“The conservatives are frogs in the water pot...”
Conservatives are stuck in a situation remarkably similar to that a junkie. At one time, the GOP actually was the party of conservatives. It was great! There was NO question about which party to vote for. At an ever increasing pace, the GOP hardly embodies the conservative principles people of this nation are seeking. So now, the discussion across the country, and on Free Republic in particular, is along the lines of ‘You MUST shoot up this heroin just this one more time and avoid the inevitable pain and deep soul searching. Buy into the illusion that this will somehow bring the satisfaction it used. After all, what are you going to do? Become one of those meth heads?’
An interesting analogy with some truth to it.
But the current political dynamic is so much more complex it’s hard to simplfy. It’s both a Catch 22 and a false Catch 22 at the same time. You have to stop the immediate threat without further empowering the same thing you are fighting. But even that is too simplistic.