Many voters won't turn out to vote for someone who doesn't consistently stand for an acceptable set of principles. These voters don't vote pragmatically; they won't turn out to vote for a "least-worst" candidate. They either see a man that's good enough to endorse, or they stay home.
It seems like most conservatives are in constant retreat, always looking for which principle to compromise to curry favor in the next election, always afraid to do something momentarily unpopular. I wonder whether that mode of thinking has killed the party yet.
Wow, it's been a long time since I wrote anything in this journal. Hello.
I hope it has killed the party, at this point, because the party (politically speaking) has no further reason to live. Its goals are identical to the Democrats' and the only real dispute is how quickly to get there, so why maintain a formal party split? If you run with an R after your name, that tells me you either support Boehner and his ilk or don't mind wearing the same brand name
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It seems like most conservatives are in constant retreat, always looking for which principle to compromise to curry favor in the next election, always afraid to do something momentarily unpopular. I wonder whether that mode of thinking has killed the party yet.
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I hope it has killed the party, at this point, because the party (politically speaking) has no further reason to live. Its goals are identical to the Democrats' and the only real dispute is how quickly to get there, so why maintain a formal party split? If you run with an R after your name, that tells me you either support Boehner and his ilk or don't mind wearing the same brand name ( ... )
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