Advice From a Lonely College SquiRM

It troubles me to note that Squishy Republican Moderates (SquiRMs) are so prejudiced against social conservatives that they think the can grow the GOP by ejecting social conservatives from the party. It's a dubious "addition by subtraction" calculus:

Another leg up that the left has is its claim to the moral high ground. The party of pro-choice, pro-gay has such a hold on young people because those are issues they can care about easily. Not many 20-year-olds can hold a coherent conversation about Social Security reform or double taxation, but all of them can argue passionately for gay rights.

As a member of this all-important demographic, I know that neither I nor (almost) anybody else coming of age today supports the Republican social agenda. That's the way the country is moving—so just deal with it. Modernize and prioritize.

Though it may be painful, though it may be costly at the polls in the short run, Republicans don't have a future unless they break up with the religious right and the gay-bashing, Bible-thumping fringe...

That’s some awfully judgemental and divisive language coming from someone who purports to stand for a more tolerant and inclusive GOP.

ProTip: The Democratic party is the party for hateful, hypocritical social progressives who care about their pet social issues much more than they care about getting the country’s fiscal and economic problems under control.