You can say that again!

From Ilana Mercer

Yes, left-liberals are a singularly charmless lot – in the U.S., Britain and everywhere else, for that matter. In Gabb's assessment, the left's "aim is to construct a new order in which – whatever its proposed merits – we shall have been stripped of our historic liberties and our national identity." It is faced, however, with a paradox. Although the left has a tentacular grip on societal institutions, "It must rule a nation that, so long as it remains a nation, is strongly conservative."
How has the Republican Party and its media lickspittles reconciled this paradox? Why, by reinventing themselves as the "Quisling Right."
"A Quisling Rightist is someone who calls himself a Conservative," observes Gabb. "When standing for office, he implies promises without making them. If pressed, he will make promises that he has no intention of keeping. If elected, he will make firm declarations of principle and argue over inessentials. His conservative politics are purely symbolic. Where essentials are concerned, he will do nothing to challenge the continued domination of the left. In return for this, he will be invited to the best parties and allowed endless time in the media. ... He will be allowed income and status. He will earn this by systematically betraying those who trusted him to stand up for all that they held most dear this side of the grave."
The Republican Quislings have contributed greatly to the convergence of left and right. What we have now is a cartel, the traditional ideological differences between the political parties having been permanently blurred (both Democrats and Republicans, for instance, see merit in wars for democracy, limitless immigration, and a massive expansion in Medicare and other entitlements). If anything, antitrust laws ought to be deployed, not against business, but to bust this two-party monopoly, which subverts competition in government and rewards the colluding quislings with sinecures in perpetuity.
As the reign of the Bush backstabbers draws to an end, we find ourselves "with still fewer of our historic liberties and still less of our national identity." This being so, Gabb counsels against voting for the party that has broken all its promises so far. I agree; there is no reason for conservatives to vote for the Republican Party. "We in the conservative movement might as well vote for a party that says what we believe. That party will not win either, but at least our votes will be counted and recognized as a clear statement of opinion."
To press the point, Gabb adds a Parthian shot: "If I must be destroyed, let me be speared in the front by someone who looks me in the eye and calls himself my enemy. Far better this than be garroted from behind by a supposed friend."

Doesn't the quote in blue poignantly describe how you feel? It should, unless you vote republican.