[TigerClaws]

Conserve what?

Open borders?

20 trillion in debt?

A million Muslims brought here PER YEAR?

No thanks.

[wmap]

The argument is that Trump cannot articulate or live conservatism hence then cannot produce it. A menace, Limited gov Rich Lowry gave an example Trump wants single payer health care where the government takes care of everyone. Fiscal Responsibility how is he going to pay for it? OKAY you say never pass congress please Dems would be very happy to help him out. I think it was Buckley that said all politicians will disappoint you. On what side would Trump disappoint by being too conservative.

[mylife]

A valid bit point but mental masturbation never the less

[Lorianne]

National review’s view of conservatism sounds a whole lot like crony capitalism to me.

[G Larry]

Conservatism is NOT an opportunistic change in core beliefs.

Conservatism is Pro-Life without caveats.

Conservatism is Pro-2a without caveats.

Conservatism is anti-amnesty without caveats.

Conservatism does not support Eminent Domain for the enrichment of cronies.

[ROCKLOBSTER]

Actually, it’s “Conservativism”.

But nobody says that.

[Wuli]

I don’t need Glenn Beck, or NPR, or their reasons for not supporting Trump, for me to not Support Trump; and I don’t.

Against the phony “comprehensive immigration reform” and against amnesty”, as I am? What makes Trump the only one running who agrees with that? Zip, zilch, nada. What makes Trump ahead of or before others running who agree with us on that? Zip, zilch, nada.

How about on Putin? The record produces the same answers. As it does on taxes (Steve Forbes like’s Carson’s plan most of all), trade, China and whole host of issues.

Trump might reflect more emotional angst, but on the facts and on the record there is nothing that puts his positions ahead of some other GOP candidate, and usually put him in a “less than” position as far as knowledge and details of any position.

I think it is populist angst joined with populist nationalism that some (shall I say less well read, less informed) in the GOP have become attracted to Trump. Like many Dims were attracted to Obama because of how they put their “dreams” into what he said, some in the GOP get drawn to Trump because of what they think Trump would do, but I believe in reality they really don’t know what any actual Trump policy will look like.

Populist nationalism is not in and of itself Conservatism. And joining it together with populist angst does not make it a necessarily Conservative position either. Matter of fact, some of that same populist angst is what draws some on the left to Bernie Sanders, taking a different angry position on the causes of what ails people, the economy, whatever. And Bernie’s solutions are as one track (socialism) as Trump’s are - HE will solve it. That’s not a solution; that’s just an ego.