[Finny]

Big difference between an imperfect Republican and a liberal-in-Republican-guise.

Yep.

In my nearly 12 years on Free Republic, I have never come across a purist. NOT ONCE.

I've come across many folks, however, who accuse others of being purists.

Voting "against" leftist Democrats necessarily entails voting for something or someone. This is because materially and mathematically, voting "against" is pure sophistry; mathematically and materially, you either vote FOR something, or you decline to vote. Voting "against" is strictly an artifice.

If you vote "against," by definition you must vote FOR something.

Folks who voted for Romney are passionate in writing about what they intended to vote "against."

They are profoundly silent in writing about what they were voting FOR.

[Beagle8U]

“...voting “against” is pure sophistry;...”

Pure sophistry? Isn’t that a factory that upholsters sofas? lol