[plain talk]

Many of you people are missing the point. The problem is on the front end, not the back end. The problem is that not enough people believe like you and me. Especially in California. Whining about principles and RINOS at election time is a waste of time and energy. Many of you look childish and ridiculous. You simply don't have the votes or a strategy for convincing people to vote with you. Many of you 3rd party types have zero skills in convincing people in your cause. You just preach to the choir. THAT is the problem.

[poet]

And that justifies selling out?

[Anitius Severinus Boethius]

No, the problem is simply that people like that will not support any candidate that a moderate might consider voting for. They honestly believe that they can win elections through the purity of their beliefs rather than realize that they need a majority of voters willing to pull the lever.

They would rather starve dreaming of steak, rather than eat hamburger and build strength for the next fight.