At this point, I’m enjoying watching both parties burn.
Short answer: No.
Long answer: A lot of verbal flatulance from the GOP, especially around election time; but no action at all where the rubber meets the road, and no smell of political napalm in the morning.
That’s why I disenrolled from the Republican Party this year. I’m officially an independent now.
Not only do they not care they don’t even know what Conservatism is.
However, given the volume of Trumpeteers even here at FreeRepublic, I would redo the article's title: "Do Republicans Conservatives Even Care What Conservatism Is Anymore?"
Does the Republican Party know what conservativism is anymore? Does Jeb Bush?
That’s all I hear - conservative this and conservative that. The pundits all talk about it, few if any clarify it.
How many times have I asked people what is a “conservative”? They usually have a hard time telling me.
I’ll tell you the truth ahead of time, I dislike the political use of the word “conservative” almost as much as I dislike the political use of the word “liberal”. IMO, both terms point in the wrong direction.
Nevertheless, I’ll try again: “What is a conservative”?
Republicans know what money is. They know who bought them. The principles they spew are just a pretense. Recent and not so recent history bears this out.
When your shown your NSA file, you tow the line -period!
Donald Trump is a classic example of what happens when you speak before you think.
If he had a conservative bone in his body, I’d say he was an embarrassment to conservatism. But since he’s instead a rank opportunist and provocateur, we can simply say he’s an embarrassment in general.
These guys keep trying to damage Trump by pointing out he has been on the liberal side of issues in the past, so we shouldn’t trust him. But how is Trump any different than sending a Republican House, and Senate to Washington, and watching them pass nothing but Democrat legislation? Personally I believe Trump would be a train wreck as a president, but at least he wouldn’t be as patronizing as the train wreck the beltway wants us to support.
I doubt it. The moment he came under fire, Cain folded like the French army at the Battle of Sedan. Trump, on the other hand, is a brawler who almost seems to relish a fight. And I doubt that Trump would do something foolish like take a long cruise to the Greek islands when he ought to be out campaigning, as Gingrich did.
My opinion is that only a delusional person believes the two are the same. The Conservative “party” is a reaction to the liberal leanings of both the Democratic and Republican Party. Democratic and Republican parties are dying slow, painful deaths. I predict an eventual and total parting of the way within each party. The evolution of politics will result in only the purest form of Liberalism and the purest form of Conservatism. You can see a similar model in what has happened in Christianity when examining the past 3 or 4 decades.
Apparently Republicans want a candidate who admits to paying off politicians for favors. Who loves Kelo and taking peoples property. They want a candidate who loves bailouts. They want a candidate who voted for Hillary for Senate and said Obama saved the economy. They want a candidate married to a porn star as a role model for little girls everywhere. They want a candidate who lashes out like a 12-year petulant child against any perceived slight.
I think this article misses an important point.
Some conservatives believe if the issue of illegal immigration isn’t dealt with properly with this election that conservatives are done forever here.
Because the legalized illegals will be enough to throw every election against them going forward.
Did they ever, outside of Reagan?
Do our Representatives actually represent us?
Do the bulk of our leaders actually understand they work for us?
Do the bulk of them understand and apply the USC?
Do ALL of our leaders they believe in the 3 branches of Government and Check and Balances?
SOmeone is talking about making America great,again. Do they ACTUALLY blieve America can be great? Do they ACTUALLY love America or our they mostly self serving politicians who would sell us out the highest bidder?
“Do Republicans Even Care What Conservatism Is Anymore?”
The rank and file does, but no, the Party itself does not. The Party cares only about getting themselves re-elected and keeping the good time perks rolling for them personally.
The hostility between the GOPe and the GOP peasants is now open warfare that will be reaching a crescendo this election. Whether Trump or ¡Yeb! is at the helm, the destruction of the GOPe in 2016 will be a sight to behold!
As a woman, some of the things trump has said offends me.
I’m for Cruz. But Trump would be his own creature and not the tool of the GOP-e. That makes him more acceptable in my eyes than Jeb Bush.