Maybe instead of being so busy penning his emotional tirades, Ben should get out and actually talk to some Trump supporters for once
The better way to understand this is understand the divide in Conservatism between the Dogmatics vrs the Realists.
This is an old divide in Conservatism. The Dogmatist care nothing about political realities, only the purity of the dogma matters to them. The Realist understands you have to be able to advance the political ball down the field to achieve the goals of the dogma.
Reagan, who was a realist, wrote about it.
By Ronald Reagan in his autobiography An American Life
“When I began entering into the give and take of legislative bargaining in Sacramento, a lot of the most radical conservatives who had supported me during the election didn’t like it. “Compromise” was a dirty word to them and they wouldn’t face the fact that we couldn’t get all of what we wanted today. They wanted all or nothing and they wanted it all at once. If you don’t get it all, some said, don’t take anything. I’d learned while negotiating union contracts that you seldom got everything you asked for. And I agreed with FDR, who said in 1933: ‘I have no expectations of making a hit every time I come to bat. What I seek is the highest possible batting average.’ If you got seventy-five or eighty percent of what you were asking for, I say, you take it and fight for the rest later, and that’s what I told these radical conservatives who never got used to it.
I am glad u cite that Reagan Quote, I have made mention of the 75 to 80% standard of Reagan, which is why he always said that if a Republican agreed with him on 75% to 80% of his platform and agenda, that person was an Ally, not political enemy.
As I have said in other threads, Ronald Reagan would have a problem getting the support of many of the individuals on FR.
Liberals are happy to get part of a loaf of bread today, because they know they can just get a bit more bread tomorrow, and soon they will have the whole loaf.
Our side wont budge unless we get the deed to the bakery itself, or else our quest to get part of a loaf of bread was a failure.
That is why the left has a string of victories over the past 25 years, and our side has virtually nothing.
Everybody, please.
Please stop using Ronald Reagan to support Trump.
The two people are not in the same league or the same galaxy.