I think it’s abundantly clear to everyone that the truce with the ABO brigade had the same outcome as all the go along get along crap the GOP uses with the Dems. The ABOers have proceeded to slap JR and FR in the face daily, along with those of us allergic to kool aid. It is a mistake for the GOP and IMO, was a mistake here. But that is my opinion. Not my site to control.
All we can do now is point and laugh at the folly of the ABOers defending the liberal activities of their liberal candidate, while calling his and their actions ‘conservative’ and claiming it’s going to save the country.
The ABOers pretty much have to ride their horse to the finishline. If they admit their mistake now, they would have to likewise admit that us ‘Obama supporters’ were right to begin with. And not one of them has thusfar displayed the integrity to do that. So expect more ranting and raving on how evil/bad/stupid/crazy we are and how we who have both campaigned and supported the conservative position will be the downfall of America.
As a side note, I wish I could see the books when history is written about this situation. It will not speak well for the the wholly illogical ‘Anyone but’ philosophy.
Because if ‘anybody’ was acceptable, we should run Hillary! for a 100% guaranteed win. After all, she’s not Obama. And if the ABOs don’t agree with that they cannot by definition be ‘ABO’. So they are in truth Pro Liberal Romney.
My biggest complaint with the stunning intellectual dishonesty of the ABO brigade is their persistent mewling and barking that: "Well, it's okay if Mitt's
really a hardcore liberal on virtually every last social issues known to man, because Congress will absolutely,
positively hold his darned feet to the
fire, by God and by damn!"
This, of course, is nothing more than reconstituted horse crap, and everyone with an I.Q. higher than their resting pulse rate knows it. As Erick Erickson pointed out, earlier today:
"[...]we’ve seen this play out before. Once George Bush was elected, we had to keep the fragile coalition together. Then it was the war. Then it was re-election. We got to TARP and the GM bailout and people were still yelling that we could not criticize the Bush Administration lest we help Barack Obama.
"These supporters are enablers of the $16 trillion debt we presently have. If we cannot vocally and forcefully hold Mitt Romney accountable now, there will be a new excuse after the election for why we cannot hold him accountable, just as there always has been up to $16 trillion."
Republicans in Congress never, ever, EVER hold the feet of their party's President "to the fire" on ANY issue of importance to movement conservatives. We have eight years of GWB, amply serving an inarguable demonstration of that.
They lie.
Unhesitatingly, and directly to your face: they lie.