Calling this out as fake

Fake flip-a-rooski

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The link refers to a post on Instapundit, which describes a lefty who became a righty. The story is in the former lefty's own words.

It may be yours truly that is the only one doing this, but so be it. If I am the only one, I will still denounce it as a fake. It is fake because the left and the right are spitting images of each other. There is no flip-a-rooski there. You ain't flipping if you are the same as before. There's no difference between the two that makes a difference because they are both fake.

Come to think of it, it isn't my own idea. Ronald Reagan said it when he said that it isn't between left and right, but between tyranny and freedom. Hitler said it when he said that former commies made the best nazis. George Wallace said that there wasn't a dime's worth a difference between Republicans and Democrats. Some may argue that those aren't the best examples. Doesn't make any difference to me who says the truth or not. The thing that matters is if it is the truth. The truth is that there's no difference between the left and right and that it is a fake because the two sides don't really believe what they say they believe. The left isn't for the little guy and the right isn't about freedom. They'll both claim that, but they betray it whenever it is convenient for them to do so.

The Democrats love the big guys and the Republicans sell out their supporters all too often. The common denominator is that they're fake. So jumping ship from one to the other is also a fake. There's no flip-a-rooski here. Just more shucking and jiving.