re: #47 Jetpilot1101

Like many of you, I do not like where the GOP is heading. With that being said, what are all of us to do this coming election? I for one can’t support the democrats, not due to their stances on abortion, gay marriage etc., but more because I can’t support their terrible fiscal and big government policies.

Do we all stay home?

Do we vote our conscience and in the process help more democrats become elected?

I’m at a crossroads here. I will not vote for a theocrat or even a perceived theocrat but the thought of more democrats like Pelosi and Reid entering the halls of Washington scares me.

Again, what do we do?

Maybe moderate (let’s say “rational”) conservatives should try to be slightly more vociferous, even if it is impossible to attain the Tea Part/Glen Beck level of loudness and keep one’s sanity.
GOP politicians (perhaps all politicians) seem to be playing to the crowd that yells the louder.
They might be unaware that their attempt to keep and heed “the base” (let’s call it “the Asylum”) is losing them many moderate votes.
I think the “silent majority” aspect of moderate conservatives is keeping the GOP from realizing how many they are.