Joined? Joined? Hell, upsdriver is as dyed-in-the-wool, rock-ribbed Reaganite Conservative as they come. A Gen-u-ine card carrying member of the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy if there ever was one.
Luckily, the Republican Party no longer relies on people like you and will win with new voters.
Just keep clickin' those heels there, Dorothy.
You know it!! If my supporting a Reagan Conservative party causes me to be called an extemist, I will wear the term extremist like a badge of honor.