[DoughtyOne]

I do not want to see a second Obama term.

I do not want to see a first Romney term.

Our nation is too important for either.

That said, I see no reason to lie about
what confronts us.

Obama is our enemy. Romney is out enemy.

Accepting this is the only peace we’ll
get this election year.

I and many others tried to explain what
nominating Mitt Romney would mean to
Conservatism. People didn’t listen to us.

Here we are. Enjoy.

If you don’t like this, contact folks in
early primary states and explain to them
how unhappy you are.

Hopefully in 2016, we can nominate a person
that agrees with us. If not we’ll do this
all over again.

One call that is worth making, is a call
to the RNC to let them know that you are
leaving the party.

Open primaries and elected Republicans have
made it impossible for Conservatives to get
any support.

Personally, I’m done with them.

When 0.05% of the voting public is registered
as a Republican, perhaps the RNC will be more
willing to listen to Conservatives.

I somehow doubt it though.

[DoughtyOne]

I wanted to make it clear, I was not directing that at you Roamer_1.

It was meant as a general statement to those who can’t grasp why we won’t support Romney.

[trisham]

I and many others tried to explain what nominating Mitt Romney would mean to Conservatism. People didn’t listen to us.

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Exactly right, DO.

[cripplecreek]

I don't agree with everything this blogger says but he really nails it with the Star Wars analogy of the conservative slide into darkness.

For my money, the best thing about the six-episode Star Wars epic is the slow but certain descent to the Dark Side of the Force that happens to the Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader character. It’s my favorite part of the whole series, because in contrast to the rest of the monstrous sh’bang, that one sub-plot seems well-conceived, thoughtfully written, and passably well-acted. Watching young Anakin rise and mature and then begin his inevitable spiral around the drain over the course of the last three movies (parts 1-3) is like watching a horrible car wreck in super-slow motion.

What I particularly like about it is that they didn’t merely have him freak out and become homicidal for no good reason. At the very core of Skywalker’s dreadful transformation was, surprisingly, love. A manic love, granted. He loved the princess with an incredible intensity and then his love drove him to greatly fear losing her. And fear did him in.

My friends, I suggest that is a decent parable for what has happened to conservatism in the United States. Manic love courted fear of loss, and that fear found ways to justify going over to the dark side.

Are Conservatives Slipping To The ‘Dark Side’?

[roamer_1]

That said, I see no reason to lie about what confronts us.

Obama is our enemy. Romney is out enemy.

Accepting this is the only peace we’ll get this election year.

This is absolute truth... Or at least, accepting this is where we begin to see peace... camaraderie.

Open primaries and elected Republicans have made it impossible for Conservatives to get any support.

Again: Truth. The ballot box is busted. IMO, there is only one 'box' left to stand upon, unless we move in unison to counteract what has happened to the ballot box. That almost inherently means a 3rd party attempt.

Hopefully in 2016, we can nominate a person that agrees with us. If not we’ll do this all over again.

This is the one place I disagree with you, D1. Our FRiend Yam has one thing right: a sense of dire urgency. I don't want to wait until 2016, to face the same jiggered system all over again. I don't want to sacrifice 2012 to a low turnout yield - I want to blow out all the stops. Right now! Carpe Diem!

I would draw your eye to the TEA Parties - Their origination occurred spontaneously, pretty much in a matter of a month or so - So to those who say it is too late, I would say it is never too late... And what a boon it would be to have such an effort come into bloom right about the end of summer, when most folks are just starting to pay attention to politics: We could be the October surprise for a change!

But if we were to upset things, it would have to start now - Time is of the essence - Otherwise folks will be staying home again, just like last time, and we are doomed to wait till 2016, where btw, all forecasts would indicate that we would have to upset things then anyway. Now is as good a time as any.