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“however it must really grate on you Defenders of the Conservative Faith(c)”

Careful...your lib is showing. Most sane people would wear that badge proudly. Most libs would use it as mockery. Guess which you are?

"however it must really grate on you Defenders of the Conservative Faith(c)

Careful...your lib is showing. Most sane people would wear that badge proudly. Most libs would use it as mockery. Guess which you are?

I KNOW who I am. You unfortunately (like many other conservatives) are far too eager to throw the baby out with the bathwater when it comes to conservative litmus tests, which if ANY conservative candidate meets to the collective opinion of you 'Defenders', is going to most likely be UN-electable. See Barry Goldwater for a most prominent example. If you want more demonstrations of 'reality at work', you can look at the candidacy of Rick Santorum who certainly meets the criteria of being 'conservative', however his ability to get the nomination (let alone win the general) has proven to be illusive.

What you need to understand Norm, is that the majority of FReepers actually agree with your (and mine) conservative views, where you and I depart is your failure to understand that in the REAL world where the votes are cast and the nominees are chosen, an absolutely pure conservative candidate is going to have the odds stacked against them, and the odds of their prevailing are extremely slim.

Does any conservative like that? Of course not. But if we persist in these conservative purity competitions, I can assure you that we WILL end up with the most conservative candidate for President that anyone could hope for, and that candidate will (based on our own changing national demographics AND the suborned and subverted media) end up being the guy conceding to his opponent on election night.

Trump isn't a perfect conservative, and for that matter neither is Cruz. However they are conservative enough to be worthy of our support, and it is my view that Trump has a wider wing span (to employ an aviation analogy) capable of bringing in voters who would not ordinarily vote Republican, let alone for a true conservative.

If you were drowning in the ocean, and a rowboat full of people you would consider liberal heathens came upon you, and offered to save you, would you take the proffered hand of assistance, or sing 'Nearer My God To Thee' and go on and sink?

Well, at least James Woods is on the right side, as usual. Yet another actor (Adam Baldwin, “Full Metal Jacket,” “Firefly,” is another) whom I was drawn to from the very start, only to find out years later that they’re right-thinking actors. I always liked James Wood and it’s nice to see my radar is working good.