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	Name:	MartiniMan -
	Subject:	Ain't it great to be an "independent"?
	Date:	2/26/2010 1:24:58 PM

That way you have no real stake in the game and can take potshots with no responsibility for anything. Life is grand.

The fact is there are any number of GOP politicians that stray from fiscal conservatism and other conservative values. Such is life in the big tent and it can be frustrating. What would you do, vote for a Demoncrat just to show those pesky Republicans that don't always meet your unique brand of beliefs? That's what happened in November 2008 and look where that got us.

What you don't seem to get is I would rather work to improve the GOP with better, more conservative candidates. How you think you can accomplish that from the outside cherry picking our problem children is beyond me. And to where will you go? If you are truly a fiscal and/or social conservative, if you believe in limited government, free markets, traditional values, a strong national defense and individual liberty and freedom then the GOP is your only hope, despite its many imperfections and imperfect candidates. Third parties only ensure Demoncrat wins and voting for a Dem out of spite only insures something significantly worse.