How Does The Disillusioned Conservative Self-Identify

Vanity | 01/24/2016 | Calpublican

[Calpublican]

Growing up in an unhappy and unsupportive home, I took pride, at least, in our family history. My great-great grandfather, a Southern boy, defied community and family pressures and supported Lincoln. He went to Illinois and joined the Union Army. We were Republican ever since and it was the one inspiration I took from my heritage.

Over time though I was no longer proud to be Republican as the party began to stand for almost nothing. I found solace, however, in describing myself as Conservative.

"Conservative" embraced my values and political positions exquisitely. I unashamedly proclaimed myself to be Conservative.

Recently a candidate has presented himself as "Conservative", yet his rhetoric, behavior, positions and principles (or lack thereof) do not represent Conservatism as I have understood it for so many years.

He touts Single Payer, bank bailouts, has a tax plan that a study has just shown will add $34 Trillion debt,ethanol subsidies, and could not be bothered to support the March for Life because, in honesty, he is pro-abortion and in recent years supported partial birth abortion. In addition he does not humble himself before God.

Conservatives in droves who criticized DC politicians for abandoning their principles, are abandoning their principles and finding excuses to follow him.He is an extraordinary salesman and they like the way he says things and is conservative on 2-3 issues;they count that enough. They say he is the only one who can beat Hillary as a driving excuse even though head-to-head polls say otherwise.

Now I am embarrassed to use the Conservative label for fear I will be associated with this person who has co-opted it.

There are alternative labels (Libertarian, Indpendent, etc.) and minor parties (Constitutional). None fits or appropriately and easily conveys my philosophy politically. Somehow I feel invaded and robbed of my identity.

But, more importantly, I feel sad for the future of our country. The counterbalance of opposing thought is truly disappearing. The Uni-Party has trickled down from the Legislature to the masses.

Another incredibly bitter pill is that even now in D.C. McConnell & McCain must be discussing Conservative "Wacko Birds" and laughing their flaccid butts off. Their assessment of Conservatives is proving to be too true.

[FrankR]

You proudly taut being a Christian...so which group, or community, will you identify with in the hereafter when you’re standing in judgement before God?

Of course, you took the whole thought and turned it into a Trump bashing, when Trump - or any of the other candidates - were even mentioned.

I guess self-identifying as anti-Trump is your priority.

[Fhios]

Let s start again and see if you can score higher.

I think Trump is the best conservative capable of winning the Presidency. You think Cruz is the best conservative capable of winning the Presidency.

There, that s the best argument I got and I haven t belittled anyone, except for the apostrophe. Damn the apostrophe all to hell.

[Roman_War_Criminal]

“SOME Cruz folk think they own it”.

If you don’t agree with some of those who don’t even think Cruz is conservative enough, you’re a liberal.

I like Trump and I like Cruz, as do most reasonable conservatives.

[nickcarraway]

I agree with you.

[Georgia Girl 2]

Waaaaaa! My great great grandfather was a turncoat. Waaaa! I don’t know what to do. Waaaaaa! I’m unhappy and disillusioned. Waaaaaaa! I don’t want Trump. Waaaaa! Make it all go away. Waaaaaa! How did I get to be such a Wuss? Waaaaaa!

[Calpublican]

Not one Trump supporter responded with a substantive reason
for supporting this person.

[wardaddy]

See post 31

[Albion Wilde]

The Ten Conservative Principles of Russell Kirk

[elcid1970]

“Conservatism moving so Left and not caring.”

Explain, for I am sincerely interested.

[Roman_War_Criminal]

Yep!
A typical KNOW IT ALL “conservative”.

[wardaddy]

I got two questions

Are u a chick?

How old r u?

[Calpublican]

Are you a gullible old angry fart who has been flimflammed by a snake oil salesman.

[wardaddy]

You didn’t answer the question whiner

You cry like a girl

[Calpublican]

I have 2 questions for you:”

are you an old fart?

Do you need viagra?

[Steve Schulin]

bttt

[wardaddy]

A coward like your ancestry you gloat about

It’s not good enough we support Ted as well

We have to hate Trump

There is an anti freeper site building

Just for girls like you

Some Cruz only folks here are worse than Pyalin zealots

And some are the same posters

I’m going to check you out and see

[wardaddy]

Amen sparklite

A crybaby coward poster

My exact first instinct as yours

His great great grandaddy abandoned his family and friends an culture and people

To go be a Republican?

Instead of staying with his family to repel invaders some of whom believed in total war

[Twink]

I don’t know nor care if he uses Viagra (what an odd question, are you a teenage boy or girl or middle aged unhappy person or senile elderly person?). Is he an old fart? Define that for me. Again, are you a teenage boy or the other types mentioned?

I know him and he’s a married man with a wonderful wife, a father, and a friend anyone would be lucky to have.