They most certainly do not get it. (Even to the point of quoting Joel Kotkin as an authority on the republican party).
The party, “as we know it”, gave us Justice Roberts, and thus Obamacare. They gave us Justice Kennedy, and the gay marriage. They gave us Justice Souter, and thus the power of the government to take private property—not for public use, but to provide an enhanced tax base to the government.
They gave us promises, easily broken when it suited them. They gave us disdain for truly conservative candidates (including Senator Cruz, to whom they now gravitate in desperation). They lost their way and accepted former Trotskyites with open arms, while openly and proudly purging nationalist minded patriotic conservatives.
The author whines that the convention will “end in tears”. Well, many of us who have steadfastly supported both the party and conservative ideals for our entire adult lives read this with amusement. The party “as we know it” has ignored the tears of its faithful, lately proclaiming that “white communities (of a certain sort) have a moral duty to die.” Not much different than BLM, is it?
The party as we know it, has foisted upon us one losing candidate after another—Dole, McCain, Romney, and asked us to dutifully pull the lever, and we did. This year, they tried again, with a candidate named Jeb (they couldn’t even use his last name) though he polled miserably within the bulk of the party. They showed their willingness to gladly lose, happy to cede the White House to the disastrous left rather than support a candidate who places America first. Foiled, they act like 4 year olds having a tantrum, and now rend their clothes and threaten to torpedo the process which they have all along insisted we follow.
The party, as we know it, now behaves like Al Gore, plotting and conniving to steal an honest election, turning on a candidate who might, just might, actually deliver on promises made to us over decades. This is not because they fear that he is not a conservative—neither, at heart, was Dole, McCain, or Romney. They cluck, scream, and fret, because Trump threatens them, and what they regard as “their” party.
Well, voters are proving that it is their party, too, Mr. Goldberg, whether you and Mr. Kristol and Mr. Will like it or not. The party had a conservative candidate that ostensibly met all of the requirements for support—Senator Cruz. But of court the party elite mocked and marginalized him, showing again that they were interested not in conservatism at all, but rather in maintaining control. This is “the party as we know it.”
The party “as we know it” created Mr. Trump, and he now stands as the answer to those of us fed up with the lies, chicanery, and fecklessness.
While I would certainly support Senator Cruz should he honestly become the nominee, my candidate is Mr. Trump, without reservation. He, Mr. Goldberg, has caused all the masks to come off, and has shown a willingness to fight, and for that he has my thanks, and my vote.
Yes to everything you said.