Don't you love the people who pompously start by firing up the straw man "Well, those of us who are not going to stay home"? [COBOL2Java, post #100]
Pompous indeed. Straw man? Yup.
Elitist. Assumptionist.
Allow me to state the obvious:
(a) There's more races on a November ballot -- along with key issues -- than POTUS
(b) There'll be likely more "Virgil Goode" and "Tom Hoefling" votes (true conservative votes) than "stay home" conservative voters...
And if some of you are going to don your "third party can't win" pulpit mantras, let's see your level of consistency on that one. Where have you been in telling conservatives in about 15 states that NO conservative or RINO can win in those states? (Left Coast; New England; IL; D.C. area aside from Virginia) Somehow that doesn't stop Romney from getting votes in those states, and we don't see you preaching that crap @ Romney blue-state voters...Why not?
Romneyites: JimRob is in CA...how oft' have you preached to him that Romney can't win in that state, so why vote for somebody who can't collect electoral votes?
What's "funny" about that mantra is -- taken to its extreme -- if you are ONLY to vote for the guy who can take a given state -- well, that means conservatives would HAVE to vote for Obama in the blue states...and some maintain with a LOT of evidence that it wouldn't be much worse than his "twin," the Mythster.
Blue-staters inside and outside FR: Vote third party (Goode/Hoefling) Romney can't win those states, anyway.
Red-staters within FR: Vote third-party (Goode/Hoefling) Obama can't win those states, anyway.
Purple-staters within FR: Keep monitoring the polls up thru late October. If it shifts more strongly to Romney, he won't need your vote; If it shifts more strongly to Obama, one more vote down the toilet won't help Romney. If it's neck and neck up to the end, pray for direction...It's to Him you will ultimately have to be accountable unto...and don't be afraid to stick to your principle to never vote for a "pro-abort" if you have that...
Remember... one day somebody will pressure you into voting for either a type like THE Anti-Christ...who could be running vs. a reincarnated Hitler...Believe me, the "anti-opposing candidate" reasons to vote vs. one or the other of those guys would be hefty...
But the "anti" vote goes both ways...we don't support people who oppose the ban on the Boy Scouts...who become socialist healthcare pioneers...and who support the "offing" of offspring just because they adhere to the euphemism of "choice"...and this year we have one candidate doing that in sheep's clothing...based upon all the pro-abort things Romney did/said in 2005-2007 after his alleged "pro-life" altarcall in late 2004.