http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/opinion/columnists/mcnickle/s_476009.htmlDeliver a spankingBy Colin McNickle
I am your typical Republican "supervoter." That doesn't mean I have voted a straight ticket at the myriad outposts in three states in which I've watered my horse over the last 31 years. But it does mean I'm a reliably regular voter who's voted primarily for GOP candidates.
With the possibility of a missed primary in the early 1980s, I've voted in nearly every election since 1976. I was 17 when I cast my first ballot -- in Ohio, for Gerald Ford -- in that year's primary. Buckeye State election law allowed those under 18 to vote if they came of age by the November election.
But I'm seriously considering ending that streak this Nov. 7. Whether it's not going to polls at all or going, signing in but not actually casting any votes, I've not yet decided.
After heathen Methodism, Republicanism -- with a large "R" representing party and a small "r" representing philosophy -- is my second religion. I'm also a contrarian -- a conservative with libertarian leanings. Combine all these characteristics, then mix in the aggregate Republican record, allow the ire it has created to rise and bake it for a few years and here's what comes out of the oven:
A party base that's mad as hell and no longer willing to rationalize GOP failures. It's a base whose crust grows darker and thicker -- i.e., angrier -- when prominent conservatives and Republicans -- politicians, pundits, radio talk-show hosts and think tankers sensing impending electoral doom -- pop out of their pumpkins and upbraid the watered-on for complaining about being wet.
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