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“a very substantial number of us in the base that will NOT vote for Jeb Bush under any circumstances”

I hope you are correct about the numbers. And I hope conservatives truly see Trump as a passing vehicle in their move to a different candidate. Too many seem to have the attitude that “Trump is a bully but he’s OUR bully!”

Passion alone is an uncertain motivator. Passion with truth and self-control is better. The only reason I can understand for Cruz not being at the top of the polling is that he is a person of character and integrity and we are not as interested in those qualities as we are in outright revenge and a little thuggery of our own. Do we do evil (even against the leftists) that good will come? It’s tempting, but I think not. We defeat them with the truth and with the Constitution of the U.S. We enforce existing laws. Some radical changes are in order but we do change things with decency and with order. Our goal should be to do things in a manner that is above reproach. Wise as serpents but innocent as doves. That is the legacy we should be interested in leaving.

Cruz has demonstrated that he’s not afraid of the Washington elite but he will still be honorable and play by the rules in his crusade to take on the left. Many will pooh pooh him for those traits and say we need a Gen. Paton like Trump to kick butt and take names and if he skirts the law a little in the process so much the better “cause those lefty’s did it, too,” but I think not. If that’s the example we set then we are no better than they are - and I know we are better. It’s an unfair advantage for those willing to break the law to achieve their goals but that is part of the battle we are in against abject evil. The problem for the right, and conservatives in general, is that we are not on our knees enough in this fight with unrighteousness. We are trusting w-a-y too much human wisdom and personalities and money and numbers. God thinned out the troops before he sent Gideon into battle. We could learn a lesson here about where our strength should ultimately come from. But to the natural man, that’s just foolishness.