Have any of you people ever stopped to think that if we started to elect more Republicans (even RINOs), we would start building a bigger majority in the house and also take over the senate. With that plurality, I feel the Republicans would start pushing harder for more conservative legislation because now both houses would be in the majority. With a 60% plurality, Bush could do everything he said he would do during the election. I believe in incrementalism and we have to have the majorities before we get the 60%. I'm not sure the Stayaway Christians would ever understand this. They have "principles", you know.
I share in your views of incrimentalism. But that is way too prudent of an approach for many in this forum. Most people simply don't understand statesmanship--how it is an art and how a statesman must reconcile his ideal objectives with current pragmatic circumstances.
People want to hold out for the perfect candidate (who will never exist). Meanwhile, the liberals have other plans: winning--and that they will until we learn the painful lesson that in the American political system it is often necessary to choose a "lesser evil".
Those who sit at home and don't vote because the perfect candidate hasn't come along are abdicating their responsibility as citizens and as Christians who are commanded to be stewards of the earth and take care of their families. When the liberals win and take away your rights, don't cry about it. You sat home. Your non-vote was a vote for the other side.
Cheers,
Tory-Oxonian