[skeeter]

Do you really believe the GOPe would have lost had they listened to their most reliable base voters, rather than insult it and instead prostitute themselves to their big time contributors?

Since thats exactly what they did, how can you blame the voting base for their loss?

[KGeorge]

i do, skeeter. We are very close to 50-50 in this country. Financial conservatism (even considering the gibsmedats- in fact, especially considering them) will win with more of the independents than social causes. People are very, very indoctrinated & it’s going to take a while for them to come to their senses, if a majority ever does. That is not to say roll over & give up the fight, by any means, but it’s crazy to destroy a candidate who is actually far better than the opposition & who *might* move things in a better direction, just because he isn’t the ‘’anointed one’’.

There’s no excuse for the GOPe insulting anyone, ever. I’m really surprised at the vitriol being lobbed back & forth by the supporters AND the pundits’ editorials go without saying. Eegad, what a climate! No wonder so many people just tune out. (I have made my choice & am ready to tune out, myself. That is a 90% probability, going up).

I don’t know who ‘’your’’ candidate is, but at this point the only candidate who is not prostituting himself is Trump (& I am NOT proselytizing for Trump- at least not right now) Nobody has ‘’clean hands’’ anymore. That’s the problem.

I cited why I blame this *portion* of the voting base. Do ‘’reliable’’ voters sit out an election when their preferred candidate isn’t chosen?

Sundance at The Conservative Treehouse has laid the situation out perfectly. We are in the situation we are in. (”it is what it is’’)
We need to quit being our own worst enemy- but I’m not going to hold my breath.