I honestly think that the current GOP establishment, given as it is to whoring with Grover Norquist (he of the “no taxes, ever, no matter what” pledge requirement) and the Tea Party, is the most destructive force the United States has seen in the last 100 years. Yes, communists were bad — but they never occupied a significant chunk of anything other than old union meeting halls, not Congress, and they never fielded a presidential candidate whose nomination guarantees that he/she will be the only real challenger to the incumbent. Plus, the Reds never tried to cover their collective and collectivist rear ends with Christianity.
Better to be opposed, I think, than to pervert the faith with one’s hypocrisy.