I can understand this sentiment. I think the GOP, and especially the Congress, blew it by not fulfilling their promises... to govern ethically, to cut waste, to shrink government and restore it to its proper role. I disagree with many of McCain's positions, particularly on immigration (I don't understand why we won't let highly-educated folks get green cards but we give virtual citizenship and all of the privileges thereof to anyone who can sneak across our borders... and we won't build the damn fence). Yet, in our system where the winner takes all, any vote that is not for either of the two candidates who stand a chance of winning (whether it's for a third-party candidate, or it goes uncast) is a vote for the guy you dislike the most.

Bill Clinton won 2 terms thanks to Ross Perot. Did the Perot voters really think, "Well if Perot doesn't win I'm perfectly happy if Clinton wins" or words to that effect? That was the effect of voting for Perot. Similarly, a vote for Nader was effectively a vote for Bush. Left-leaning blogs are screaming "Never again!" They've learned their lesson.. have we learned ours?

If gun owners sit this one out, Obama wins. Do you really think Obama will nominate more gun-friendly judges than McCain? Do you think Obama will oppose the Democrat Congress more than McCain? Do you think that McCain will be more leftist and "progressive" than Obama?

Politics is the art of the possible. I wish the Republicans had a nominee with the eloquence of Reagan, the intelligence of Gingrich, and the political skills of Bill Clinton (I'm starting to really like Bobby Jindahl). However, we don't have that choice. We have Obama or McCain. And if the Democrats win, the lesson that will be imparted is that the country wants more liberals in power, not less.