Again... these probably look like conscientious objections to them, on a false vote-purity basis.
Who’s been dancing around singing the vote-purity song lately? I’m ashamed to say it has been belted out lustily from Free Republic itself, among other places.
This IS an influential site... therefore we really ought to be watching what we say. Blowing off volcanic steam is taken seriously by observers as an endorsement to do the same.
I don’t care what their rationale is. They made a promise and they need to follow thru.
They set up the endorsement thing to be a problem for Trump. But, as often happens, they outsmarted themselves, and it is now a problem for them.
They need to swallow their pride and do like they committed to do.
As for Trump, he clearly holds to the LBJ reward your friends, punish your enemies school of politics. When you are dealing with dishonourable people, that is the only “persuasion” that works.