I know you're use to putting words in other people's mouths, EV, but I'm not paying you to put them in mine.
I am a conservative, whether you like my "kind" of conservatism or not; fortunately for all of us, you've never been able to get yourself (or a candidate) into a position of being able to decide just who is good enough to be associated with the GOP.
Blah, blah, blah.