[nathanbedford]

I see nothing in your reply to disagree with in fact, consistent with your observations about the GOP establishment, I have long been posting that Trump is performing a service in exposing these people. Further, I have posted that he is performing a service by bringing the issues of immigration and our trade policy to the fore but I have also observed that, Donald Trump is "the wrong messenger with the right message" because his biography betrays him to be historically something other than a conservative.

I do not believe the choice is between Donald Trump or the Republican establishment. I believe the choice is between Donald Trump and Cruz or Walker. At least we on this forum who are relatively more educated than the run of conservatives, certainly more educated than Republicans, and undoubtedly more educated than the general electorate, we who are acutely aware of the sins of the Republican establishment, ought to be able to differentiate between Ted Cruz and Mitch McConnell or Scott Walker and John Boehner.

We cannot judge candidates by their rhetoric alone we must consult their biography, their history, their associations. We knew what Barack Obama was long before he was elected simply by reviewing these elements of his biography. We found these tools to be reliable indicators. Why should we abandon the tried-and-true for a hope?

There are plenty of good alternatives to Trump, good conservative men, he is not the only alternative to the establishment.

[Jane Long]

I do not believe the choice is between Donald Trump or the Republican establishment. I believe the choice is between Donald Trump and Cruz or Walker.

---

Time will tell.

I pray my Sen Cruz will rise in the polls. I’m in complete support for what Trump is saying, and doing, for this election’s landscape.