2012 was a rough year for principled conservatives. First, there was the whole GOP establishment circling their golf carts around Mitt Romney and destroying all conservative opposition thing. And then we had to twist our principles into a pretzel in order to support the guy who enacted Romneycare. And if that wasn’t enough, we had to watch 6 months of Mitt Romney calling Obama “a nice guy” until the inevitable, predictable end.

As we look forward to 2013, let us take a moment to remember those that helped to make 2012 the worst year ever…

10. JIM JORDAN

Ohio’s Jim Jordan tells Sean Hannity that he will continue to support John Boehner even if John Boehner continues the purge of Tea Party conservatives…

9. MIKE MURPHY

Despite being an objectively terrible strategist…

• John McCain – LOSS
• Mitt Romney – LOSS
• Rick Lazio – LOSS
• Christie Whitman – LOSS

Mike Murphy continues to get booked on MSNBC. Gee, I wonder why…

8. DAVID FRUM

During the primaries, David Frum trashed Mitt Romney’s more conservative opponents, tirelessly repeating the mantra:

But Mitt Romney is the only one that can win! He’s the only one that’s moderate enough to beat Obama!

Of course, when Mitt Romney lost– David Frum blamed Republican extremism. Never mind the fact that right-wing, extremist yokels nominated his moderate candidate of choice…

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