Which brings me to this point. If Trump is the liberal that you guys keep saying he is, the proverbial wolf in sheep's clothing, then why are the media and establishment so hell-bent on destroying him? If Trump was truly in cahoots with the establishment, they would be cheering Trump on.
Another similarity between Reagan and Trump is that they have appeal across traditional party lines. Reagan would not have had the mandate and two landslides that he had had he not brought millions of "Reagan Democrats" to the GOP fold. Unfortunately the GOP squandered the political power that they had by foisting upon us milquetoast presidential nominees ever since.
While all of us would love to have a 100% pure-bred conservative like Ted Cruz in the White House, it's probably not going to happen with the current demographics. The only chance we have with Cruz as our nominee is if the Democrats completely fall apart and nominate somebody like a Bernie Sanders or a scandal-ridden Clinton (which seems much less likely to happen).
Trump has the ability to bring those "Reagan Democrats" back and if Trump can lead effectively, it will bring the nation further to the right and we'll be able to get a Ted Cruz elected in 2020 or 2024 no matter who the Democrats put up.
“Which brings me to this point. If Trump is the liberal that you guys keep saying he is, the proverbial wolf in sheep’s clothing, then why are the media and establishment so hell-bent on destroying him? If Trump was truly in cahoots with the establishment, they would be cheering Trump on.”
Excellent question. This gets right to the point.
Trump has zero Reaganesque qualities; that truly is an insult to Reagan.
Did PT Barnum have Reaganesque qualities?
Please, please, please show me where Trump has EVER spoken more than three sentences together which proves to you he understands let alone believes in constitutional government.
Do I really have to show you Reagan’s as a comparison?
Trump throws stuff out there. That is his schtick.
What do you think, that someone who says he agrees with you on a controversial issue actually believes in that issue?
Or does he see very clearly the psychological relief he is providing you as chump bait to buy his product (which could very well be Hillary)?
And do you see how he has manipulated you so easily? He has convinced you that Cruz is a loser.
The media laughs about Trump. They understand that their darling weakling loser Bush (the DoleMcCainRomney) might well not get the nomination, and that brilliant appealing actual conservatives (chiefly Cruz) have a shot. They know actual conservatism can win in this country.
Of course the establishment wants Bush. He is their darling weakling loser. And just like the media, they want their darling weakling loser too, so an actual conservative does not win.
The establishment would rather see their weakling lose than Cruz win. But they want the loser to be their loser, not Hillary’s loser. They see what is happening.
Trump’s chumps. Sorry, but it is true.
With a brilliant, genuine, anti-establishment conservative in the race, Trump has the bamboozled conservatives into having a negative block toward the actual conservative (”he can’t win, let’s give up, let’s support Barnum not Reagan) in favor of the guy who might very well be there for the sake of Hillary.
Trump has turned many conservatives into Bushy, Doley, Romney like losers.
It’s pretty simple: Had the GOP done their job with the two landslides we delivered for them, there would be no Donald Trump, or Ted Cruz, or Ben Carson (or probably Bernie Sanders).
They haven’t. Sessions and Cruz have been fighting the establishment, which is why Cruz has a chance.
Trump? All he did was run a business until the country he was running it in was on the brink of going down the drain. Now all he’s doing is saying what everyone - ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE - are thinking. You know how many union presidents are secretly loving Trump’s immigration plan?