Posted on 05/31/2016 8:47:06 AM PDT by Sean_Anthony
Oh really? Let's game it out and see
Of all the arguments offered by the #NeverTrumpers, the one most often put forward and least explained is this one: Even if Trump would be a marginally better president than Hillary, it will wouldn’t be worth electing him because a Trump presidency would be the death of the conservative movement.
The increasingly hysterical Ben Shapiro explains it thusly:
Actually, he’s saved it from the likes of Paul Ryan, Lindsey Graham, Mitt Romney and Jeb Bush...all of whom say they are conservatives every time they open their mouths (but then, it is an election year).
Not to mention Bill Kristol-nacht
I hope he does. The so called “conservative” of today is mostly an internationalist, a tool of bankers, and a chickenhawk. Until they show the slightest concern for blue collar America, I hope they starve.
Nationalism is the core of Conservatism, and it’s time it returned to its’ rightful place.
Amen
Wait...there was a conservative movement? Movement sounds right. The GOP betrayed us.
“Conservative” is a term that has needed redefinition for some time now. “Conservatists” and “conservatism” have strayed a long way from limited government, strong national defense, elevation of the principle of ownership of private property to an absolute right as stated in the Declaration of Independence (”pursuit of happiness” is code for “private property”), and an uncontested right to privacy in all matters.
I have been fighting for the traditional American Conservative values for the past 66 years, and the success of Donald Trump, thus far, should be on any list of the ten most hopeful signs for Conservatives in that period. (It is actually in my top five.)
The damn media are the worse liars and I damn sure recall the losers in college who majored in journalism. I had a guy like Chris Wallace in World Communications. Like Wallace, his father was a big shot on TV in Chicago. The kid was given a car by dad and an apartment paid for plus expenses in the same new apartments in Omaha where young attorneys, business types and captains in the army lived while were going to UNO.
I think the disconnect is between professional conservatives (talking heads, radio hosts, print commentators) and the rest of us.
They’re not in the business of results. For them, conservatism has become largely an intellectual exercise. For the rest of us, we want real-world results.
So yes, Trump is ending the intellectual exercise. After about three decades of reading the script, the natives got very restless and expect results. This is very understandable and, indeed, predictable.
The professional conservatives never expected to be held accountable since results and accountability isn’t something they’re interested in.
When a principled conservatives breathlessly tells me a Trump candidacy (or even presidency) threatens everything the GOP has built over the last thirty years, I have to laugh. Exactly what is worth preserving?
What "conservative movement"? All I've ever seen conservatives do by way of protecting Constitutional rule is blog. Never and real movement.
How is it conservative to have open floodgates of illegal immigrants into this county, while simultaneously sending TRILLIONS overseas in international aid and protecting Germany, France, England, Japan, South Korea, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, etc? And don’t even get me started on trade policies that loose jobs.
Trump is not only saving the conservatives, he’s saving the nation.
He is, however, wreaking havoc on the RINOs, which is the source of the complaints.
If it’s the movement in DC he’s already destroyed it and thank GOD that he’s done so!
Well said.
Re: #12
Excellent post!
Thanks!
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