You would never guess that based on what some post here. In fact I would say they hate it with a passion.
What is hated is not really the party itself - or
what it is
supposed to stand for - but the institutional corruption that exists within it ....
and those individuals that aid, enable, or allow that corruption to exist ....
As Hawk said, some of us love it so much we are highly motivated to want to set things right ....
including returning the party to it's traditional roots ....
You look at some here who rail at the GOP (as it
currently exists) .... and conclude that this must mean they are therefore against what the party (is supposed to) stand for ....
disregarding the possibility outlined above ....
Your conclusion is (obviously) not the only
possible one.
If I were a Democrat (and I'm not - nor have I
ever been), I'd likely be screaming to high heaven about the Democratic party .....
which, as Hawk rightly points out, has certainly lost it's way ....
But I'd prefer to clean up my own backyard first ....
before I venture over and presume to tell my neighbor how to clean up his ....
As mentioned, I think some would just vote for Obama because Romney didn't let Paul win.
Nope ....
but the idea of the aforementioned (ie. the corrupt within the GOP) being "taught a lesson" sure has some appeal ....
Additionally, there are additional
political calculations one can make as well:
1. If one considers Romney to be largely the
functional equivalent of Obama, which is the better scenario ?:
Only four more years of O .... or potentially
eight years of Romney ?
2. As has been mentioned by others, it might be better to have a "quick death" ....
rather than prolonged agony that ultimately results in the same destination ....
"Creative destruction" ("Schumpeter's gale") is, IMO, an entirely valid paradigm ....
There's an old saying: Sometimes one has to go south to go north ....
meaning that sometimes things have to get a lot worse - really, really bad - before they will ever get better ....
Our forefathers fought one revolution to obtain our freedom ....
who is to say that we will not have to fight another to retain it ?
