Don't buy the hype!

This "vote for Huckabee is a vote for McCain" is just as stupid as "a vote for Nader is a vote for Gore."

Al Gore didn't win...not because Ralph Nader ran, but because many liberal voters felt that the issues of green technology and increasing the scope of regulatory agencies were paraamount to the idea of a "lockbox".

Gore could have heeded those voices and attracted those voters by offering his own positions and plans on those issues. Instead, he cowered into agreement with nearly everything G.W. said in the debates.

"Electability" is an absolute distraction. If you vote because of a candidate's electability, jump the bandwagon, or vote out of fear that another candidate may win, you are ignoring your own ability to think independantly.

What McCain or Romney have to do to win the election, should have absolutely nothing to do with who you vote for. As a conservative, you must decide what conservative issues are most important to you and which candidate espouses them.

Does the party need to come together behind its nominee? Yes, after the convention! Do the voters need to agree with everything that candidate proposes? No.

We won't be voting in the primary until March. Let's leave it that way. If you like Huckabee, vote for him. If you agree with Paul's ideas, vote for him. If you are disgruntled by the frontrunner and miss Fred Thompson, Jimmy! WRITE HIM IN! Your vote for any of these candidates sends a message and means a lot more than causing another candidate to win.

I think we can all agree that we will support the Republican nominee over either Hilladonk or Barri.

So for now, don't buy the hype.