Conservatives Must Not Squander This Opportunity

Townhall.com ^ | February 19, 2016 | Davvvid Limbaugh

[aMorePerfectUnion]

True for Conservatives.

There is a much larger segment of the voting population that explains trump: Patriots. Many conservatives are supporting Trump because they see him as a lifeline from outside the system.

[teeman8r]

i will stand with Cruz.

I will tolerate Trump.

I will not comply with Clinton.

I will fight for america against sanders.

[DoughtyOne]

You should be happy, because sane Conservatives are not letting this opportunity pass.

My condolences to Cruz none the less.

[Resettozero]

Will vote for Cruz in the General Election. Voting tomorrow for DJT for perhaps the only time I will have the opportunity. And that’s an opportunity this Constitutional conservative doesn’t want to miss.

[Kaslin]

BTTT

[grania]

You’re not factoring in that Cruz is damaged goods because of the “take it to the limits (and then some)” campaign initiatives in Iowa and South Carolina. Democrats would connect him to Tricky Dick, not letting him be framed as the next Reagan. The icing on the cake would be some of the crazier quotes from Glenn Beck.

[cport]

Here, here. As Cruz was being castigated by his own party during the budget standoff, some here on FR who now want Trump were cheering him on, lauding his conservative bonafides, and calling him the anti-establishment savior. These same Freepers got the purpose of his poison pill that help defeat the Grahmnesty bill, and now use it dishonestly to paint him as pro-amnesty.

[pburgh01]

All we ask brother, whomever we nominate we come together. I don’t think the talk show myrmidon conservatives here who are true believers in Cruz will coalesce behind Trump though. Cruz was a cipher for all their discontent and with him gone what’s left besides taking their toys going home and complaining,

[Lakeshark]

My variation on your theme:

I will stand with Trump.

I will tolerate Cruz.

I will fight for America against both Clinton and Sanders.

[Buckeye McFrog]

As long as “true conservative voter” is defined as “supporting cheap labor and free trade based on some sort of esoteric ideological purism”, the pool of True Conservative Voters is going to continue shrinking.

[jpsb]

Why are we supporting Trump? We are in a war with the Marxist globalists and we are at war with Islam and we are losing both wars. The country needs a leader that is unabashedly an American first. A leader that will defend America, rebuild the military, secure the border, defend Christianity, bring back manufacturing jobs and deport illegals. Prior to Trump getting in, NO ONE was talking about any of these things. NO ONE.

If we do not fix immigration this election cycle the country is done, the constitution is dead and we the people are screwed. That is why we the people are getting behind Trump. It got zero to do with right/left. It's survival.

I guess is Phyllis Schlafly is not a conservative either. Trump is 'last hope for America'. Some people can see the forest thru the trees others can't.

[Fester Chugabrew]

They don't seem too concerned about whether [Trump] is a reliably consistent conservative, or about his record of supporting many liberal causes.

True, dat.

[cport]

Democrats would connect him to Tricky Dick, not letting him be framed as the next Reagan

Not too hard for the Dems to do that, since DT already established the narrative for them to follow. DT is their dream candidate; "anti-immigrant, islamophobic" (Dem words, not mine) enough to be painted as an extreme bogeyman for their base, yet malleable (as Carter said) on healthcare, gay rights and Planned Parenthood.

[aumrl]

By the time my voting state gets a chance the nominee should be decided.
I will stand with Cruz or Trump.

PERIOD

[almcbean]

I think we’re finding out that there’s not as many true conservatives as people thought. And

Of course a true conservative will be deemed “unelectable” by the MSM

Of course a true conservative will be hated by the Washington establishment GOP-like Dole, McCain, McConnell etc (I note that many of the House Freedom Caucus have endorsed Cruz)

Spare me the “nasty” “liar” rebuttals. The last supposed Cruz “lie”-false Gowdy Facebook-has been debunked

[MHT]

"Tolerate Cruz" is about the best I can do with Grandpa Munster.

I just hope that, once again, Evangelicals who take their ball home when they don't get their way, show up for a change. They seem to prefer *itching-rights from losing over bragging-rights from winning.

Nobody is ever perfect enough for them. Gotta say to them, "Jesus isn't on the ballot this time. Who's your SECOND choice?"

[TornadoAlley3]

Too many moderate voters in the primary. They want Trump.

[Fiji Hill]

All we ask brother, whomever we nominate we come together. I don’t think the talk show myrmidon conservatives here who are true believers in Cruz will coalesce behind Trump though.

Given what they have said about not only Cruz but his supporters, most of the militant Trumpsters on this board will probably not support Cruz if the GOP nominates him for president.

[grania]

I don’t agree with your assessment of Trump. But I will say that Cruz brought it upon himself with the “to the limit” campaign tactics in Iowa and now in SC. And I still have to ask, why isn’t Cruz going after Jeb? A Jeb threat is certainly a very big threat to the nation, whereas Trump will turn things around.