I think that’s largely true. But...
If you abandon your conservatism, and lets face facts, a vote for someone with Romney’s record REQUIRES you to leave your conservatism at the door, means that there are other things that can lead you to another compromise of your principles. Like the joke says, “We already determined what you are, we’re just negotiating price”.
Conservatism, unlike republicanism or liberalism, isn’t something one can discarded as a continence/encumbrance for the crisis du jour. It’s who we are to our core. It’s what defines us.
To abandon it for a vote? Then you may share conservative values, but that’s it. They are what they are and we are what we are. Doesn’t make them Olberman’s ‘worst people in the world’, but there’s nothing ‘good’ about backing anyone with Romney’s record.
What you say is true, and what many have tried to say on these threads.
You should learn more about elections. Who wins, why, and who actually elects either candidate from either party.Try the real world.Philosophy is great on a website. But, sooner or later you have to step away from the keyboard and go out into the real world.