You are correct in your assessment of the situation.
These morons who think Barack Hussein is no worse than any GOP nominee have not seen the “wink wink” with the Russian politician with Barack whispering “I will have lot more flexibility with you after the election is over”.
Even Mitt, who is my 3rd choice behind Newt & Rick, I know is not a real conservative, but at least he does not hate United States of America.
Suddenly, I think that even if he loses, we will still be in deep trouble. Think of all the havoc he will wreak from November to January....
We’re not morons and no one’s claiming Obama himself isn’t worse than Romney. People like you simply have no ability to think more than one chess move ahead on the board. Keep in mind we are going to vote Republican House and Senate seats. So if Obama wins, he will be gridlocked, limiting the damage he can do. As the opposition party, we’ll gain even more seats in 2014, maybe even enough to block judicial appointments. And the GOP voters will have learned that Newt and Rick were right, a moderate Republican can’t win. Then we can get a real conservative nominee in 2016 who will win. And whatever Obama has done by executive order can be overturned instantly. Obama will do some damage, but not an unchecked amount. This option is the strategic retreat.
On the other hand, if Romney wins and is successful for two terms, the GOP will be convinced they need to continue going moderate and liberal. We will no longer have a conservative opposition party at all. The article that came out recently showing the GOP is “softening” on gay marriage is starting to show where the party will go. I won’t be participating in the political process to elect that kind of “progressive” candidate now or in the future no matter what letter is placed after his name. Conservatives will probably have to go 3rd party if this happens, which is a risky move that may or may not work. The best option is to make sure we make the Republican party OUR party and marginalize the moderate and liberal wings. That’s impossible to do if you keep voting for them.
And now for the last scenario. If Romney wins and is unpopular, like he was as governor, then all the nightmare scenarios you envision if Obama is reelected will be FAR MORE LIKELY to occur in 2016. The Demonrats will gain seats in 2014 just as they did in 2006. Then they will be able to run a candidate as far to the left as Obama, if not further and win in 2008. This will be a candidate who follows through on all his anti-war, anti-military policy and who will put in single payer socialized health care. And because of the big Demonrat congressional gains, he will be able to do it after 2016 with impunity.
So you have three choices. Vote for gridlock, basically the same we’ve seen for the past 2 years, far better than when Obama had the votes to pass the stimulus and Obamacare, and get a chance at a reboot in 2016. Vote for a newly rebranded liberal GOP, basically a party that’s friendly to big business but will compromise on every other core value and principle. By doing the latter, you will only push the Demonrats further to the left so they can distinguish themselves which sets up severely dangerous scenarios once they regain power.