I want to ask those who consider themselves conservatives, and are going to vote for Romney because he happens to have an (R) instead of a (D) behind his name on the ballot sheet...That's an over-simplification and you know it. We can do some damage control in the executive branch and try again in 2016. I'm voting for Romney because he's not Obama. If he's conservative 40% of the time, at least we'll get that 40%. Vote for some Constitution or Libertarian Party yahoo and you'll give us 100% Obama.
And if, as his track record justifies, Romney is only 1% conservative or less, kissing the backsides of his fellow leftist eklitists and destroying the GOP in the process along with the country(as surely as will Obozo), then, hey, there's your Victory (???), right? And the best part is that you will empower the GOP Elite to wage (with nothing more than mountains of money) their primary campaigns of distortions, lies, libels and slanders to destroy each and every decent conservative. We don't have their money and we never will. All we can do is punish their tactics by punishing their candidates until they get the message. We don't want Obozo but we are suicidal if we tolerate Romney and the corrupt GOP Elite in power after what they have done this year alone. If Romney winds up in the White House, actual conservatives will have no more influence than they will have with Obozo. That is the simple truth and that is no oversimplification and YOU know it.
People are free to vote Libertarian if that is their flavor of the year or they can vote for Virgil Goode on the Constitution Party or, like me, they can vote for fellow FReeper Tom Hoefling (Eternal Vigilance) particularly after checking his homepage and websites. At least, any of those choices represents a vote for principle and a vote for Romney by any actual conservative is an utterly wasted vote and an encouragement to our enemies in both parties.
After 44 years of voting for each and every GOP POTUS candidate including such utter RINOs as Ford, Bush the Elder, Dole and McCain, I have had it now and forever. If the GOP wants my vote, it can darn well EARN it by nominating conservatives. Otherwise, to hell with them and their lavishly funded serial liars and spineless cretins like Romney.