I spend no time listening to the media. I was an avid fan of WFB. What turns me off these days about so-called "true conservatives" is their own hell-bent unthinking hewing to some sort of standard of ideological purity independent of the problem to be solved. - that is where conservatives are killing themselves - with those who actually want to be sympathetic.
“so-called ‘true conservatives’ is their own hell-bent unthinking hewing to some sort of standard of ideological purity independent of the problem to be solved”
Nearly everyone AGREES on the problems. Liberals, Dems, GOPe, socialists, and even conservatives typically recognize certain things to be problematic. Dollar in decline? Check. Unemployment too high? Check. National security in jeopardy? Check. Politics too divisive? Double check.
Problem is that nobody agrees on solutions. Trump may be able to “get things done”, but if he gets the wrong things done, he will be no better than Obama. Maybe worse, because he will have killed off what is left of conservatism in this nation.
I want to like Trump. Actually I kind of do. I like how he tells it like it is and throws caution to the wind. That’s cool. He is willing to take audacious measures. We need that.
But conservatism does not work only when it is not tried. Donald Trump is NOT solidly conservative. Not ideologically. He may be willing to align 100% ideologically with conservatives, or he may not. Cruz is ideologically conservative. He will do what’s right because it is right, not because it is popular. He has proved it. He has made more enemies than Trump. And it is not because of the marketing meme that he is dishonest.