We are entering high political season just now, and the national media is exploiting the prejudices of certain Republican voters here and there who find some of our prospective nominees distasteful, from the presidency to House and Senate races across the country. Such Republicans need to get over themselves.

When Barry Goldwater lost an effort at the nomination for the presidency in 1960, he told an unhappy Republican convention to “Grow up” and support the ultimate nominee because the alternative would be a Democratic victory that would install a “blueprint for socialism.” Goldwater’s words. His message is apropos today.

Socialism is no longer a blueprint here, it is alive and well and active throughout the Democratic party.  Given all the stakes for our country, Republicans must act more maturely and grow up. As Lincoln once said, we have the choice to nobly save or meanly lose this, “the last best hope of earth.” That choice is upon us now. Let’s grow up and save this country.