Cruz is great on the issues, but grating on the ears. I am not sure he has the ability to do in America what he did in Iowa. I will not mind if he proves me wrong, but I do not wish to take a chance we get a Goldwater this time around. It took 16 years for conservatives to get another chance after Goldwater. We don't have that much time this go-round.
There are no more Goldwaters. No more Reagans. Gone.
There is something going on that’s unusual, more than the vicious fighting in here between Trump and Cruz supporters. We’ve been thinking in terms of liberal/leftist vs. conservative in this country for a long time now. What have conservatives done for us in the past 30 years? Anything? Some of us are sick and tired of pretending and things don’t stay the same. I’m older than dirt and don’t like change, but I can see the change and feel it in myself.
“Conservative” isn’t working; what will? Populist - Nationalist. It’s coming, and may be a better option for getting our freedoms back. I’ve known very well Trump isn’t a “real” conservative. I like what he “really” is, and it’s not what his detractors try to pin on him. Populism ... Nationalism .... something new has to come. Even at my age I will embrace it if it saves this country for my 14 blood descendants. (Well, going on 14, any day now, from my youngest granddaughter.)
You want a new party? Quit fighting it and you might get one. I’ve quit.