Rather than arguing over who started the personal attacks, let us instead consider who is the pragmatist.
You are fed up with the Republican Party so you are going to vote for someone who can't have any effect whatsoever on the policies and direction of the country. Now I ask you, is that practical? I would call it misguided idealism.
On the other hand, I want to work with the best chance we have of bringing about the conservative changes we want. Who would that be? The Democrats? The Green Party? The Constitution Party? The Libertarian Party? Whatever that party was that Pat Buchanan formed? Or perhaps, the Republican Party?
I leave it to you to decide which is the most PRACTICAL approach.