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Trump and Cruz: What is a Conservative?
Canada Free Press ^ | 02/15/16 | Jim O'Neill

Posted on 02/15/2016 9:20:12 AM PST by Sean_Anthony

Professional politician Bernie Sanders talks about a revolution. Well Trump is the revolution

I heartily accept the motto, “That government is best which governs least;” and I should like to see it acted up to more rapidly and systematically. Carried out, it finally amounts to this, which I also believe, “That government is best which governs not at all;” and when men are prepared for it, that will be the kind of government which they will have.—Henry Thoreau (1817-1862) “Civil Disobedience”

To hear some conservative elitists tell it you would think that to be considered a true conservative you need a special handshake, secret decoder ring, and a notarized certificate stating your conservative bona fides in triplicate. The truth is much simpler.

The traditional political spectrum runs from Big Government on the left (liberal) to limited or no government on the right (conservative). If you favor limited or no government then you are a political conservative, period. For example, today we would call Henry Thoreau a political conservative.


TOPICS: Government; Politics; Society
KEYWORDS: 2016issues; conservatives; cruz; elitists; revolution; trump
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To: caww

“Sure we do....Cruz was the favorite here for a long time....everyone was excited....but they’ve forgotten why they were so because Trump gives them candy and glitter....instead of the food they really need.’

Neither Cruz or Rubio are NBC’s. It would be litigated and they would lose. The USSC is not 5 to 4 as of this weekend. The only choice would be the governors.


21 posted on 02/15/2016 10:42:04 AM PST by babygene (Make America Great Again)
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To: Jim Robinson

Ping to the full article.


22 posted on 02/15/2016 10:47:29 AM PST by Albion Wilde (Who can actually defeat the Democrats in 2016? -- the most important thing about all candidates.)
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To: bolobaby

Polls 9 months out about hypothetical match-ups are fairly worthless. How many polls from last May are accurate now? Show me one poll from May 2015 that will accurately predict the SC results this week and I will start worrying about what polls taken now say about November.
Everybody but Cruz and his fans understand that Cruz is not NBC American. Obama was also born to one US citizen parent. Obama’s mama was a US citizen just like Cruz’s mom. As I understand it, the whole Obama birth controversy was people trying to prove he was born outside the US because he would not be eligible for the presidency if that were true. Cruz was not born in the US and he is no more eligible than Obama would be if it could have been proven he was born in Kenya. On a positive note, maybe Cruz will show us the face of God this week!


23 posted on 02/15/2016 11:36:57 AM PST by jospehm20
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To: jospehm20

So, then, I expect the Trumpettes to stop posting primary poll numbers. Thanks. Please spread the word.


24 posted on 02/15/2016 12:35:47 PM PST by bolobaby
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To: bolobaby

I do not control what other people do. I personally promise not to post poll numbers for any hypothetical election results 9 months in the future.


25 posted on 02/15/2016 12:38:18 PM PST by jospehm20
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