I am sure that some of the establishment types would call me many names though they would probably call me an unreasonable conservative rather than an angry populist.
My allegiance is first to my conservative principles and only secondarily to Sen. Cruz. If Cruz abandoned conservative principles or attempted to rule through executive decrees then he would lose my support. This is because I am much more loyal to conservatism than I am to Sen. Cruz or any other leader.
My impression is that many Trump supporters are very different. Their primary allegiance is to Trump as the great leader that they think can make America great again. This is why no matter what views or statements I show them where Trump has violated conservative principles, they will continue to support him. They are more loyal to their leader than to their values.
This really really scares me. I feel like I am living in Germany in early 1930’s when the population was scared and angry and just wanted a strong leader who would stand up for them. The really scary thing is that it is my conservative friends who are abandoning their principles and playing follow the leader and I don’t know how to make them see what they are doing.
The bottom line, DSChapin, is that we must win this time.
To a large degree, the primary campaigns show who has the juice to pull it off. At this point in time, Cruz doesn’t or he’d still have my support.
The numbers say it’s over.
I will support you in your defense of our Conservative for of government---Wait, what?
You will get flamed for your post but not by me. I agree with you.
Among the degrees I hold is one in Germanic languages, which means I had to read a lot of German literature. After 1945, Germans did a lot of soul-searching, asking themselves “how could we let this happen?” Americans look at the Germany of that era and say “that can’t happen here.” Well, if you described the events of the next 20 years to the average German of 1927, they would have said the same thing.
My allegiance is first to my conservative principles and only secondarily to Sen. Cruz
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I was prepared to abandon my conservative principles and vote for what I consider an ineligible candidate. I figured since the Democtrats did it, it’s now precedent.
Natural born citizen had a specific meaning to the men who used it in the Constitution and it did not mean even if only on one’s mother’s side according to the Naturalization Act of 1952.