One example: Eminent Domain is necessary to get the Keystone pipeline through - don’t knock it.
No conservative has ever criticized eminent domain for the Keystone Pipeline. All conservatives agree eminent domain can be used for public infrastructure projects.
Conservatism IS practical...it’s the ONLY practical political philosophy there is. It’s about common sense and getting results, not about dogma and ideology, the way that liberalism, socialism and libertarianism are.
RINOs didn’t get elected because they were RINOs. Conservatives weren’t energized to campaign for them.
You seem to believe Trump can win. What makes Trump different from a “dogmatic” conservative? Hasn’t he campaigned in the primary on virtually every conservative position? The only differences in positions he’s taken from any more conservative candidate is that abortion should have exceptions and that he’s more supportive of opening relations with Cuba (not a big issue outside of Miami). His immigration positions are certainly as hard-line as anybody else’s. So what is it that makes Trump’s platform more electable than a “dogmatic” conservative’s platform?
“One example: Eminent Domain is necessary to get the Keystone pipeline through - don’t knock it.”
I question that necessity. If the pipeline is going to be privately owned, and I believe that it should, then the proposed corporate owner should work with the land owners to acquire the land in the market.
However, I will acknowledge that an argument could be made that the pipeline should be publicly owned.
Yes, I “knock” eminent domain. Along with 42 of the 50 states that passed laws in opposition of the use of Eminent Domain to take land for private use. It was the right thing 10 years ago and it is the right thing today.