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My Pilate analogy refers not to Mittens, but to those who would rather see BO be reelected, and serve have him serve another term, than dirty their hands, in their opinion, by voting for Romney.

If your best option is terrible, but the other is calamitous, you take the terrible option, and prevent calamity. You don't disdainfully point out how terrible the terrible option is, and allow calamity to occur by default.

You are advocating for a lying, left-wing, Progressive Liberal when there are stil 46% of the available delegates to be won in the primaries.

You are doing this on a conservative website dedicated to seeing conservatives elected and Romney defeated.

Why?

If your best option is terrible, but the other is calamitous, you take the terrible option, and prevent calamity. You don't disdainfully point out how terrible the terrible option is, and allow calamity to occur by default.

I very much disagree with that thinking.

The enemy within...

Who shall I choose to represent me?

What good are principles?

My principles.

“Why?”

That does seem to be a very simple question that none of these people are willing to answer.

I’d also ask “Why?” can’t they follow simple directions, AKA “Take your RINO support elsewhere”.

But no, like tantruming children, Daddy, (in this case the site owner) told them “NO” and they are bound and determined to find that one magical excuse that makes it OK for them to keep asking for the cookie over and over and over. I still have yet to see any of them answer my earlier “How can you vote lib and still call yourself a conservative” question either, so we are both likely to be disappointed.

Of course, we’re just disappointed. They have to wake up every day knowing they are selling our everything that men from George Washington and co. to Ronald Reagan believe in and fought for. They can deny it here on FR, but denial does not change reality.

Agreed. On the matter of principals. There's does come a point when you have to say no. There has to be a line in the sand, so to speak. There are issues for which there can be no compromise. I know many who will not vote for any candidate that does oppose abortion. I can respect that they feel, as I do, that supporting a candidate who stands for abortion is supporting murder. I cannot do that.

Pilate is an interesting example for it raises an interesting point. Who is actually just washing their hands and giving in. I would argue it the people who at this point are giving as you point out with 46% of the delegates left to go are the ones washing their hands of the matter. To which the response from the Romney supporters is, to use another Biblical reference, they can see the handwriting on the wall. Very well, that still doesn't mean it's over. Romney has said it would take an act of God to stop him from being nominated, start praying. Once it is honest and truly over then and only then should the debate begin as to whether it is time to get behind the nominee. If you can compromise principles and vote for Romney then I hope you seriously consider what issues are non negotiable to you.

Pontious Pilate found he couldn't wash his hands of the matter, his non choice was a choice. He chose to put his loyalty to his position as governor above his loyalty to his conscience. How can we then be urged to wash our hands of the matter and accept a man who our consciences revile? I cannot do it. In this case the fighting may be more important that the winning. Stand for what is right for the sake it is right, not because it has a chance of being victorious.