Except me and thee and sometimes I wonder about thee.
Agreed that you can't get what you want in a candidate, but have to take the best mix of what's available. I'm sure it isn't Rooty or McCain or Romney, but not sure it is Thompsen.
It sounds as if you are down to Huckabee and Thompson. If thats the case, you have to look at the things that Huckabee has as conservative baggage. It is true that he is as strong on the second amendment as Fred.
However, he did raise a number of taxes while governor, he does not have a good immigration record and he is a nanny stater. He is an anti smoking nazi and a fatty food nazi. He has made statements in the past to the effect of using the force of government to tell people how to eat or prohibiting legal substances such as tobacco. I think when you add it up, Huckabee has more black marks against his conservative record than Fred does.
Look, no matter who the republicans put up I will vote for them in the general. I don’t want to see Hitlery, Hussein Obama or the Silky Pony as president. The question is, will I have to vote with my nose turned up or not.