Generally agreed.
Cruz is by far the most doctrinally pure conservative - but still has flaws.
Trump is by far the most electable and expressing sufficiently conservative leanings - but still has flaws.
I like Cruz, I’m fine with Trump. Don’t understand why the differences in preference so often have to devolve into visceral berating hatred of “the other guy”, when both are FAR more preferable to Clinton or Sanders. Anyone declaring something akin to “well, if ______ gets the nomination I’ll just vote Democrat” is a blithering idiot.
Calm down people, vote in the primary for who you _want_, then vote in the general for who you _get_.
“Calm down people, vote in the primary for who you _want_, then vote in the general for who you _get_.”
And you wonder why we are in the mess we are in? You just called for more of the same that got us here. People won’t stand for anything because you leave yourselves a less than conservative ‘out’. Then you ensure by not voting for a conservative that the ‘out’ is the ‘OHMYGODTHE WORLDISOVER!!! choice we just have to vote for.
“Cruz is by far the most doctrinally pure conservative - but still has flaws.
Trump is by far the most electable and expressing sufficiently conservative leanings - but still has flaws.”
That’s the problem right there...you compare the most conservative to the most electable...Sorry, I’ve been down this road too many times. The one that comes to mind most is when Arnold Schwarzenegger ran for Republican Gov in California. I voted for Tom McClintock (the most conservative and who backs Cruz now) against the popular vote of Arnold. NEVER...NEVER vote for someone who is the most electable/popular vs the most conservative...EVER!