I would rather you had voted to express your REJECTION of ANY agenda to increase the scope of government. Whether you intended it or not, when you voted for Romney, you voted for the Republican party to increase the scope of government.
Please tell me who an alternative was in those years that had even a possibility of winning.
A realist accepts reality. The reality is that either the Republican or the Democrat was going to win, in ALL those races and very probably in 2016 as well. The winner in 2016 will be either a Democrat or a Republican unless a miracle happens, and they do on occasion happen, but I ain't holdin' my breath. I'm a realist.
The reality is that although I voted for Dole and HW Bush "against" Clinton, those who voted for sure-loser Perot did Republican conservatives and America a favor. They reduced Clinton's "win" to tepid plurality status both times -- Clinton's so-called "popularity" was a media myth. In the "only poll that counts," most voters rejected him, that was the reality. And it hurt him -- Clinton got slammed with the Republican revolution and then impeached. That is the reality.
In the case of Romney, I wish you had voted third party in pursuit of the winning possibility of making sure whichever government-growing tyrant won, Obama or Romney, got in with a same weakening plurality, which would HELP conservatives by weakening the left in both parties.
Sasparilla, free yourself of "lesser of two evils" moral relativism because it is a false guide where intentions and actions are worlds apart -- you intend to turn things right but your vote acts to turn things left.
When you vote for the "lesser" you use your vote to endorse and empower evil. USE YOUR VOTE TO WEAKEN EVIL and starve it of votes. It is better to vote third party than to stay home for that reason, but even at that, it is better to stay home than to vote for the Republican party to increase the scope of government -- that is, unless you really WANT the Republican party to do that. Then by all means, vote for it -- BUT OWN IT. Admit and understand that it is what you are voting FOR.
Liberals are in a weak position now. Hopefully, that can be capitalized on.
They are in a weak position in both parties because the voters are rejecting them. I will continue to capitalize on that weakness and urge you to do the same. Vote for what you want to win and STOP voting for what you want to lose, figuratively AND literally. You are hurting America when you vote that way -- I voted that way for years and wish I had understood it sooner.
You are entitled to your opinion. So am I.