Vote for whomever you like. I believe that if Trump had not gotten in and brought up immigration in his campaign what we would be discussing now is how soon we could implement comprehensive immigration reform, aka amnesty. I am in IT and the H1B issue in particular angered me. You will notice that Cruz did not change his tune until after Trump mentioned it in his position paper on immigration. I am giving Trump the benefit of the doubt because I can understand a business guy wanting to keep both sides off his back. Trump has never called himself a strict conservative and he has not actually voted for lousy trade or nuke deals. Cruz has, which I do not think any conservative should have. Trump has been a private citizen up to now and he was never in position to screw me.
“Cruz did not change his tune until after Trump mentioned it”
Actually Cruz changed his tune much earlier than Trump coming into the picture. He just submitted new legislation against H1B Visa about the time that Trump mentioned it.
“he has not actually voted for lousy trade or nuke deals”
That is because he was never in an elected position, but clearly based on his liberal positions, he WOULD have voted for every one.
“Trump has been a private citizen up to now and he was never in position to screw me.”
So you want to elect someone that you know has a history of supporting policies that will screw the whole country and give him that opportunity to screw you. If someone acts like they want to take a swing at me, I usually back up and get ready to duck rather than just stand there and give them the chance to hit me. Trump’s policies want to destroy this country and I won’t give him that chance if I can help it. I will never vote for him even if he is the only candidate.
” am giving Trump the benefit of the doubt”
But that is where you lose credibility in these discussions. You admit to giving Trump the benefit of the doubt, but refuse the same courtesy to Cruz. This is about the country and not about you.