(http://pajamasmedia.com/2008/02/mccain_won_your_guy_lost_now_d.php#comments)
scott palter :
Fall in line because the Democrat will be worse? True. Likely to always be true. However politics in a two party system rewards those who won't fall in line and penalizes those who will. If someone can backstab you on your issues and you will vote for him anyway he and his party will always do so because it has no cost and there are always competing pressures. So the only way to show that there are costs to this is to vote the other way when backstabbed and be quite vocal about why you are doing so. Between W and McCain my back has enough knife wounds that I have reached my 'bridge too far'. Reregistered as a Democrat. Voted for Clinton in the Iowa caucus. Will vote for her if she is nominated. If not I will find a suicide third party to make a protest vote. I remain a conservative and will still vote Republican down ballot. Indeed my Senator, while liberal on many issues, was reliable on Amnesty and has my vote accordingly. However until the Republican party offers more than fall in line my Republican Presidential ballot days are over. Actions have consequences.
Feb 10, 2008 01:41 AMLabels: Comment I had elsewhere in response to the usual fall in line drivel
posted by scott 8:59 AM