The problem for Conservatives is the abortion trap.
Conservatives can easily win elections only if abortion is not front and center.
If it’s about the economy - conservatives win.
If it’s about national security - conservatives win.
If it’s about law and order - conservatives win.
If it’s about government tyranny and corruption - conservatives win.
Conservatives win on these core issues because a majority of Americans can see with their own eyes that Democrat policies make things worse. We have all the facts on our side.
But the abortion issue simply does not favor conservatives - the Democrats win if an election is focused on abortion.
Why? Because of a dirty secret: Most American parents - no matter how conservative they may be regarding other issues - are secretly liberal when it comes to abortion.
They may agree it’s awful in the abstract. They may talk pro-life. But when push comes to shove, if their teenage daughter gets pregnant, they want an insurance policy - they want her to be able to get an abortion.
Sadly, with our declining culture, teens become sexually active in high school - almost nobody waits for marriage anymore, and there is not a lot that parents can do to change that.
Like it or not, this is a political liability for conservative candidates who need to prove to their base that they are pure pro-life, while at the same time not scare off the millions of otherwise conservative voters who secretly want abortion to remain an option.
I know it sounds like selling out - but the best way you pro-life purists (and I’m one too) can help President Trump get elected - is not to force him into the Democrat abortion trap.
If we pro-life purists force Trump to pledge that he’s for banning abortion altogether with no exceptions, then the Democrats win - it’s as simple as that.
I urge you to give Trump some leeway in the way he talks about abortion. He’s already proven he’s pro-life.. Let him answer questions about abortion in a way that doesn’t scare off the 3/4 of voters who want abortion to remain an option.
I know you don’t like it - neither do I - but there are not enough pro-life purists to win elections.
They raise their girls to be worldly and their boys to be 'boys will be boys' boys.
They will pay lip service to Right to Life but ultimately they believe in nothing like it.
Anyway the solution to political reform not working is that it really must originate as religious reform.
Pastors need to start preaching fire and brimstone again.
It is really that simple.