Conservatives: REALLY???

This isn't going to be a long blog, because it doesn't have to be. I could make it one, but apart from being extremely dull & boring, I probably couldn't BS my way through it enough to make it a huge blog. So here goes nothing...

Specifically I want to target my conservative friends on this blog. Through the tweets, statuses, blogs, etc..., I've been seeing the information you post about candidates & this election. No one can say that you're not passionate about your beliefs! I know that most of you get into very heated discussions about who you think should or shouldn't be president. But the one thing that gets to me is when you say something like the following: "If (insert name here) gets the GOP nomination, I will not support them." This concerns me greatly & here is why...

(At this point my liberal friends may want to look away, because the rest of this blog may send you into fits. Are you all looking away? No? Some of you are still reading? Well, continue at your own risk.)

Conservatives know what is at stake at this next election. This country has been subjected to years of leaning towards big government & all that it brings to the party with it (diminished rights, increased entitlements, debt & unemployment through the roof, etc...), not just by our current president but by ones that preceded him. The United States is sliding down a slippery slope that is becoming increasingly difficult to reverse unless we act NOW. That's why this election is so important. We have an opportunity to start the correction that sets us all back on the right course. That's why I find the talk about not supporting this or that candidate to be so destructive. Granted, there are some vying for the GOP nomination that aren't as conservative as the other candidates, but if there is a "perfect" conservative, I haven't met them yet. Chances are we won't see them in an election anytime soon either. If he/she does exist, it's a person like you or me who tweets, blogs, talks to friends, etc... about what this country should do, but doesn't possess the strong leadership qualities or financial backing to do anything about it.

To simplify my point, here it is in a nutshell. There are a couple of choices you can make when it comes to this next election. If the person you don't like gets the GOP nod, you could go third party. Currently there isn't a big enough third party movement with enough votes to defeat either the Republican candidate or President Obama, so your vote (although noble & true to your heart) is a throw-away. A write-in of one of the candidates that didn't get the Republican nomination could be done, or to vote for a Democrat challenger to Obama, but this is another throw-away. If they were good enough to be on the general election ballot, they'd have secured the nomination. With that choice, President Obama is a second-term president. You could sit at home & not vote at all, but that's even better for the Democrat party. This counteracts some of the votes they're losing to dissatisfaction & once again, you have President Obama in the White House. Then there is the "if you can't beat 'em, join 'em" philosophy & voting for Obama, but that makes NO SENSE WHATSOEVER. If you're going to make that decision, you'd have made that already & the election wouldn't be the deciding factor in your change in political ideals. The final decision & only logical one (as I see it) is to support whoever the Republicans nominate.

I would love to see someone running that I agree with 100% of the time, but I know that will NEVER happen. It's just absolutely impossible. I can sit here & pick out at least one thing from each of the remaining GOP candidates that I can't stand, but is it really enough to not vote for them? Compare each of them to Obama, my fellow conservatives, & tell me they're not a better choice than our current president. If you honestly would place a vote for Obama over one of them, I question the sincerity of your philosophy from the very beginning.

I've said it before & I will say it again: Democrats win elections by throwing full support behind their candidate no matter if they agree with them fully or not. Don't you think the Hillary Clinton supporters were growling & snarling as they pulled the lever for Obama four years ago? Yes, but they realized it was better for their cause to rally behind the candidate chosen as the best possible to win. THAT is exactly what Republicans and conservatives need to do. When it's been narrowed to a choice, we need to throw 100% support behind that person.

Somewhere down the road I hope it becomes possible to eliminate all of the PAC's, the special interests, the lobbyists, the endless campaigning, the slanderous commercials & everything that makes presidential elections so awful. I'd like to see it become a way for anyone, regardless of their background or bank account, to be able to serve this country as president if they get the votes from the people. Let them state their case to the country for a few months as to why they are best qualified, then skip straight to a nationwide general election where you vote for the candidate that best represents you. When the votes are counted & the dust clears, the person left with the most votes will be the president.

Wow, this ended up being longer that I originally thought. But simply put, my point behind this whole blog is this: conservatives, will you REALLY not support the candidate who secures the GOP nomination if they aren't your first choice? Please let that weigh heavily on your mind before you answer that with a "no". You may be making a HUGE mistake.