And come election time, it is people like myself and a few others who have and will take advantage of that mindset. When you have a voter who is indecisive or less than thrilled about his party's nomination there are ways to create an atmosphere of disgust or repulsion to the candidate and cause the voter to 'sit home.' Kerry was perfect fodder for this!
I never "sit home". However, I do not vote for socialist scum, regardless of what party they claim to be supporting. I go to the polls, and either vote 3rd party in that specific race, or leave it blank.
I didn't vote for Bush the elder for a second term for exactly this reason. I did vote for W the second time around, but it was serious "hold my nose and vote" time. I was able to vote for W because he is not quite the leftist trash that his father is. Close, but not quite.
I am not "indecisive" or "less than thrilled" by politicians like McCain. I regard them to be far too leftist and dangerous to this country to get my vote under any circumstances, and I could care less who they are running against. McCain could be running against a Kennedy/Feinstein ticket and the socialist POS from Arizona still wouldn't get my vote.
If the choice is between one blood-sucking communist and another, I spend my time on more local races.