[dark_lord]

For these people there are only two types of Republicans: stupid ones and evil ones

Of course, there are plenty of FReepers who would agree with the above sentence if it were written: For these people there are only two types of Democrats: stupid ones and evil ones. And of course the reply to this post will be "But we're right!" :-)

[Overtaxed]

But we're right!

:)

[JohnGalt]

Several ex-Trotskyites became leading conservatives and neo-conservatives yet they were generally accepted into the conservative movement without too much question.

Side story:
Dalton Trumbo, IMO, is the most interesting of those useful idiots in Hollywood. (John Steinbeck, being the most interesting case of in the literary world, since Grapes of Wraith is required reading in American schools.) Johnny Got His Gun is an American anti-war classic, but when Germany invaded Russia, suddenly, Mssr. Trumbo became a great crusader for the Good War. When Trumbo was blacklisted as a Communist (became a member in 1943), he continued to pen scripts under assumed names, and then winning an Oscar for Spartacus in 1960 using his real name.

Trumbo went on to get involved in the fledging anti-anti Communist movement by lending his talents to a JFK assassination conspiracy film "Executive Decision," associating with such questionable suspects as the anti-Semitic Liberty Lobby who were in the process of suing Clay Shaw for the murder of JFK.