There are many here that sat out the election rather than vote for the (odious) Romney. He was far from perfect, very, very far from it, but given the awful choice between him and the Big Zero, pulling the lever for him was the only choice if you were to vote. Incremental gains and access and influence is the game.
Just browse the threads from the last presidential election and you will find loads of FReepers that "took their ball (vote) and went home (didn't vote)" even when their candidate dropped out of the primary. So, they bowed out because their (perfect) candidate didn't place and they conceded the election to the Big Zero. Many threads proved that.
They all had their perfect candidate they would support and trashed all the others because of failings (we see this now, like the original Post I was replying to).
Apparently you missed the point of my post.
Incremental gains add up over time.
The left knows this and they vote accordingly. It is time the right learns this, too.
Your screed about 4-cycles proves my point--when was the last time we controlled both houses of congress and the White House? When were the republicans last able to at least slow the lefts advancing? Maybe if we have enough Freepers fighting hard and true for their perfect candidate and then supporting a marginal candidate we will incrementally shift government rightward. Maybe. How do we know unless we give them that chance?
The left achieved critical mass with the Big Zero and leaped forward with their agenda. We will never be in such a position until we accept incremental gains.
We will never be in such a position until we accept incremental gains. Why? Because we have not been in a position to do so because FReepers generally never will be satisfied with whatever candidate is running if not their own.
(You do know my post was not personal, my original post and this one. So, https://youtu.be/0OnpkDWbeJs)
Your first sentence was such a flat out lie the rest isn’t worth reading.
If there was a like button for your posts, I would have clicked on it.
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