In the last two presidential elections the voice on FR has been somewhat united in the view that we need to put up a truly conservative candidate and stop having to choose the lesser of two evils. This year we have a truly conservative candidate with proven credentials, Sen Ted Cruz, whom I support whole heartedly.
It seems, however, that he just won’t do because he is not a rich businessman who has made a life buying political influence for his personal profit. Ted Cruz is being rejected on FR, the premier conservative gathering place, for not being a Wall Street profiteer. at the same he gets panned because his wife works for a large bank.
I just wonder what some people really want. Reagan is not coming back, and I don’t think he would be universally welcomed on FR if he did. Cruz is the answer, not Trump.
Very well said. It’s truly a quandary.
Thread polls here have consistently shown that Cruz is the candidate of choice at FR.
Nevermind the riffraff. You stated all we need to hear about backing a true conservative constitutional originalist... there is only one of those on the stage, and Senator Cruz has my support.
Well stated. I share your perplexity.
Conservatives here have pined for the real deal: an unabashed conservative who understands and fights for the Constitution, limited government and individual liberty. We haven’t had it for many election cycles. Now we have as close to it as we’re ever likely to get. I would have honestly guessed that Cruz would have 90+% support here. Yet he does not.
Why? Because there is another more consistent conservative? No. So far as I can tell, it’s because many have become convinced that Donald Trump is a conservative hero.
People who wouldn’t give the time of day to any other Republican who advocated single-payer health care, praised the likes of Michael Bloomberg, Hillary Clinton and John Kerry, supported planned parenthood, abused eminent domain, etc., etc., have somehow decided to support Trump in large numbers. Why?
One aspect of it, I understand. He drives the MSM to distraction. I freely admit to finding that delicious. He also speaks plainly about immigration. I like that, too.
But beyond that, why folks here are choosing this philosophically incoherent and inconsistent man over a proven fighter for everything we believe in, I cannot really grasp. If Cruz wasn’t in the race? Yeah, I guess so - though I’d probably go with others. But Cruz IS there. And some are choosing what I fully believe is a pale imitation of a true conservative when they can choose the real thing.
I don’t get it. When pressed, Trump supporters typically offer one of two objections to Cruz: his past support for increasing H1B visas and the fact that they don’t approve of Cruz’s wife’s employer. The latter is, to be frank, utter idiocy. The H1B visa thing is legitimate - but that one apostasy pales by comparison to Trump’s many many apostasies over many many years.
Would Trump be a better president than Clinton? Of course! But that’s a pretty low bar. Hell, Goober Graham and John “Get Off My Lawn” Kasich would even be better than Clinton.
But for once we don’t have to settle for the lesser of the evils presented us. We have a guy who has fought for the Constitution since he was a teenager. A guy with battle scars from fighting the establishment and the intellect to smash any leftist who tries to do battle with him. And some are opting for a reality TV star.
I admit it. I just don’t get it.
Hank