Just because conservatives shouldn’t vote for Trump is no reason for us to not support him for the time being. Here are the reasons:
1) The primary elections are still a long way off, and a lot of candidates need to be culled before then. Some will just not have any staying power or support. Some will try to keep their heads down and not say anything, so they might win through attrition. Trump, however, is calling them out.
He is forcing those who would have failed anyway to fail faster. He is forcing the quiet ones to speak their minds, which results in their drawing fire. And importantly, he does threaten the big money candidates, whose corporate overlords are prone to panic, and will force their candidates to doubly swear their fealty, in public, which will hurt them a lot.
2) He is driving both the Democrat and Republican leadership quite bonkers, because he makes their anointed but lackluster, gray candidates look even duller and more hopeless. Trump on the same stage with Hillary and Jeb make the two of them look like ushers.
This will likely encourage them to spend more of their money to make their puppets look like human beings, money they can’t use to attack conservative candidates.
3) The zinger is that real conservative candidates have character, get grassroots support, and are pretty impervious to attacks by Trump, since his criticisms of them will be that they are conservatives.
So the bottom line to all of this is that Trump is doing a LOT of good right now, so if we abandon him we will lose a powerful and effective resource. It doesn’t mean he has a chance to win the primary, but if something isn’t broken, don’t fix it.
I have heard this argument, and I could accept it if it wasn’t for so many of the Trump Thumpers out here claiming he’s like some super-ultimate Tea Party candidate and that his coronation to the nomination is unstoppable.
I still feel he is doing more to damage true conservatism than help. If his presence forces people like Cruz and Walker out and we get stuck with this fraud, I’m staying home. I will take no part in this charade.