Anyone with children recognized “#NeverTrump and what behavior motivates it.
That is the act of petulant children, not adults.
Team Cruz is the Talk Radio generation grown up. It worship the Reagan myth created in the 1990s “Conservative” media.
The Reagan myth runs something like this. Reagan, after beating Carter and the GOP Establishment rode into DC, took off his coat, rolled up his sleeves and proceed to beat the snot out of everyone there.
The REAL Reagan was a much more imperfect human politician. Reagan went to DC and negotiated lots and lots of deals with Congress. He surrendered on a number of “Conservative” points. By 1986 the “Movement Conservatives” were so pissed off the they were penning Op Eds about how “Reagan has betrayed the Conservative Movement”.
IF by some miracle you elect Cruz, he is going to ride into DC and do exactly as Reagan did. He will end up compromising so much that the “Principled Conservatives” here are all going to have a massive case of purity butt hurt about Cruz.
Wrong on so many levels. I remember Reagan being very unpopular before he was shot. I also remember the day he was shot very well.
I remember the frustration over the passing of spending bills that were frankly absurd.
I remember, very well, how close we were to an actual war with the Soviets. I served in the Military at the time and we had ‘drills’ that weren’t drills at all.
I also remember the booming economy.
I remember people being genuinely happy. Even the music was happy.
Reagan was, perhaps, the greatest orator president we have ever had. He taught - and that’s the important part - taught what conservatism was. He said the things that people needed to hear. He brought the left rightward.
No myth there, the man was very good but, as we all are, he was a flawed human being.
“IF by some miracle you elect Cruz, he is going to ride into DC and do exactly as Reagan did. He will end up compromising so much that the ‘Principled Conservatives’ here are all going to have a massive case of purity butt hurt about Cruz.”
Interesting. . .so Cruz would be Reagan.
I’ll take that.
I expect him to push his agenda, Follow the constitution, prosecute those who have broken the law, push agencies and departments to do the job they are authorized to do and stop doing the jobs they aren't supposed to do. I expect him to call out any conservative that is going against the will of their constituents.
That's why I'm voting for him. I don't want him to try and become a better dictator than Obama. I want a president. I want the rule of law.