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   BTW, I appreciate you actually taking the time to answer in reasonable terms.

You are very welcome. It seemed a sincere question and deserved a sincere answer.

   But I also think you could help your case by eliminating the attack on the credibility of “republicans who are just afraid of losing.”

Understood. In my defense, "fear" -- being a profound motivator in human nature -- is most certainly in play. It is expressed daily on FR as many here have indicated their support for Romney is based solely upon their fear of Obama. They will not support a third-party candidate due to the fear of losing, which gives Obama a second term. Though harsh, I think that's accurate.

   There is also the possibility that some of us recognize that there are only highly flawed people who run for office and our job is to pick the least offensive candidate.

That is reasonable. Perhaps I even fall into that camp. I did the homework, reviewed the options, and discerned rather quickly that Virgil Goode is by far the "least offensive candidate" on the ballot. I suspect just about every conservative that takes the time to compare Goode to Obama and Romney on an issue-by-issue basis comes to the same conclusion, probably more quickly than I did.

Often times this is followed by the statement "but he can't win". And for as long as we continue to fail the best candidate available with our vote, that is most certainly true. Which means we will perpetually deny ourselves a candidate of Goode's caliber. And, that won't change until we do.

I suspect just about every conservative that takes the time to compare Goode to Obama and Romney on an issue-by-issue basis comes to the same conclusion, probably more quickly than I did.... Which means we will perpetually deny ourselves a candidate of Goode's caliber.

Again, I think trying to convince someone from such a haughty standpoint may be too "honest" for your own good. In other words, "Anyone who doesn't agree with me is simply ignorant of the gospel truth."

Consider it this way.

I suspect just about every conservative that takes the time to convince themselves that they have discovered the one ideal candidate that absolutely everyone else has missed will always come to the same conclusion just as quickly as you did did.... Which means we will perpetually have a "if only" third-party candidate of Goode's type.

In other words, Cain was perfect--before he was not. O'Donnell was perfect...before he was not. I even remember back pre-GOP head days when Michael Steele was the next great white (black) conservative hope on FR.

We can both talk all day about how bad Obama is. I can rattle off 5-7 things I can't stand about Mitt Romney. (You could probably find 50-70.) But the fact that his supporters don't seem to think that Goode has any problems...a guy who's never done -anything- but run for public office....well that just cements my alarm bells.