I will not, under any circumstances, vote for CANDIDATE X in the general election. I don't care if CANDIDATE X is nominated as the democrat. I'll sit on my hands. I'll vote green party. I'll stick my fingers in my ears and sing Ride of the Valkyries. CANDIDATE X will never be an option for me.
You can leave now, can quit arguing and commenting and writing diaries and handing out recommends because you have become as useful to DKos as the rotary phone.
Now...
...before you start crying about how you have the right to hold your breath and act like a three year old who can't have a third cookie... YES, I admit that you have the right to hold your breath and act like a three year old who can't have a third cookie.
It just won't get you the third cookie.
And more importantly it won't get the rest of us to do anything differently.
We are not going to abandon CANDIDATE X or get on the phone in a frothed panic to tell TurtleDove55 and SillySallySpringer that we can't possibly nominate CANDIDATE X because PissedOffPaula won't vote for CANDIDATE X in the general election.
We'll do what YOU'D do if you heard another adult threatening you... (because the act of repeatedly broadcasting a my-way-or-the-highway stance is absolutely intended to be a threat)... we'll start to ignore you.
We'll start to roll our eyes when you tell us that CANDIDATE X got KILLED in the Texas debate... or when you insist your friends hate CANDIDATE X as well... or when you make what would otherwise be salient points about CANDIDATE X's health care plan, but in this case, just sounds like further grousing. We'll tune you out, not because you're not smart and thoughtful, but because you've already told us that your vote is not in play.
You no longer have a card to play or a move to make or a chit to bargain with, which is the absolute worst possible place to be in politics.
Again, totally your RIGHT... completely legal in every way... just the end of your relevance.
And this isn't a your either with us or your against us screed. Its more that you're either still open to dating or your free to go home and masturbate until something falls off.
The essence of the political process is bartering and after money and sweat-equity the most coveted item is your vote.
The moment you declare your vote off limits... is the moment you enter the SYFPH zone.