Mitt Romney Drops out, Republicans Urged to Step in Line
Cross posted at Grizzly Groundswell
As everyone knows by now, Mitt Romney has dropped out of the race. I have been a Romney supporter for a while now, and he was our best chance to send a conservative to Washington. Now we have no chance. The reason we don’t have a chance is not because McCain can’t win, although I don’t think he can, the reason we can’t send a conservative to Washington is because McCain isn’t one.
I don’t give a damn what his conservative voting rating is, this man has been on the wrong side of all the important issues we have faced in the last eight years. I am not going to go into all the issues again, I have done that enough already and a search of my blog will show you what issues I am talking about.
I am still not sure where we go from here, there is nothing left for us now. We must re-group and start anew, it is going to be a long drawn out process, but it is a process that needs to begin soon. But I do know one thing, and that is that we do not have to rally around Juan McCain.
I understand the sentiment out there among conservatives that Juan McCain would be better than any of the Democrats, and I disagree whole-heartedly. Juan McCain was considering abandoning the Republican party and now he is our, or closer to the truth, the Republican party’s nominee? He will never be MY nominee.
It sickens me that all of the top Republicans, the same Republicans who Juan McCain shit on for the last eight years are now coming home to roost for the front-runner. It sickens me because they choose to ignore what this man has done to obstruct the conservative agenda all these years. Now Republican leaders are beginning to tell us we need to rally around “our” nominee, we need to step in line for the good of the party. FUCK THE PARTY. Juan McCain has said “fuck the party” all these years and now we are just supposed to accept him? BULLSHIT!
Juan McCain has ignored us for the last eight years, and he has ignored us during this primary season. He has gone after moderate and liberal votes by becoming more like moderates and liberals. That is the opposite of what Ronald Reagan did, Reagan managed to convince Democrats to come over to our side, he did not become like them. Now we hear McCain say that it is time for conservatives to “calm down” and come back to him? Hey Juan, we didn’t leave you so we can’t come back to you. You left us, now you want us to follow you? No way!
Juan McCain has taken conservatives for granted during this election. He has decided that in order for him to win he needs to gain the support of moderates and independents. He has always just assumed that once the nomination was secured the conservatives would naturally come back to him because they had no other choice. I find this to be arrogant, and presumptuous. We do have a choice, we can stand on principles and not vote for McCain. We may lose this election in the short term, but by not selling out our principles we may win in the long haul.
It is time for conservatives to unite and begin a grassroots revolution. I don’t know how it will begin or if it will succeed, but it must begin and it must begin soon.
I will not “calm down” just because McCain tells me to. I will not just step in line because power hungry Republicans tell me to. This is not about Democrat or Republican, this is about liberal versus conservative and I will not abandon my ideals because Juan McCain or any other Republican tells me to.
I just don’t know where to go from here, but I know where I won’t go.
America's Watchtower 
I’m not voting for McCain, no matter what. I heard on NPR this morning that “Conservatives need to get over it and support McCain.” The Republican political consultant who said that has little understanding of the South.
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What Chad said is basically what Michelle M. has said the other day and now Rush is too, that we have to now do what we can. Get as many conservatives elected as possible. Don’t sit out any elections. But it’s still a pisser. Remember how good Nov. ’04 was? Well Feb. ’08 is the antithesis. SUCKS.
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This whole election cycle just got flushed down the toilet for conservatives. I am severely depressed. I did a post about our party in distress that mirrors this one.
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I have been so depressed that I haven’t been doing good at getting to other blogs. I can’t tell you though how much I wish I had read this when you first posted it. This expresses how I feel to a Tee. I am so heartbroken over McCain being the nominee and then in less than a WEEK I have all these people lecturing me that I have to get on the McCain bandwagon.
I was so depressed the day after Super Tuesday and even the night of ST I had some jerk lecturing me that I had to support McCain and that the Republican party would do just fine without me if I didn’t.
I have worked my butt off for Republicans but I refuse to do it for McCain. I talked to 2 other women at our Republican central committee meeting last night and they both worked with me on the Bush campaign in 04 and the Talent campaign in 06 and all 3 of us said there was no way we would campaign for McCain. As Mara Liason said on Fox News, “How does McCain win without an energized base?”
What added to my pain this past week is not only are we grieving the loss of conservatism for at least the next 5 years but all the rhetoric about having to just forget what McCain has done and get on the bandwagon. I suddenly have McCain derangement syndrome because I’m critical.
I especially liked this quote of yours:
“I will not “calm down” just because McCain tells me to. I will not just step in line because power hungry Republicans tell me to. This is not about Democrat or Republican, this is about liberal versus conservative and I will not abandon my ideals because Juan McCain or any other Republican tells me to.”
I may eventually vote for McCain if he picks a good VP but I will not decide that right now and I will not be a cheerleader for him. I have 8 months to decide and I’m not going to be bullied by anyone into supporting someone that I despise just because we are stuck with him as the only alternative to Obama or Hillary.
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It is so maddening to me to hear the Republicans tell me I have to vote for McCain. The arrogance is astounding, they may be willing to forget what McCain has done because of their desire to remain loyal to the party, but that doesn’t mean we have to. I think there is going to be a huge backlash because of McCain’s nomination and it may almost be worth it even if it means a Democrat president for four years. COnservatives will unite and come back strong, it’s just that losing the five years you mentioned is disheartening but we must keep on keeping on. It will hopefully be worth it in the long run.
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