am likely to cross if the next GOP candidate is another $hit sandwich in the person of a Christie, Bush, Graham, or a half-dozen of the other assorted candidates. For me, it will be an easy decision because the GOP candidate isn’t going to win California anyway. So I’m sitting here trying to figure out what the alternative course of action might be. Or if I should just sit back and enjoy the rest of what’s left of my life and let America go under. I do know that for California, I hope and pray every day that it will go bankrupt, but the catastrophe of a national bankruptcy is a completely different matter. I’m all ears to hear what others think we should do.