…is awarded to Stacy McCain, America’s Favorite Gonzo Reporter* and newly appointed Editor-In-Chief of Viral Read, for providing a real incentive to those of you out there who want to break your addiction to Bolshevism, but have a major concern about turning starboard:
“Along the way … a surprising discovery: Becoming a conservative doesn’t require you to stop hating Republicans.” theothermccain.com/2013/03/23/the…
— Robert Stacy McCain (@rsmccain) March 23, 2013
Spot-on.
Let me first disclose that I have been a Republican since the age of seven and the 1968 Election [yeah...yeah...I manifested my geekness at a very early age] and I have never not been one, so I cannot empathize with those of you who are trying to kick the Bolshe Habit. However, until the age of thirteen, I was, more or less, a Nixon Republican, so I can certainly sympathize with your efforts to get the Red Monkey off you backs [my saviors were The Raygun, the plight of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, those who protested against busing to 'achieve racial desegregation', those who opposed (and punched-out) the Hippies, Jack Webb, Archie Bunker, and my brother, 'Books' Belvedere].
If there’s one thing I have learned it is that you need not embrace the GOP to join the conservative ranks. In fact, I think it better for the long-lasting survival of your restored mental health if you maintain, at the very least, a deeply felt aversion to the Party.
While the GOP was founded by people who opposed Slavery and believed in Free Markets, from nearly Day One, the Party has been plagued by Do-Goody-Good Do Gooders who have felt comfortable using the power of the state to achieve their ends. From The Radical Republicans [whom Abe Lincoln opposed] down through the RINO’s and Will-To-Powerites of today, the GOP has been a field of battle between Soft Leftists and conservatives — and the Useful Idiot Quislings have won most of the time. So, I would strongly urge you to come on over to the side of Good, but don’t stop at the Squishes street cart along the way — you’ll get poisoned.
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*According to the latest Leslie Nielsen ratings.
