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Sorry Jim. I’m out. Outside of the extreme moral dilemma posed by voting for someone who supports both infanticide and gun control, there are the practical political considerations to think about.

A theme I’ve heard repeatedly on FR is that conservatives will somehow hold willards feet to the fire if he is elected. I’m curious as to how exactly conservatives plan on doing that and with whom. We have less than 10 solid conservatives in the senate and less than 50 in the house. Are we counting on the weeper and his pet weasel eric to do it? The kentucky doughboy? It ain’t happening. And let me introduce a more horrible idea. What if it turns out that willard is only interested in one term? Conservatives will have zero, and I do mean ZERO influence on him.

Willard is just a more extreme example of the same suckers game that has been played against conservatives for decades. The gop picks a moderate or centrist candidate and dares conservatives to do something other than vote for their POS candidate. And like the battered wives that conservatives mimic, we come slinking back to vote for whomever the gop annoints. This time the gop didn’t even have the decency to pick a centrist. They picked the most liberal candidate they could pick this side of gerald ford. And now with a sneer on their lips and avarice in their hearts they say to us: vote for willard or we give you hussein.

Giving us the sophie’s choice of willard or hussein is not a choice. It’s an expression of contempt for conservatives and everything we stand for. I reject that false choice and will go my own way when November rolls around and will urge others to do likewise.

That leaves the final issue to discuss. My relationship with FR. I’ve appreciated being here for the past 8 years. I understand that your decision to accede to willard was a difficult one. My decision has been easy by comparison. I will give no aid and comfort to a candidacy that I view as an epitaph for political conservatism in the US. So the choice will ultimately come to you when some willardite comes complaining that I’ve offended their delicate sensibilities. Be ready. And rest assured that I treated them with the same esteem and respect I would accord to any quisling.

I fully agree, RKBA. Romney is a disaster for conservatism and for America. Obama is a disaster for America.

But, as that Christian song of Bob Dylan’s says:

“Gotta Serve Somebody”

You may be an ambassador to England or France
You may like to gamble, you might like to dance
You may be the heavyweight champion of the world
You may be a socialite with a long string of pearls.

But you’re gonna have to serve somebody, yes indeed
You’re gonna have to serve somebody,
It may be the devil or it may be the Lord
But you’re gonna have to serve somebody.

Might be a rock’n’ roll adict prancing on the stage
Might have money and drugs at your commands, women in a cage
You may be a business man or some high degree thief
They may call you Doctor or they may call you Chief.

But you’re gonna have to serve somebody, yes indeed
You’re gonna have to serve somebody,
Well, it may be the devil or it may be the Lord
But you’re gonna have to serve somebody.

You may be a state trooper, you might be an young turk
You may be the head of some big TV network
You may be rich or poor, you may be blind or lame
You may be living in another country under another name.

But you’re gonna have to serve somebody, yes
You’re gonna have to serve somebody,
Well, it may be the devil or it may be the Lord
But you’re gonna have to serve somebody.

You may be a construction worker working on a home
You may be living in a mansion or you might live in a dome
You might own guns and you might even own tanks
You might be somebody’s landlord you might even own banks.

But you’re gonna have to serve somebody, yes
You’re gonna have to serve somebody,
Well, it may be the devil or it may be the Lord
But you’re gonna have to serve somebody.

You may be a preacher with your spiritual pride
You may be a city councilman taking bribes on the side
You may be working in a barbershop, you may know how to cut hair
You may be somebody’s mistress, may be somebody’s heir.

But you’re gonna have to serve somebody, yes
You’re gonna have to serve somebody,
Well, it may be the devil or it may be the Lord
But you’re gonna have to serve somebody.

Might like to wear cotton, might like to wear silk
Might like to drink whiskey, might like to drink milk
You might like to eat caviar, you might like to eat bread
You may be sleeping on the floor, sleeping in a king-sized bed.

But you’re gonna have to serve somebody, yes indeed
You’re gonna have to serve somebody,
It may be the devil or it may be the Lord
But you’re gonna have to serve somebody.

You may call me Terry, you may call me Jimmy
You may call me Bobby, you may call me Zimmy
You may call me R.J., you may call me Ray
You may call me anything but no matter what you say.

You’re gonna have to serve somebody, yes indeed
You’re gonna have to serve somebody,
Well, it may be the devil or it may be the Lord
But you’re gonna have to serve somebody.