Do You Suffer from Ballot Envy?

I have sworn off voting for establishment Republicans so many times I feel like I need a 12-step program. Like most Conservatives, the GOP ‘leadership’ and those that toe the establishment party line disgust me even more than Democrats. Now that the GOP Senate primaries are over, in many cases, such as we have here in Virginia, we are faced with either voting for a establishment GOP candidate, a Democrat, Libertarian, or not vote at all.  I have never been one to sit out an election, even resorting to writing my own name in when Sam Nunn was running unopposed, but my anger at the GOP establishment has made it just as hard to vote for someone who will continue to support the RINO GOP leadership. Every time I hold my nose and vote for one of them I tell myself “never again”. Having given much thought to this issue, I realized there is one compelling reason to do so in the upcoming election, and to do so enthusiastically.           (continue reading)