[antiRepublicrat]

The socialists at least declare the existence of some sort of moral order

Yes they do. It is pro-homosexuality, pro-abortion, anti-family, anti-property, and downright anti-American. Who wants to associate with that? Only people who agree on other socialist platforms, like big government and the taking of the powers reserved for the States respectively, or to the people (yes, I chose that last wording purposely).

[steve-b]

Yep. The version of "conservatism" described here is in perfect agreement with socialism, in this sense:

My cousin Francis [I of France] and I are in perfect agreement -- he wants Vienna, and so do I.
--Emperor Charles V