[Norm Lenhart]

What purity? Even I, the so called purist, was ready to vote Gingrich.

The problem was a LACK of purity. You had people ready to accept anything and millions of shouts of ‘no matter what and lesser evil.

So ultimately they got the ‘lesser evil’ they wanted. And THEN the more conservative candidate that many rationalized about, won.

Because lets face the facts. Their records in office were mirrors except for one glaring difference. One of the two was opposed to gay marriage while a Senator in office. Guess which?

[presidio9]

I don't believe in gay marriage, but given the problems that the country was facing (and continues to face), it wasn't as big a litmus test for me as it was for some. It is, however, a good example of the problem that we are sure to face in the upcoming election: Any time any potentially acceptable candidate says something regrettable, he gets destroyed. We both watched it happen again and again.

My candidate in the last election was "Not Romney." This time around, it will be "Not Bush or Romney."

My criteria start with "Can he beat Hillary?"