Posted at Human Events:

Most importantly, 2008 was the Year of the RINO.  Conservatives went from early February through November 4th with a low-grade headache and acid indigestion, and not even Dr. House could have diagnosed the cause. It wasn’t until November 5, when we recovered suddenly, that we knew.

The affliction was caused by mental equivalent of conflicting medications. We did our best to follow Ronald Reagan’s Eleventh Commandment (to not speak ill of a fellow Republican).  But with John McCain on the ticket, it wasn’t what the liberals call “cognitive dissonance”: we all suddenly became politically bipolar.  Yes, we voted for McCain anyway, knowing Obama would be worse.  And, if only in that, Obama will not disappoint.