Conservatism is a word that’s kinda been corrupted by trumpers. It’s a swear word now because Ted Cruz is conceded to be the only true conservative.
Another word that’s lost its meaning is ‘establishment.’
That now means anyone who is against Trump.
Not at all.
What is conservative about open borders?
Bloated budgets?
Targeted tea party groups by the opposition and doing nothing about it?
Conservative is a word that died with Romney/McCain/Ryan, etc., and is used as a code word to get the base to crawl over broken glass and vote.
When the actions never backed up their campaign promises, voters figured out they were lying and won’t reward them with additional power.
No more.
I think you've got that one wrong. It's the so called "conservative establishment" that has done that. They speak the language, claim to be the definers of what is and what is not conservative, then nothing conservative ever gets done. At least not since Reagan.
I'm a Reagan conservative, and I see how the word and the movement have been co opted. Nothing gets done because so called conservatives are cowed into political correctness, cowed by the money they have to raise from donors that want them to do something else, cowed by the media, cowed by being called racist, and frankly they've been somewhat neutered by it all.
Trump is not a movement conservative, but he's the most conservative of all the candidates in the following areas:
1. Illegals and the border.
2. The war against Islam and the so called immigrant invasion.
3. The military and vets.
4. The economy, taxes, jobs and growth(okay, I'll concede a tie, but no less).
5. The repeal of Obamacare (once again, a tie).
6. Pro US, patriotic, nationalistic.
His finest quality is his executive experience. Unlike senators, who have little, business people have to make decisions every hour of every day, weighing pros and cons and acting or their companies get worse. He knows how to get things done, and expects it of his managers and employees, and rewards them when they do so. I have a feeling you might not understand that, and apologize if you do.
I don't think he's perfect, nor do I like some of the things he does, but you really need to reconsider the things you say about him, because a lot of them are exaggerations or simply not true. I know he is likely to miss some things we would like when he gets elected, we'll probably be bitten in the butt multiple times.
But we already have been by your preferred candidate. And most of those who called themselves conservatives.
My suggestion, is fight for your guy, but you might want to give it a rest, it's unhealthy for you to be so crazy for your candidate. He's not perfect, far from it. I like him still, but find him to be not as good as Trump. There are good reasons for that.